| It is hard to imagine contemporary life without computers. Their creation has simplified people's life – a deal of mechanical work is done by these machines. Furthermore, practically everyone in developed countries has a computer. We apply PCs for work and for amusement, to discover what is going on in the world and to communicate with people. Methods to use computers are diverse. When you get a computer it becomes your assistant in everything you do.
The development of computer industry doesn't stand still. Modern technologies are invented every day. You shouldn't be a professional in computer branch to enjoy the benefits of technical progress. But nevertheless, constant computer users need to have a notion how it works to ensure maximum performance of their machines.
When it comes to saving files to your PC you have probably heard the term fragmentation. In case there is not enough free space to save the file as a whole unit, the operating system fills the gaps between other files with the parts of the file being written to the computer. These gaps appear when the system marks some files as deleted and when there is extra space for the files at the beginning. Fragmentation brings to substantial loss in performance because the movement of the HD's read/write heads is slower. That's why regular defragmentation is strongly advised.
Defragmentation constitutes a procedure aimed at reducing the amount of fragmentation in file systems. This result is achieved by organizing the contents of the disk to keep the pieces of each file together. Defragmentation also includes the procedure of compaction with an attempt to create larger regions of free space.
There are specialized defragmentation utilities designed to increased the performance of your PC. The process of defragmentation can take 15 minutes or a few hours depending on the speed of your HDD and the amount of data stored on it. Take into account that this process cannot be interrupted to ensure that all the data are saved. Regular defragmentation guarantees high performance of your computer. |
