what is the computer desfragmentator used for?

Answer 1

It allows your computer to work faster. If it isn't defragmented, then it has to run all over the hard drive looking for the information.

Think of it (the hard drive) like a book. If all of the information is stored near the front of the book and has an index easy to read, meaning pages 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 then its easy to use.

But if its spread out on pages 1, 30, 65, 254, 533, 765, 3322, then your digging through the book trying to find the information and wasting time. This is what your computer has to do and why it likes to defragment, so that it can MOVE all your files closer together and access them much quicker for you and it.

Answer 2

the problem is that with time your hard drive becomes fragmented which makes it less efficient.
imagine your hard drive as a notebook. when you create a file, you write on some pages and put in the index which pages are used for that file. when you start, the pages will be all contiguous like page 10 to 20. when that file is deleted, you get back those 10 pages and if you create a new file that's larger, it may use page 10 to 20 and page 43 to 50. accessing this file is less efficicent as the hard drive has to move its head to two areas. defragmenting means moving portions of files around so they are all using contiguous sections of your hard drive.

Answer 3

It is like tidying up your room. It takes the shoes (files) and puts them in the wardrobe. It takes the clothes (other data)and puts them in the laundry leaving everything nice and tidy. It does that to your hard drive and should be done at least once a month. It helps the PC to run faster. At the same time, do a Disk Cleanup and a Check Disk. Think of it as a monthly service for your car.

Answer 4

Basically, it goes through the entire contents of the computer, and frees up any unused space that programs may be hiding. Some programs take up lots of disk space, but don't always use it, so Defrag takes the space back out of the program to apply it for general use.

Answer 5

When you save a file to disk it will save the file in whatever empty space it can find. And, sometimes the empty spaces are not altogether so the file is fragmented, this does not harm the file but if you have a lot of fragmented files it will slow your computers ability to read and write files to your hard drive.
The defrag. utility picks up all the fragments of a file and brings then together in one contiguous file.

Answer 6

kids throw toys all over the house and mom has to pick them up and put them away. a degramenter does what mom does. while you computer is doing what it does daily it sometimes gets files out and doesn't put them back. so you have to defrag the drive. this simply makes it run faster since it no longer has to look everywhere for the files

Answer 7

It's kind of like organizing your office or bedroom. It gets your files on your hardrive back in order for greater efficiency.

Answer 8

It rearranges files so they can be accessed faster. Think of it as putting files in alphabetical order in a filing cabinet so you could find them faster.

Answer 9

It organizes and cleans up your drive. It's a good thing to do on occasion, especially if you download a lot.

Answer 10

It defragments your files so they run faster. I still have about 40% left to defragment...