2006-10-25 11:18:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Files are broken up into little pieces so that your computer can process them more efficiently ... when you open and close a program the pieces are saved to the first and next available space, meaning that a 1mb file could be saved over space of 100mb all in different areas ... by defraging the computer pulls all those pieces of the file and puts them in order or "in a contiguous manner' meaning that part 2 of the files is next to part 3 then part 4 etc.
By doing this your computer is able to retrieve entire files more quickly therefore improving performance
2006-10-25 11:24:25 · answer #1 · answered by deadkelly_1 6 · 9⤊ 0⤋
Meaning Of Contiguous
2016-12-14 18:35:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contiguous Meaning
2016-10-03 23:06:21 · answer #3 · answered by lavinia 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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what are contiguous files in my defrag area?
2015-08-10 10:53:11 · answer #4 · answered by Cristabel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Files that are right next to each other. When you defrag the system tries to align all the files in an orderly fashion to help save space.
Hope that helps.
2006-10-25 11:23:44 · answer #5 · answered by phy333 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A file can be taken apart and stored in more than one piece, or fragment. Contiguous files are files stored in one piece, so your hard drive doesn't have to look all over the place to read them; they get read quicker that way.
2006-10-25 11:24:32 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan L 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋