What is the purpose of defragmenting a system? is it any good?

Answer 1

the purpose is because when u use a computer the files become fragmented and that slows your computer down and when u degfrag it put those file back together and the computer runs faster.

Answer 2

Fragmentation is caused when an operating system breaks a file into pieces because there is not enough space on the storage device where the file was originally saved.

One example of this would be where a file was originally saved, then modified causing the file to be larger in physical space than first anticipated, the operating system will then break the file into 2 or more pieces and store them in different parts of the storage area.

The system would then keep a record of where the different parts of the file are stored, this is achieved through the use of a File Allocation Table (FAT) or similar file system such as NTFS.

Then, when the operating system requires the file again, it will query the file system (FAT/NTFS/or other) to find out where the different parts of the file are located on the partition (drive).

Defragmentation is the term given to the process of scanning the file system and rejoining the split files back into consecutive pieces.

The process of defragmenting can be time consuming, but it is one of the easiest ways to increase the performance of your PC, the frequency of which a PC should be defragmented will directly depend on the amount of usage.

Answer 3

defrag merely "files" your pc in order much like a filing cabinet. It puts together all that needs to be together, so that when you clock on a program, let's say for example WordPerfect and you want to open a date file you created the pc does not have to "search" for that particular file on the entire surface of the hard drive as the file would be "neatly" filed in the correct "order". Does this help you?

Answer 4

defragmenting is preparing your system very clean and order, yes it is good

Answer 5

YOU NEED TO DEFRAG TO COMPRESS YOUR FILES,OR YOUR SYSTEM WILL JUST FREEZE.I WOULD DISK CLEAN FIRST TO GET RID OF OLD FILES, IT WILL MAKE MORE ROOM ON YOUR HARD DRIVE

Answer 6

Yes it good because it help you to re-organise your disk and keep your file and data in a unique order

Answer 7

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What is the purpose of defragmenting a system? is it any good?

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