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Mechanizing
Preventive Maintenance
Defragmenting Hard Disk Volumes |
| Fragmentation
refers to the spreading of large files among
various clusters on the hard disk. This happens
when you create, modify, and delete files.
Fragmentation does not lead to data loss.
Instead, it results in delay in read and write
operations
Preventive maintenance activities of hard
disk helps PC run at its peak performance.
To perform preventive maintenance, use tools such as Disk Defragmenter or the
Norton Utilities SpeeDisk program. The Defrag
program defragments the hard disk volumes
and put the data in a contiguous location.
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