Posts Tagged 'Defrag Hard Drive'

6 Common Problems Caused by Fragmentation in Hard Drive

Some users still don't realize the importance of defragging hard drive. Yet, in reality, with more and more fragments accumulating in hard disk, various severe problems can take place. Now, this article will reveal 6 of them in detail. When you save a file in your hard drive, as long as the file is larger than the block size of the drive, it will become fragmented, divided into smaller file pieces and spread wherever the available free area on the drive. Later, when you attempt to access the...

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5 Effective Tips to Reduce File Fragmentation in Hard Drive

With more and more fragments, your hard drive may experience obviously poorer performance. But don’t worry. In this article, we will show you 5 effective methods to reduce the file fragmentation in your drive. File fragmentation in hard drive is bits of data which are spread across the drive platter. It will make great impact on the read/write speed of hard drive, thereby influencing computer performance badly. For instance, if fragmentation can lead to frequent system crashes, boot up...

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Will Defragging Hard Drive Benefit or Harm Data Recovery?

As we all know, defragging hard drive regularly can improve the drive performance in a great degree. However, does it make impacts on data recovery? Is it beneficial or harmful to data recovery? This article will tell you the answer. Despite faster speed of solid state drive (SSD), the hard disk drive (HDD) is still widely used for data storage. It is because that in comparison with SSD, hard disk is more cost-effective in terms of storage capacity. If you are also using hard drive, maybe...

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