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Defragging Your Computer In 2008
By Jordan
A brief guide to why defragmentation is necessary in our high tech world today.
In order to completely understand the meaning of defragging a hard drive, one needs to understand how a hard drive works. A hard drive is made up of many small divisions that store data. These divisions are most commonly referred to as clusters or sectors. The size of every individual sector may vary although they are usually 512 bytes.
When a file is stored in the hard drive, it is not stored in one particular place. Although this sometimes happens, many files use up more storage space than is contained in sectors or clusters. One file may even be stored in more than one hundred or even a thousand clusters. All that will depend on the size of the actual file being saved.
These sectors are not arranged in any particular order in the hard drive. When we understand this, the idea of defragging becomes more obvious. The operating system on the computer has a memory that knows exactly where the last file was saved. It will automatically save any subsequent files in its own order.
When a computer had too much data saved in its operating system, it takes a longer time to open each file. This is because the files being saved on the hard drive are spaced out more and more every time a new file is stored. So in order for the operating system to retrieve a file, it has to search further and further. When a file is deleted or moved to another location, the operating system immediately fills in the new spaces with more files.
Most operating systems come equipped with a defragging function. However, other defragging programs or software can be downloaded or bought. When the defragging program is run on the computer, it checks all the files that are similar and puts them close together. This will save the operating system time when searching for certain documents. That is why some computers are generally slow while others are fast.
It is wise to defrag a computer every once in a while. This will ensure that the operating system will always be able to find files in a short time. However, some manufacturers have different instructions on how to use their programs. A user should know if there are any such instructions and follow them.
Another benefit of defragging the computer regularly is to save on the time that the program uses to actually defrag. The more work the program has to do, the longer time it will take. It is also advisable not to be connected on the internet while the defragging process is underway. To avoid continual restarting of the process, no other programs should be running while it is defragging.
Every computer user wants to have an easy and fast approach on their work it is therefore wise to consider defragging every once in a while. The user may decide to either buy other defragging programs or use the one that comes with the operating system. Either way, defragging is a necessity.
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