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TechTalk: Hard Drives
The
information in a Word document or Excel spreadsheet is not written in a
sequence like pearls on a string. The data is scattered across the hard
drive, writing to the next available sector. When you save
a file, the name, date and location of that file points to all of the
pearls of data. A
Disk Defragmenter collects the
bits back together closer to one another. The process also tests and
validates each part of the drive. The Disk
Defragmenter is scheduled to run each week. The Vista
instructions indicate that you can work while the computer is
defragmented, however this process makes the machine very
slow. Perhaps that is why Disk Defragmenter is
scheduled to run at 1:00 AM.
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