MUMBAI, India--(Business Wire)--Defrag is a very common term tossed around in techie forms and
recommended by Geek Squad every time your computer slows or crashes.
So what is defrag really? To examine defrag we must start at the root:
Fragmentation.
Think of your computer's hard disk as a library. If the books are
not filed away properly, they become very difficult to find and the
library becomes very inefficient. The same thing happens to your hard
disk when it's fragmented. Fragmentation occurs as files are created,
edited, saved and deleted. The operating system's filing mechanism
does not save one file in one place, instead it breaks them up into to
"fragments" and spreads them around the disk saving pieces of the file
wherever free space is available. Therefore, when the read head
attempts to access the fragmented file, it has to work extra hard as
it tries to find and access one of pieces. More work means more time
spent which means a fragmented hard drive could cost a company
employee down time and worn out hardware. In addition, the overall
system performance and reliability decreases and the PC slows since
the hard drive is the slowest component of the PC (it's mechanical)
and fragmentation only aggravates this problem.
Defrag (or defragmentation) restores these file fragments creating
not only continuous files but blocks of free space as well. Defrag
organizes the books for the library. Now your computer only has to
look in one place for the file instead of scouring the entire library.
The best solution for defeating fragmentation is a third-party
automatic defragmentation solution which runs in the background. The
automatic defragmentation method is superior to outdated manual or
scheduled defrags because it keeps fragmentation on the drives low,
continuously. The user also has to do nothing once the software is
installed and the automatic defrag enabled.
With scheduled defrag, after a few hours of usage, the drive
becomes fragmented again and remains fragmented until the next defrag,
so the benefits are short-lived with manual/scheduled defrag.
A defragmented drive is indispensable. Defrag improves system
performance, reliability, reduces battery power consumption for
laptops (less work for the drive, remember) and increases the overall
life of the hard drive. So what is defrag? Your hard drive's savior.
Profusion PR
Lisa Zocco, 310-503-8151
press@profusionpr.com
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