UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER FILES
FILE SYSTEMS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Put fragments of files together to speed up access
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Break files into smaller fragments to fit files in small spaces
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Delete fragments of unused data
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Copy files to another drive
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Detailed explanation-1: -The answer is short and simple-do not defrag a solid state drive. At best it won’t do anything, at worst it does nothing for your performance and you will use up write cycles. If you have done it a few times, it isn’t going to cause you much trouble or harm your SSD.
Detailed explanation-2: -The process of finding and consolidating fragmented files is called defragmentation. Disk Defragmenter consolidates the fragments to one location on the disk drive. As a result, Windows accesses files faster, and new files are less likely to be fragmented.
Detailed explanation-3: -With a solid-state drive (SSD), you’ll still experience the fragmentation, but there are no moving parts that have to actually move to the location of the other parts of the file, so you don’t encounter the same symptoms (reduced performance).
Detailed explanation-4: -Defragmentation organizes storage on your computer by consolidating files and other data saved on your hard drive. When there’s not enough space on your disk to store an entire file in one place, the file is broken down into smaller pieces called fragments. Defragmentation puts those pieces back together.