COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The purpose of a disk defragmenter is to____
A
Recover deleted files from the hard disk
B
To move applications from RAM to the hard disk
C
To put together sections of files which are physically separated on a hard disk
D
To remove files which are no longer needed
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Disks become fragmented over a period of time after continuous usage. Disk defragmentation helps rearrange the files on the disk to contiguous spaces and thus improve disk performance.

Detailed explanation-2: -The idea behind the disk defragmenter is to move all the files around so that every file is stored on sequential sectors on sequential rings of the disk.

Detailed explanation-3: -Defragmentation, also known as “defrag” or “defragging”, is the process of reorganizing the data stored on the hard drive so that related pieces of data are put back together, all lined up in a continuous fashion.

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