How to Fix Defragmented Files

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What is disk defragmentation? - Windows Help More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Daneel van Eck | permalink
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Learn about disk defragmentation and how it can improve your computer's performance.

For further reading: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/what-is-disk-defragmentation ^[1]

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How to Defragment a Disk on a Windows Computer More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by djlasseman | permalink
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When your computer writes data into a file on your hard drive, it's not always able to place all of the data together. A section of a file might be written near the beginning of the disc, the rest of that file could be written near the...
Tags: WikiHow, Defragment a Disk on a Windows Computer, wiki, how to articles, how to instructions, DIY, tips, howto, learn, how do I

For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Defragment-a-Disk-on-a-Windows-Computer ^[2]

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Disk Defragmenter in Windows 8 / 7 explained More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by leslie kiew | permalink
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Learn about Disk Defragmenter in Windows 8 / 7 features, use Disk defragmenter using Command line options, fix if Disk defragmenter does not run, etc.
Tags: Disk Defragmenter in Windows 8, Disk Defragmenter in Windows 7

For further reading: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/disk-defragmenter-windows ^[3]

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Repair and defragment hard disks (Windows XP) More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Michael Gronovius | permalink
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For further reading: https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/repair-defragment-hard-disks-windows.html ^[4]

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Too many fragmented files, also getting memory dumping message, and getting stuck of my machine. what should I do to fix all these More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by JHUN DAYAO | permalink
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My laptop is bit old now. It has an IDE HDD and I am using windows XP. From time to time, I get memory dumping message. and also when I am working, from time to time, the machine gets stuck and I n...

For further reading: http://superuser.com/questions/619728/too-many-fragmented-files-also-getting-memory-dumping-message-and-getting-stuc ^[5]

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Data Recovery of Fragmented Files | Hetman Software More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Giulio Bau | permalink
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Recovery of fragmented files is accomplished with the help of a table containing the numbers of clusters occupied by the deleted file.
Tags: fragmentation,file,recovery,algorithm,signature,windows
For further reading: http://hetmanrecovery.com/recovery_news/data-recovery-of-fragmented-files.htm ^[6]

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Why won't some files defrag? - Ask Leo! More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by cherrykid 13 | permalink
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When you defrag files the pieces of the file are physically arranged for quicker access. But you can't defrag some files. At least, not easily.

For further reading: https://askleo.com/why_wont_some_files_defrag/ ^[7]

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How to Defrag a Laptop | eHow More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Destro 85 | permalink
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If a laptop computer is running slowly, defragmenting the hard drive may help the computer to run more efficiently. Defrag is a function that is built into the Windows operating system no matter if you are running it on a laptop or desktop computer. Defragging organizes files on your hard drive so that they can be processed more efficiently. A hard...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_4474150_defrag-laptop.html ^[8]

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References & Citations

1. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/what-is-disk-defragmentation

2. http://www.wikihow.com/Defragment-a-Disk-on-a-Windows-Computer

3. http://www.thewindowsclub.com/disk-defragmenter-windows

4. https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/repair-defragment-hard-disks-windows.html

5. http://superuser.com/questions/619728/too-many-fragmented-files-also-getting-memory-dumping-message-and-getting-stuc

6. http://hetmanrecovery.com/recovery_news/data-recovery-of-fragmented-files.htm

7. https://askleo.com/why_wont_some_files_defrag/

8. http://www.ehow.com/how_4474150_defrag-laptop.html