How to Fix Defragmented Files

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Tip 1 - What is disk defragmentation? - Windows Help

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Daneel van Eck | permalink

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]

Tip 2 - How to Defragment a Disk on a Windows Computer

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by djlasseman | permalink

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

Tip 3 - Disk Defragmenter in Windows 8 / 7 explained

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by leslie kiew | permalink

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]

Tip 4 - Repair and defragment hard disks (Windows XP)

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted 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]

Tip 5 - Too many fragmented files, also getting memory dumping message, and getting stuck of my machine. what should I do to fix all these

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by JHUN DAYAO | permalink

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]

Tip 6 - Data Recovery of Fragmented Files | Hetman Software

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Giulio Bau | permalink

Recovery of fragmented files is accomplished with the help of a table containing the numbers of clusters occupied by the deleted file.
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For further reading: http://hetmanrecovery.com/recovery_news/data-recovery-of-fragmented-files.htm ^[6]

Tip 7 - Why won't some files defrag? - Ask Leo!

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by cherrykid 13 | permalink

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]

Tip 8 - How to Defrag a Laptop | eHow

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Destro 85 | permalink

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]