What is meant by Hard Disk De-fragmentation?

Disk de-fragmentation is the process of rewriting the parts of a file to increase the speed and recovery process. When file are updated the computer saves the updates on different spaces on the disk, which often results in the slow access.

fragmentation saves parts of files on different places utilizes more disk place which often results in slow access so the file are de-fragmented so that the computer need not search for the file and the parts when ever it is opened. De-fragmentation creates more usable space on the disk.

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