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Old 04-09-2008, 04:57 PM
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Angry Contigious Files

I just ran defragmentation on my pc and i found out that i have 7% fragmented files and 36% Contigious files. What can i do about the contagious ones, is there a way to get rid of them???
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Old 04-09-2008, 04:58 PM
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I just ran defragmentation on my pc and i found out that i have 7% fragmented files and 36% Contigious files. What can i do about the contagious ones, is there a way to get rid of them???
"Contiguous files are simply files that are not broken up in pieces. As you disk fills up, when you delete files to make more room, the free space is scattered all over the disk. If you download a large file, or install software, there may not be enough room in any single place on the disk to fit the entire file. Windows puts chunks of the file in several places to make it fit.

This can slow down the time it takes to load the file. When you defrag the disk, it attempts to make as many files contiguous as possible.

Deleting contiguous files should be exactly the same procedure as with any other file.

However, some files that the system uses must be contiguous. They can't be deleted because they are in use by the system."
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Old 04-09-2008, 05:08 PM
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ok thanks alot
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