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Does downloading/copying files simultaneously promote fragmentation?

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Mar 15, 20261742 views
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Does writing more than one file simultaneously to a hard drive partition promote fragmentation? Would these files be written interlaced on the hard drive? Examples: Downloading several files simultaneously from the web Copying files from various sources to the same partition Downloading several tor…

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It depends a lot on the filesystem in use, to some extent operating system, as well as the program that's opening the file. It is up to the application to request the correct amount of storage when creating a new file, and it is the operating system…

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