What block allocation algorithm does NTFS use?
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On Windows XP 64, I downloaded a 1.2 GB file and it ended up fragmented, as the image shows. Unfortunately, before taking the snapshot from Piriform Defraggler I defragmented the other files, so you can't see the exact state at the point the file was written. However, the disk was all the time abou…
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IIRC, the NTFS filesystem attempts to allocate the file in contiguous storage. However it can only do that if the filesystem knows the size of the file. If you open a file and start writing to it, it'll write to the "best" place to fit the file (typ…
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