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Why is disk fragmentation measured as a percentage?

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Mar 15, 20268708 views
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In Windows if I open up the Disk Defragmenter and analyse a disk the tool reports the disk fragmentation as a percentage: What does this percentage mean? Obviously if a drive is 0% fragmented then there is no fragmentation at all, however what does it mean for a fisk to be 100% fragemented? Is this…

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Fragmentation is where a file is not stored within contiguous space on the hard drive, and therefore split into separate parts (fragmentation). This typically occurs because files have been deleted, and leave a specific size space, however when the …

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