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computer overwrites the previously erased file, it leaves 10 sectors that

are not used. Similarly, if you need to store 20 sectors of data, chances

are high that the operating system will either look for 20 contiguous

sectors, in effect leaving a hole of 14 sectors unused, or use the 14 sectors

from the deleted file and then move the read/write heads of the hard

drive to another location where the remaining 6 sectors will be written,

causing the file to become fragmented. Over time, both the files and

the hard disk itself will become fragmented, and your computer slows

down, as it has to look in many different places to save or retrieve files.

us disk defragmentation describes the process of consolidating frag-

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