I am sorry, I wrote 8192 kb instead of 8192 bytes as the size of a sector on
a hard drive. Each sector in a floppy contained 512 bytes.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amiyo Biswas" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] Query regarding my computer
Hello,
You may run the disk cleanup utility to delete unnecessary files and it
will decrease the number of files. You may use other utilities like
CCleaner for better results.
As for defragmentation, it reorganises files in sequential sectors. A
sector requires 8196 kb hard disk space. When you are creating a file, its
contents are placed at a particular sector. When you edit this file again
and the file size exceeds the limit 819b kb, the contents are supposed to
be written to the next sector. In case, the next sector is already
occupied by another file, the operating system finds out another empty
sector for it. Thus, a single file may spread over more than one
non-contiguous sectors. Defragmentation checks all sectors and organises
the contents in sequential sectors. It helps reloading the files faster.
With best regards,
Amiyo Biswas
Cell: 91-9433464329
----- Original Message -----
From: "moiz tundawala" <[email protected]>
To: "accessindia" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:02 AM
Subject: [AI] Query regarding my computer
Hello People
I find that my C drive has more than 200000 files. Is this a cause for
worry? I got the numbers when I finished scanning the computer for
viruses. Is there any way I can decrease the number of files?
Will defragmenting help? What purpose does disc defragmentation serve
actually? Can I go ahead given the fact that the C drive also has my
operating system installed?
Please help.
M.
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