contiguous files

[Astroflux]

I was just wondering what contiguous files were (the blue sectors when running defrag win 2k). Is it bad to have a lot?

 

[Toejam31]

No, it's <i>good</i> to have a lot.

<A HREF="http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/mm/hwtute/peripheral_devices/disk.htm" target="_new">How Data is Stored On a Disk.</A>

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