Chapter 2: Issues with Disk Fragmentation
by Mike Danseglio

In Chapter 1, we learned that disks used to be extremely expensive and hence very rare. Today they’re virtually commodity items. You can buy a reliable, high-capacity disk drive at any office supply store for less than the cost of a nice chair. Disk operation is not all paradise, though. There are many issues to consider when operating disks. Chapter 2 explores the most common issue in disk operation-fragmentation. It happens to all disks on all operating systems (OSs). It can affect the health of the system. And it’s easily repairable.

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