While it’s true that uninterrupted file access is important no matter the work being done, it’s especially important when it comes to music editing. A large part of the creative process that goes into ...

File fragmentation–the splitting of files into multiple pieces (fragments) in order to save more files on a hard drive–has always been a problem. Even back when file sizes were normally in the 1 to 2 ...

Microsoft Windows and other computer operating systems manage hard drive space by dividing it into equally-sized units called clusters or blocks. Over time, however, a drive's block structure becomes ...

I tried doing a search, but that was waste of time. Just basic "should I defrag" and "when should I defrag" questions. Situation; Larger video files (500mb to 2GB) in a non O/S partition that were ...

Fresh install of Win2k3 R2. Fired up the NFS server, shared out a volume as NFS, went to our Linux file server, mounted the volume, fired off rsync -- heart ache. All of the file writes onto the ...

In today's fast-paced environment, the chances are good that you're constantly multitasking. As you read this article, you could be responding to emails, working on a Word document, updating an Excel ...

Researchers have released a paper detailing a way to conceal data from the prying eyes of law enforcement officials by exploiting disk fragmentation on a clustered file system, thereby hiding it in ...

When it come to disk fragmentation, a small amount of proactive maintenance can have a big impact on help desk call volumes. Help desk systems aren’t the only way to reduce the support workload. Staff ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- EaseUS software announced the release of EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard 20.1.0, introducing its new SmartSector Rebuild (SSR) Engine, a proprietary recovery ...

CleverFiles just launched Disk Drill 6, a major update to its popular data recovery Mac software. (It works on Windows, too.) Among other things, it can now recover deeply fragmented videos. Plus, it ...