Defragmentation analysis very strange...

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Bo Berglund

I just analyzed my disk for defragmentation using the "Disk
Defragmenter" in the Computer Management console.
It reports thta some files are rather fragmented.
But I cannot for the life of me understand how a file with the file
size 1Kb can be fragmented into 148 fragments!
Surely a file of 1Kb will fit into a single cluster of 4 kB and
therefor will be impossible to fragment?
How did this happen?


Bo Berglund
bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com
 
Simple, it is because there is only 1kb used out of the space reserved
for the file.
 
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