Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To reorganize (a computer file) to eliminate fragmentation.
Wiktionary
- v. computing To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.
Examples
“If the disk is otherwise fine one way to defragment is to clone everything to a backup drive, erase the first drive, then clone everything back again.”
“Yeah, a file-to-file copy will kind of defragment my system, but is there something wrong with my method?”
“The preinstalled Windows Disk Defragmenter tool, search for "defragment" under the Start menu in Windows 7, or look for it under Programs”
“The Battle Studies star revealed his plans for the cleanse before Christmas, explaining that he wanted to "defragment" his mind for the new year.”
“Mayer thinks giving some of these up for a while might be a good way to "defragment" our minds.”
“A friend of mine suggested that I "defragment" my computer every once in a while.”
“Users should not use defragment or scan the virtual drives while using the program. vSubst is free and available for Windows only. vSubst [via Addictive Tips]”
VSubst Turns Any Folder Into A Virtual Drive | Lifehacker Australia
“With UltraDefrag you can defragment your entire disk, defragment based on the file and folder — handy if your disk defragmentation is limited to a handful of frequently edited and altered files — and set it up to defragment during the boot process to access files Windows usually has locked.”
UltraDefrag Is A Portable And Open-Source Disk Defragmenter | Lifehacker Australia
“And the reason why I made the assumption that you hadn't of read the article was because if anyone with half of a brain would have read that then they would have realized that you can defragment a Mac, you just need a third party app. mfischer579”
7stacks Does OS X Stacks In Windows 7 Style | Lifehacker Australia
“Thus, when it comes to the defragment myth, Apple loses epically on this point.”
Win 7 Vs Mac OS X Leopard: Feature-by-Feature Showdown | Lifehacker Australia
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