gyunyuukaika-ki-deactivated2012 asked: Hello Vael, I have a question for you about my computer habits. My boyfriend and I got into an argument about moving files back and forth from location to location. Does moving large files back and forth (excessively, not once or twice) cause fragmenting? He knows much more about software than I do, so this might be true but I could find nothing on the webz about it. This came up on account that I took his folder off my desktop because I dislike having anything on there. Your opinion?
Yeap, it can cause fragmenting. Deleting and writing like that will definitely create fragments on your hard drive. That being said, they don’t necessarily “have” to show up, so if you just keep copy-pasting, chances are you won’t have much evidence. Larger files will tend to be more fragmented, but the worst damage you could do is copy-pasting tons of smaller files. Music folders, for instance.
Anyway, are you who I think you are? Are you a stranger, or do you at least feel you’ve become one to me? Kum yoa riub phes?
addendoom
That being said, defragmenting isn’t usually necessary for computers these days. Windows 7 does a good job of that for you. It’s easy enough, anyway.
