A Contiguous File Is Not Fragmented?

[AaronMcarthur]

A CONTIGUOUS FILE IS NOT FRAGMENTED???
this is the definition of a contiguous file? i dont understand it, could someone explain it to me?

 

[AaronMcarthur]

Yes similar to it but i forgot, i have a short-term memory!

 

[Jewelzz]

Guess you forgot we have a search button at the top of each page too. 😛

Your previous contiguous thread

 

[Lonman]

A fragmented file means that bits of it are written in different places on your hard drive. A contiguous file is one that is written contiguously on your hard drive (it spans adjacent blocks/sectors).

A crude example of sectors/blocks:

For a really good read about how a hard drives work:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/hard-disk1.htm