This chapter explores the most common issue in disk operation -- fragmentation. It happens to all disks on all operating systems (OSs). It can affect the health of the entire system. In addition to overall performance degradation, there are a number of other serious problems that can come up because of disk fragmentation. They range from the inability to write optical media all the way to system instability and crashes. Get this chapter now to get all the details. (PDF, 17 pages)   read more »