This, in turn, means Windows will create fragmented files whenever you hit the Save button. This means while you are working on a file, continuous free space on hard disk is taken by the temporary files. In addition, you might have noticed that while dealing with files (mostly when you install something or open an office file), Windows creates temporary files that are written to the hard disk the same way as the regular files.
Thus, once the additional space at the end of the file is covered, it is time for Windows to look up free space beyond that padding and add the additional file to some other sector on the hard disk – probably on a different track or plate. Windows tries to accommodate those additional words in the space it added initially to the saved document.īut then, Windows doesn’t know how many more words you would add to the document. Later you keep on adding more words to the document. Windows will locate a space just enough for those two words (with some padding) and save it. Suppose you created a Word document and typed in two words before hitting the Save button. However, the calculation for padding is not accurate – given the fact that it is up to the user to decide how big the file can become later.
This padding provides for the expansion of files later. It then stores the file there – along with some extra space we call padding. It tries to locate the first free sector equivalent to the file size – on the hard disk. How does Windows store files on the hard disk? Probably you know the answer.
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