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What does contiguous files mean?

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What does contiguous files mean?

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A contiguous file is on where the entire file is in one place on your hard drive. A non-contiguous file is one where records have been written to several different places on your hard drive. Defragmenting pulls these pieces together in one place making the file contiguous.