Free Space and Defrafmentation
I was always under the impression that defragmenting would decrease my used space and increase my free space. However, when I run Defraggler I find the opposite is true. I thought the defragmentation process included finding and eliminating fragments of files left behind by incomplete uninstalls for instance and that's where the increased free space would be generated. I'm obviously wrong so I'm turning to those more accomplished to answer my questions. Why does free space decrease when I defragment and what actually happens when I defragment my laptop? Does it actually remove fragments that don't seem to belong anywhere? Thanks in advance.
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oops I missed an X in the fat32 likeness |||||| ||XXXX so it would waste 4 bits not three.