Atlanta, GA 8/19/2011 2:29:18 AM
News / Business

Fragmentation Causes a Vast Array of Problems, Avoid Them with Data Performance Software

Companies rely on their computer network systems to do complete their work day in and day out. When the computer network system starts to have problems, employees experience difficulties doing their jobs. The computer network system helps employees stay in touch with one another, share software and hardware, store important documents and even access the internet. If the system is suffering from problems like fragmentation, these tasks can become nearly impossible.

Fragmentation is a problem that happens on the computer network system’s hard disk when files are not stored as single pieces of information. The files are split into many different pieces that are spread around the hard disk. The worse fragmentation becomes the harder it is for the computer to rebuild the files when they are opened by a user. If fragmentation is left alone it can cause a number of different problems and even cause the entire system to crash.

Some of the problems that fragmentation causes are obvious to any person who is using the computer network system. Employees may notice problems opening files in some of the most commonly used software programs like some of the application in Microsoft Office. In Microsoft Word files can take longer to open and save and even it can even extend the time it takes for the program to search for documents to open. In Microsoft Outlook doing simple things such as searching, archiving and restoring emails can take forever.

Fragmentation can slow down internet speeds too. Surfing on Internet Explorer can take nearly four times as long to open a web page when compared to a system that is free from fragmentation. Running virus scans on fragmented files is incredibly difficult for the computer, sometimes fragmentation can be so bad that the scans cannot be completed. Scanning the system for spyware is also difficult and can take 35% longer than normal.

There are also problems that may not be as noticeable to employees or that they may not realize is a result of fragmentation. Applications and the operating system may begin to run slowly and people may start to think that their hardware is outdated or unreliable when the true problem is heavy fragmentation. Boot-up and shut-down times can increase dramatically on systems with fragmented disks.

Protecting the computer network system from these problems is easy if a company only installs data performance software. Data performance software like Diskeeper 2011 from Diskeeper Corporation is specifically designed to combat the problems that are caused by fragmentation. It will immediately being to rebuild the fragmented files so that the computer can access them easier and will not have to find each individual piece of information. It will also reorganize the way information is stored on the disk to help increase the speed with which a computer can find the correct files.

Diskeeper 2011 even provides companies with an extra level of security for their computer network system. Fragmentation can cause system freeze-ups and complete system crashes. Eliminating fragmentation and protecting against future files becoming fragmented gets rid of this threat and allows a company to confidently do their work.

Companies rely on computer network systems to do work every single day but many are unfamiliar with the incredible danger that is associated with fragmentation. A quick investigation shows that fragmentation is a serious problem should be avoided at all costs. Luckily Diskeeper 2011 data performance software is an easy solution that any company can use.