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File block system

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Hello

I have a SSD and USB drives.

1.
Is the the file block system on those the same as on an HDD?

2.
Can a block hold parts of two different files?
File A – block 1 2 3 4
File B – block 4 5 6 7

3.
Which scenarios will relocate / move data from a block to another?
Drive optimize / defragment?
Delete file (Windows marks the block as “free”), and then the block get overwritten by new data later?

Thank you

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1. Yes.
2. No.
3a. Defragment: yes. Optimize: probably no, see https://support.piriform.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045184472-Types-of-defrag-and-optimization#types-of-defrag-and-optimization-0-0
3b. Deleting a file doesn’t move anything.

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Hi there,

In response to your questions:

The file block system on SSDs and USB drives can differ from that of HDDs, as they use different methods for storing and accessing data.

It is possible for a block to hold parts of two different files, depending on the size of the block and the size of the files.

Data can be relocated or moved from a block to another in scenarios such as drive optimization/defragmentation or when a file is deleted and the block is marked as “free” by the operating system, allowing new data to overwrite it later.

• This reply was modified 2 years ago by franknipoz37521.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 12 months ago by kees_b.

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