The conversation between human and AI assistant.
Is it me or there is less fragmentation in Windows 10 than in Windows 8.1?
Is there anything else that contributes to less fragmentation in Windows 10?
Yes, another factor is the way that Windows 10 handles free space on a drive. In Windows 8.1, if a file was deleted or moved, the free space it left behind would be scattered all over the drive, leading to fragmentation. But in Windows 10, the free space is consolidated and kept in larger chunks, which helps reduce fragmentation.