A regional meteorological station operates a data logging server that continuously writes, updates, and deletes environmental sensor data logs on a magnetic Hard Disk Drive (HDD). Over several months of continuous operation, the server's file access times have significantly degraded. A network administrator suggests running a defragmentation utility to resolve this.
Describe the process by which the logging server's magnetic hard disk drive becomes fragmented over time.
11 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Computer Science Utility software. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.