defragment
verb
de·frag·ment
(ˌ)dē-ˈfrag-mənt 
defragmented; defragmenting; defragments
: to reorganize separated fragments of related data on (a computer disk) into a contiguous arrangement
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I defragmented my hard drive.
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defragment
verb
de·frag·ment
(ˌ)dē-ˈfrag-mənt
: to reorganize fragments of computer data on (a computer disk) into a continuous series
defragment the hard drive
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