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====Retroactive techniques====
Retroactive techniques attempt to reduce fragmentation, or the negative effects of fragmentation, after it has occurred. Many file systems provide [[defragmentation]] tools, which attempt to reorder fragments of files, and often also increase [[locality of reference]] by keeping smaller files in [[file directory|directories]], or directory trees, close to each another on the disk. Some file systems, such as [[HFS Plus]], utilize idle time to defragment data on the disk in the background.
 
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