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In the context of HDDs, defragmentation software is used to:
Encrypt data on each sector so it becomes more secure
Compress files so that they occupy fewer sectors on the disk
Rearrange sectors so that files are stored in adjacent blocks, improving access time
Duplicate frequently used files on multiple platters to increase reliability
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