Simulate defragmenting a hard drive. This is a maintenance operation the OS performs. Move sectors around so all sectors of a file are contiguous CmpSc472, Lab Defragment a hard drive. Simulate defragmenting a hard drive. This is a maintenance operation the OS performs. Move sectors around so all sectors of a file are contiguous.
- This lab can be written in Java, Python, or “C”. a. If written in “C”, for simplicity, make all file names one character. b. If writing in Python or Java, the fiels names can be string up to 8 characters.
- Create an array to simulate sectors on a storage device.
- The sectors will be initialized with pieces of files, listed in the diagram below.
- In this lab, move all file pieces together so all sectors, for the files, are contiguous.
- Some constant variables suggested. a. int MAX_SECTORS = 40; The number of sectors cannot change. b. char sectors[MAX_SECTORS]; c. Const int SECTOR_SIZE = 500;
- To start the program . . . a. Display a message welcoming the user and a brief description what this program will do. b. Display the BEFORE picture of all the arrays segments. Make this look neat and easy to follow. c. Do the defragmentation process. d. Finally, display an AFTER picture of the defragmented parts. Print out of all the sectors. Initialize the 40 sectors to look like this:
