> is 0, the function finds a contiguous data area and set it as suggested point for next allocation instead of allocating it to the file. The next cluster allocation is started at top of the contiguous area found by this function. Thus the write file is guaranteed be contiguous and no allocation delay until the size reaches that size at least unless any other changes to the volume is performed.</p>
<p>The contiguous file would have an advantage at time-critical read/write operations. It eliminates some over