The method for preloading data of a file containing the following steps of defining a plurality of bins of predetermined sizes in a file, for each input and/or output operation executed on the file, determining the bin involved in the operation, counting the number of input and/or output operations executed in each bin of the file by taking into account only a predetermined number of last operations on the whole file, and when the sum of the operations counted in a bin is greater than a predetermined threshold, loading, in a memory medium, at least one area of the file determined on the basis of this bin.