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From: John Callaway on 7 May 2010 07:02 When I defrag ny laptop (XP SP2), I notice two large green blocks. I assumed that is the page file area. Is there any way to keep them together instead of separate? There was just one before I increased the page file size, so I guess instead of adding it to the same area , it created a new separate area. JPC
From: Leonard Grey on 7 May 2010 09:14 There might be third-party software that can do that...but why do you think it matters? --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est John Callaway wrote: > When I defrag ny laptop (XP SP2), I notice two large green blocks. I > assumed that is the page file area. Is there any way to keep them > together instead of separate? There was just one before I increased > the page file size, so I guess instead of adding it to the same area , > it created a new separate area. > > JPC
From: Twayne on 7 May 2010 12:50 In news:lis7u5lmt0e9jvcrvo2r2k38kvpb11si2v(a)4ax.com, John Callaway <jcalla(a)erols.com> typed: > When I defrag ny laptop (XP SP2), I notice two large green > blocks. I assumed that is the page file area. Is there any > way to keep them together instead of separate? There was > just one before I increased the page file size, so I guess > instead of adding it to the same area , it created a new > separate area. > > JPC IF it's the pagefile area, or anything, really, two blocks of data are negilgible. The aren't slowing anything down perceptibly and are not causing any problems. Nothing to fix or worry about. Depending on some things about/on your drive, you might get them contiguous again by killing the swapfile, rebooting three times, and the recreating the swap file again. But it's a lot of work that might be for naught since you aren't sure what it is. HTH, Twayne`
From: Tim Meddick on 7 May 2010 16:24 As you know, you cannot defragment your page file while Windows is running. However, if you would like your page-file to be defragmented, then you can download "page defrag" (pagedfrg.exe) by Sysinternals (a former division of Microsoft). A small, very easy to use application that writes an entry in the registry to execute itself at the same point in the boot process where "chkdsk" runs (when configured to) before the pagefile becomes "locked" by Windows starting. Just start the application while Windows is running and specify where the pagefile is located, tick the "Run on every boot" check-box, and it will automatically run next, and every time Windows starts-up. Direct download link for Page Defrag : http://live.sysinternals.com/Files/PageDefrag.zip == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "John Callaway" <jcalla(a)erols.com> wrote in message news:lis7u5lmt0e9jvcrvo2r2k38kvpb11si2v(a)4ax.com... > When I defrag ny laptop (XP SP2), I notice two large green blocks. I > assumed that is the page file area. Is there any way to keep them > together instead of separate? There was just one before I increased > the page file size, so I guess instead of adding it to the same area , > it created a new separate area. > > JPC
From: Twayne on 7 May 2010 17:25
It's a negligible "problem" with no downsides so I'd wonder about the value of adding another startup item from a third party to the boot process. Unless the disk is way over 50% full, a kill of the pagefile, restart, defrag, and put the pafegile back on will do it. Once it's set in place, a pagefile is very unlikely to become fragmented until disk space is almost gone and windows can no longer centralize the pagefile's location on the disk. In news:OzHlaNi7KHA.5644(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl, Tim Meddick <timmeddick(a)o2.co.uk> typed: > As you know, you cannot defragment your page file while > Windows is running. > However, if you would like your page-file to be > defragmented, then you can download "page defrag" > (pagedfrg.exe) by Sysinternals (a former division of > Microsoft). > A small, very easy to use application that writes an entry > in the registry to execute itself at the same point in the > boot process where "chkdsk" runs (when configured to) > before the pagefile becomes "locked" by Windows starting. > > Just start the application while Windows is running and > specify where the pagefile is located, tick the "Run on > every boot" check-box, and it will automatically run next, > and every time Windows starts-up. > Direct download link for Page Defrag : > http://live.sysinternals.com/Files/PageDefrag.zip > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > > > > "John Callaway" <jcalla(a)erols.com> wrote in message > news:lis7u5lmt0e9jvcrvo2r2k38kvpb11si2v(a)4ax.com... >> When I defrag ny laptop (XP SP2), I notice two large green >> blocks. I assumed that is the page file area. Is there >> any way to keep them together instead of separate? There >> was just one before I increased the page file size, so I >> guess instead of adding it to the same area , it created a >> new separate area. JPC |