Defragment pagefile WinXP

[bluenite38]

It can defragment the file system cache (xp virtual memory) to be placed at the beginning of the disk for faster access? Which program can do it?
Thanks for the tip and any advice
Peter

 

[Ketchup]

That is a myth IMO. The page file does not to be defragmented. Are they still putting those things out there? I remember seeing those back in 95.

 

[Netopia]

He wasn't asking about defragging the the paging file, he was asking about moving it to the outer tracks of a disk.

If you have adequate memory, there's little to be gained from doing anything with the page file.

 

[Ketchup]

He wasn't asking about defragging the the paging file

Defragment pagefile WinXP

His title would disagree, but the post does mention moving it. Maybe he wants to do both?

 

[corkyg]

Placing the PageFIle at the faster part of the drive will not likely cause any observable improvement. In fact, since the PageFile is rarely used, it would deprive something else of that location.

The PageFile reaslly doesn't need to be defragged. You can set XP to create a new one on every reboot. In most systems, the PageFile can only be defragged off line.

 

[Matt1970]

You are better off just setting up a USB Flash drive for virtual memory. But even that won't help that much.

 

[Ketchup]

and the answer is: SSD.

 

[Cerb]

and the answer is: SSD.

Bingo. Random HDD access is slow. The two best solutions to a page file problem are a faster disk, or more RAM. Second to that, in the case of XP, moving to a newer OS will help, too (Windows 7 or 8 will be less disk-intensive in general).

That said, yes, you can defrag it, after a fashion.
1. Remove it.
2. Reboot.
3. Create a new one, this time fixed-size.
4. Reboot.

However, it will still be accessed randomly, in small chunks, so...

 

[Gintaras]

Placing the PageFIle at the faster part of the drive will not likely cause any observable improvement. In fact, since the PageFile is rarely used, it would deprive something else of that location.

The PageFile reaslly doesn't need to be defragged. You can set XP to create a new one on every reboot. In most systems, the PageFile can only be defragged off line.

Faster Part of HDD? which part is Faster Part?
Let's say on HDD 7200 or 5400 rpm?

Page File is rarely used? Bigger problem is when human brain is rarely used to make such statements....
HDD and Page Filer is OK in that case...

Says who? "Intel Inside and ...........?

 

[Ketchup]

Faster Part of HDD? which part is Faster Part?
Let's say on HDD 7200 or 5400 rpm?

Page File is rarely used? Bigger problem is when human brain is rarely used to make such statements....
HDD and Page Filer is OK in that case...

Says who? "Intel Inside and ...........?

The inner part of the hard drive is faster, as the clusters are closer together. Generally, the page file will be on the inner part of the drive by default, as it is there from the moment you install Windows. The only reason it would move is if you (or Windows) needs to change its size.

 

[corkyg]

Q.E.D.

 

[ringtail]

Microsoft offers a free tool to do what you want.

Go to this Microsoft site
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

and find this free download:
PageDefrag

 

[mikeymikec]

Microsoft offers a free tool to do what you want.

Go to this Microsoft site
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

and find this free download:
PageDefrag

I've used that one before, it does what it says on the tin. More direct link:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426

A trick I used to employ was to set no pagefile, defrag the file system, then set the page file size. Normally the result would be an unfragmented pagefile.

 

[Towermax]

A trick I used to employ was to set no pagefile, defrag the file system, then set the page file size. Normally the result would be an unfragmented pagefile.

This. It's what I used to do also.