Win2k Swap File Defrag

[CurtisBilly]

I'm stepping up today from (eek!!!!) 64mb of memory on my abit kt7 duron 600 w/Win2k set up, to 256 mb.....needless to say the performance currently is definitely hampered by the memory and I swap constantly. My question: Will Win2k "smartly" readjust the swap file, and fix itself for optimum performance with my new setup or will I need some type of swap file defrag application to get me up to optimum performance.
Thanks.

 

[StuckMojo]

defrag a few times before you let the page file resize, that way you should minimize the fragmentation of your page file. if it ends up in 3 or 4 fragments, its no big deal. besides, with 256, you are very unlikely to be swaping at all.

if it ends up too fragemented for you, grab the eval copy of diskeeper, it can defrag the page file at boot time (but be aware it can take a LONG!!! time, like overnight!)

alternatively, you could move the page file to a different partition, defrag the first partition, then move it back.

anyway, the answer is "no". there is really no special algorithm to page file allocation in win2k to keep it from getting fragmented.

 

[Bozo]

No, Win2K will not automatically readjust the swap file. Set the swap file for the same size, minimum and max. Around 300meg should be fine.

Bozo