as title says. I can't remember what fixed it. I did the usual checkdisk
and cleanup of files. The partition is dedicated to pagefile and temp files
and Crap.

Before booting into cmd mode, is there a way to deal with this from
windows.
after defrag it still says I need one.

Windows' built-in defragger doesn't defragment the page file. If
defragmenting the page file is important to you, install a third-party
defragger.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare Humanum Est

bg wrote:
> as title says. I can't remember what fixed it. I did the usual
> checkdisk and cleanup of files. The partition is dedicated to pagefile
> and temp files and Crap.
>
> Before booting into cmd mode, is there a way to deal with this from
> windows.
> after defrag it still says I need one.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb897426.aspx

John

bg wrote:

> as title says. I can't remember what fixed it. I did the usual
> checkdisk and cleanup of files. The partition is dedicated to pagefile
> and temp files and Crap.
>
> Before booting into cmd mode, is there a way to deal with this from
> windows.
> after defrag it still says I need one.

Leonard

Defragmenting the pagefile is a waste of time.


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Gerry
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Stourport, England
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Leonard Grey wrote:
> Windows' built-in defragger doesn't defragment the page file. If
> defragmenting the page file is important to you, install a third-party
> defragger.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare Humanum Est
>
> bg wrote:
>> as title says. I can't remember what fixed it. I did the usual
>> checkdisk and cleanup of files. The partition is dedicated to
>> pagefile and temp files and Crap.
>>
>> Before booting into cmd mode, is there a way to deal with this from
>> windows.
>> after defrag it still says I need one.

That is not true. If you have a dynamic pagefile it may be difficult to
keep it in a single fragment but a static pagefile in a single fragment
will lead to faster virtual memory access.

How to configure paging files for optimization and recovery in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482

John

Gerry wrote:

> Leonard
>
> Defragmenting the pagefile is a waste of time.
>
>

---
Leonard Grey
Errare Humanum Est

Gerry wrote:
> Leonard
>
> Defragmenting the pagefile is a waste of time.
>
>

Ooops - sorry, hit the wrong key. There's nothing more I have to
contribute to this thread.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare Humanum Est

Leonard Grey wrote:
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare Humanum Est
>
> Gerry wrote:
>> Leonard
>>
>> Defragmenting the pagefile is a waste of time.
>>
>>

you might try installing
a utility to run a boot
time and called page defrag
from microsoft.com

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"bg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:C7886447-F0D2-490A-A963-(E-Mail Removed)...
> as title says. I can't remember what fixed it. I did the usual checkdisk and cleanup of files. The partition is dedicated to
> pagefile and temp files and Crap.
>
> Before booting into cmd mode, is there a way to deal with this from windows.
> after defrag it still says I need one.

John

My feeling is that the contents of a contiguous pagefile can be
fragmented. Am I mistaken?. I have a single contiguous pagefile, which I
have never defragmented.

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Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


John John (MVP) wrote:
> That is not true. If you have a dynamic pagefile it may be difficult
> to keep it in a single fragment but a static pagefile in a single
> fragment will lead to faster virtual memory access.
>
> How to configure paging files for optimization and recovery in
> Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482
>
> John
>
> Gerry wrote:
>
>> Leonard
>>
>> Defragmenting the pagefile is a waste of time.

I don't know about that but my understanding of pagefile fragmentation
is that it is in several segments on the volume. If you have a
contiguous pagefile then it isn't fragmented.

John

Gerry wrote:

> John
>
> My feeling is that the contents of a contiguous pagefile can be
> fragmented. Am I mistaken?. I have a single contiguous pagefile, which I
> have never defragmented.
>