Excessive HD fragmentation after moving page file.

[Guest]

I have two 60 Gig HD's which both have over 60% free space. C drive is used
for the OS and my Programs, while D drive is used mainly for working files. I
recently moved my page file from C to D understanding this is preferable,
however am now experiencing excessive fragmenting of C drive. Any suggestions
on why this should happen?

 

[Jim]

I have two 60 Gig HD's which both have over 60% free space. C drive is used
for the OS and my Programs, while D drive is used mainly for working files. I
recently moved my page file from C to D understanding this is preferable,
however am now experiencing excessive fragmenting of C drive. Any suggestions
on why this should happen?

Most likely not caused by moving the pagefile.
Jim

 

[Guest]

Most likely not caused by moving the pagefile.
Jim


You must have a Masters in Quantum Physics

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have two 60 Gig HD's which both have over 60% free space. C drive
is used for the OS and my Programs, while D drive is used mainly for
working files.

Separate PHYSICAL hard drives? Or partitions?

I recently moved my page file from C to D
understanding this is preferable, however am now experiencing
excessive fragmenting of C drive. Any suggestions on why this should
happen?

Doubtful the two are related - since if you truly moved the page file from C
to D, the pagefile no longer writes/reads from the C drive (assuming
different physical drives - if the same physical drive - moving it gave you
nothing - but in either case - not writing to the C: partition.) What this
means is that since there is no reading/writing of the pagefile to the C
"partition", it cannot cause your fragmentation.

What is "excessive fragmenting" to you?