Must I have a pagefile

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My page file is fragmented.

I have a defrag app that moves all file together - except for the system
files.

I was wondering if I do that, so there are no gaps.

And then use control panel to select "No pagefile"

Reboot and then un-check it.

If the system had no pagefile and had to recreate it I'd guess it would be
unfragmanted.



does any of this make sense?



Thanks
 
Hi,

A fragmented pagefile is not a big deal, though some try to make it out to
be. Disabling, then reenabling it will get it rebuilt, but as soon as you
start expanding it beyond its initial size it will once again become
fragmented. So, if you're going to do that, set the initial size larger than
your average use of the virtual memory.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Netter said:
My page file is fragmented.

I have a defrag app that moves all file together - except for the system
files.

I was wondering if I do that, so there are no gaps.

And then use control panel to select "No pagefile"

Reboot and then un-check it.

If the system had no pagefile and had to recreate it I'd guess it would be
unfragmanted.



does any of this make sense?



Thanks
Click to expand...
Since the pagefile is almost never read sequentially, it makes no sense to
worry about fragmentation.

Jim
 
Netter said:
My page file is fragmented.

I have a defrag app that moves all file together - except for the system
files.

I was wondering if I do that, so there are no gaps.

And then use control panel to select "No pagefile"

Reboot and then un-check it.

If the system had no pagefile and had to recreate it I'd guess it would be
unfragmanted.
Click to expand...

www.sysinternals.com has a little pagefile and registry defragmenter.
Though i've never seen any measurable performance increase from it.
 
However each fragment requires extra non swappable physical memory. So lots of fragments isn't good.
 
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