Page file defrag - Vista
 

Is there a way to defrag the page file in Vista? Apparently the built-in defragger in Vista does not have this ability. Help!

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

It's a bit long winded, but you can move your pagefile to another drive, reboot, defrag the original drive, move the pagefile back and reboot..

http://www.techmetica.com/howto/how-...file-in-vista/

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

Stuart thanks everso for these destructions, as you say a bit long winded. Will have to mull this one over, cos I'd be worried in case something went wrong. Maybe I should let well alone. :rolleyes:

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

Are you sure the page file is even fragmented?

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

No I am not sure, but considering the computer is now 4 years old, I would assume there is a high likelihood. I've been reading an article that says defragging the pagefile could help to improve the performance. But if this is not necessary, or the resulting defrag doesn't make any significant difference. I will let well alone.

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

Just turn off the pagefile, reboot, and turn it back on again. Done.

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

But surely if the disk partition contains other files and is fragmented then the newly-created page file will still be in chunks?

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

Yes the page file tends to be a fixed size and thus tends not to frag. But a better solution is turn it off reboot, defrag and then turn it back on. You could also use a program like defraggler to tell you how fragmented the file is.

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

I was told many years ago if you PC has two Hard Drives (Not 2 partitions) was to put the page file on the other drive (I.E. move from C: to D:, and that would speed up your system a bit)

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

Theres a program called Perfect Disk that gives u this option.

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

Yes, I've done this on this system. I create a fixed size pagefile as the first file on an empty second drive. This makes sure it's one contiguous file and always remains that way as the size does not vary.

I've not noticed any dramatic increase in performance but I guess every little bit helps.

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

Well if you have lots of ram the page file won't see much use, but that is the best way to do it.

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

It's a capability that is creeping in to a few freeware defrags, the availability of boot-time defrag which can defrag pagefile and other locked system files.

http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html

http://www.piriform.com/docs/defragg...ot-time-defrag
http://www.piriform.com/docs/defragg...ot-time-defrag - the files Defraggler does in boot time mode

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

Update for anyone who may have similar question.

A friend recommended I assign a fixed size to the page file. As I understand it this should do away with the need to degrag. According to the article I was reading, the figures for PC which has 2GB of ram (which mine has) the page file size should be between 3072 and 4096. So I have set both the initial size and the Maximum size to 3072.

Just for good measure I downloaded and ran Perfect Disk, which took all night to defrag. This morning I also did the boot defrag, and can't honestly see any significant difference in performance/speed. Was it worth it?:shrug:
Many thanks to all for your help! :nworthy:

Re: Page file defrag - Vista
 

I really don't think it's necessary, even when windows is managing it the page file it isn't that THAT dynamic. I have a windows managed page file and it is a giant 6GB block sitting in the middle of my boot partition, the same size and same place it always is. You can install defraggler and look at it.