Pagefile randomly moved..

**Axegrinder** · #1 26th Oct 2007, 13:20

I was doing a routine defrag, and noteced that the page file had moved, which is strange because i havent done anything. The green square in the picture is where the page file was. I'm sure it nothing major, im just wondering how it happened.

**Mike0001** · #2 8th Nov 2007, 08:37

If you let Windows handle its size then the pagefile will move if it is too small. Windows creates a new one. To fix it, you have to go in and take it out of Windows' control, but that means guessing what size to use. Also it is better to stick it on a separate otherwise empty partition.

Control Panel-->System-->Advanced--> Performance, Settings-->Advanced-->Virtual Memory, Change (Gasp)

**evilfantasy** · #3 8th Nov 2007, 08:42

Hey Mike, would a PageDefrag be of use (or even relate) to this?

**Axegrinder** · #4 8th Nov 2007, 14:28

Hey guys it doesnt matter anymore , as i completely reformatted my PC, in light of all the problems i had been having, and it worked as i havent had an error message or a reboot since.

**Mike0001** · #5 9th Nov 2007, 03:44

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Originally Posted by evilfantasy

Hey Mike, would a PageDefrag be of use (or even relate) to this?

Good idea, though the disk has to be well defragged beforehand or it will not work. (That is why using a separate partition works so well.) I use oodefrag and that handles page file defragging well.

Not sure whether it makes much difference as regards performance though.

**evilfantasy** · #6 9th Nov 2007, 09:48

I know a few people who swear by O&O, I have tried it twice (the free version) and it is even slower then the MS built in defrag. Might just be my computer.

Thanks.

**Mike0001** · #7 12th Nov 2007, 08:32

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Originally Posted by evilfantasy

I know a few people who swear by O&O, I have tried it twice (the free version) and it is even slower then the MS built in defrag. Might just be my computer.

Thanks.

It has several modes. The Stealth mode is pretty quick! That just consolidates files but leaves them scattered around. [I just did a run on a 160Gb laptop drive whilst typing this message.]

Space is quite slow but it does a proper job, which the built-in one doesn't, of consolidating free space. If you don't do that, the next file you create will be fragmented.

Know what creates the most fragmentation on your drive? Windows Restore salting away copies of your system files! Thousands of fragmented files every week.