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Old May 7th 10, 10:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Twayne[_3_]
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Default Defrag

It's a negligible "problem" with no downsides so I'd wonder about the value
of adding another startup item from a third party to the boot process.
Unless the disk is way over 50% full, a kill of the pagefile, restart,
defrag, and put the pafegile back on will do it. Once it's set in place, a
pagefile is very unlikely to become fragmented until disk space is almost
gone and windows can no longer centralize the pagefile's location on the
disk.


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Tim Meddick typed:
As you know, you cannot defragment your page file while
Windows is running.
However, if you would like your page-file to be
defragmented, then you can download "page defrag"
(pagedfrg.exe) by Sysinternals (a former division of
Microsoft).
A small, very easy to use application that writes an entry
in the registry to execute itself at the same point in the
boot process where "chkdsk" runs (when configured to)
before the pagefile becomes "locked" by Windows starting.

Just start the application while Windows is running and
specify where the pagefile is located, tick the "Run on
every boot" check-box, and it will automatically run next,
and every time Windows starts-up.
Direct download link for Page Defrag :
http://live.sysinternals.com/Files/PageDefrag.zip

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"John Callaway" wrote in message
...
When I defrag ny laptop (XP SP2), I notice two large green
blocks. I assumed that is the page file area. Is there
any way to keep them together instead of separate? There
was just one before I increased the page file size, so I
guess instead of adding it to the same area , it created a
new separate area. JPC




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