pagefile.sys location

IS there a way to get xp x64 to report the address of the location on
the HD of the page file? If not, is there a utility that anyone might
happene to know of that will? I set my pagefile.sys to a fixed size so that
it doesn't fragment. IDK if its' location changes or not. I'm not sure how
the OS managees it. And if that can be altered. I know you can put it on
another drive but I don't want that.

Bill

Bill Cunningham wrote on 6/11/2016 10:38 AM:
IS there a way to get xp x64 to report the address of the location on
the HD of the page file? If not, is there a utility that anyone might
happene to know of that will? I set my pagefile.sys to a fixed size so that
it doesn't fragment. IDK if its' location changes or not. I'm not sure how
the OS managees it. And if that can be altered. I know you can put it on
another drive but I don't want that.

Bill

Control Panel - System - Advanced System Settings - Advanced -
Performance + Settings - Advanced - Virtual Memory + Change

You'll notice that MS really wants you to know this is advanced stuff:
notice the number of times the word "Advanced" appears in the drill
down. Once you have followed the path you can (assuming you are there
with administrative privileges) change size and which disk holds the
page file. On my machine I have a a 64GB memory and a 256GB SSD as my C
disk and decide that (1) I would almost never need a paging file and (2)
that there was no need for it to be on the SSD where it would waste
about a quarter of that SSD. So I specified that the paging file should
exist on a 4TB utility disk and that Windows should deal with all the
details.

Good luck with what ever you are trying to accomplish.
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Jeff Barnett

Jeff Barnett wrote on 6/11/2016 12:06 PM:
Bill Cunningham wrote on 6/11/2016 10:38 AM:
IS there a way to get xp x64 to report the address of the location on
the HD of the page file? If not, is there a utility that anyone might
happene to know of that will? I set my pagefile.sys to a fixed size so
that
it doesn't fragment. IDK if its' location changes or not. I'm not sure
how
the OS managees it. And if that can be altered. I know you can put it on
another drive but I don't want that.

Bill

Control Panel - System - Advanced System Settings - Advanced -
Performance + Settings - Advanced - Virtual Memory + Change

You'll notice that MS really wants you to know this is advanced stuff:
notice the number of times the word "Advanced" appears in the drill
down. Once you have followed the path you can (assuming you are there
with administrative privileges) change size and which disk holds the
page file. On my machine I have a a 64GB memory and a 256GB SSD as my C
disk and decide that (1) I would almost never need a paging file and (2)
that there was no need for it to be on the SSD where it would waste
about a quarter of that SSD. So I specified that the paging file should
exist on a 4TB utility disk and that Windows should deal with all the
details.

Good luck with what ever you are trying to accomplish.

Whoops! The above was for Windows 7, not XP.
--
Jeff Barnett

Bill Cunningham wrote:
IS there a way to get xp x64 to report the address of the location on
the HD of the page file? If not, is there a utility that anyone might
happene to know of that will? I set my pagefile.sys to a fixed size so that
it doesn't fragment. IDK if its' location changes or not. I'm not sure how
the OS managees it. And if that can be altered. I know you can put it on
another drive but I don't want that.

Bill

The Microsoft utility "nfi.exe" can tell you
the location, but only for NTFS file systems.

File 65780
\pagefile.sys
$STANDARD_INFORMATION (resident)
$FILE_NAME (resident)
$DATA (nonresident)
logical sectors 107815232-109912383 (0x66d2140-0x68d213f)
logical sectors 355620784-621959087 (0x153257b0-0x251257af)

That tool won't work for FAT32 file systems.

*******

I don't have a tool for FAT32. The closest thing
might be a disk editor.

*******

And not even this, tells you where the fragments
are located.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...agedefrag.aspx

Paul

"Paul" wrote in message
...
Bill Cunningham wrote:
IS there a way to get xp x64 to report the address of the location on
the HD of the page file? If not, is there a utility that anyone might
happene to know of that will? I set my pagefile.sys to a fixed size so
that it doesn't fragment. IDK if its' location changes or not. I'm not
sure how the OS managees it. And if that can be altered. I know you can
put it on another drive but I don't want that.

Bill

The Microsoft utility "nfi.exe" can tell you
the location, but only for NTFS file systems.

File 65780
\pagefile.sys
$STANDARD_INFORMATION (resident)
$FILE_NAME (resident)
$DATA (nonresident)
logical sectors 107815232-109912383 (0x66d2140-0x68d213f)
logical sectors 355620784-621959087 (0x153257b0-0x251257af)

That tool won't work for FAT32 file systems.

*******

I don't have a tool for FAT32. The closest thing
might be a disk editor.

*******

And not even this, tells you where the fragments
are located.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...agedefrag.aspx

Paul

You know I have found a couple of their tools don't work. Maybe they're
only for x86 I will try this. There is a registry hack too that you can
minimize that pagefile.sys. I also want it at the "front" of the drive's
partition. Thata's where it's supposed to be.

Bill

On 11/06/2016 17:38, Bill Cunningham wrote:
IS there a way to get xp x64 to report the address of the location on
the HD of the page file? If not, is there a utility that anyone might
happene to know of that will? I set my pagefile.sys to a fixed size so that
it doesn't fragment. IDK if its' location changes or not. I'm not sure how
the OS managees it. And if that can be altered. I know you can put it on
another drive but I don't want that.

Bill



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"Paul" wrote in message
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Bill Cunningham wrote:

pagedefrag.exe doesn't work on my system. I am thinking becuase the
drive is mounted.

Bill

In article , lid, Bill
Cunningham says...

"Paul" wrote in message
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Bill Cunningham wrote:

pagedefrag.exe doesn't work on my system. I am thinking becuase the
drive is mounted.

Bill

Try Puran Defrag instead. It's much better IMO. You can schedule a
boot-time defrag and checkdisk in one fell swoop for starters.

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In article ,
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In article , lid, Bill
Cunningham says...

"Paul" wrote in message
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Bill Cunningham wrote:

pagedefrag.exe doesn't work on my system. I am thinking becuase the
drive is mounted.

Bill

Try Puran Defrag instead. It's much better IMO. You can schedule a
boot-time defrag and checkdisk in one fell swoop for starters.

http://www.puransoftware.com/Puran-Defrag.html


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Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Paul" wrote in message
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Bill Cunningham wrote:

pagedefrag.exe doesn't work on my system. I am thinking becuase the
drive is mounted.

Bill



Don't the instructions say to reboot ?
It's probably loaded something into
the BootExecute key, so it can run before
the rest of the OS. Around page 3, the
suggestions become more reasonable.

http://forum.sysinternals.com/uninst...topic2696.html

Paul

On 6/11/16 5:15 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Paul" wrote in message
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Bill Cunningham wrote:

pagedefrag.exe doesn't work on my system. I am thinking becuase the
drive is mounted.

Bill



IIRC, disparag works during the boot process before Windows loads.

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Thunderbird 38.0.1
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and it's gone!"

On 6/11/16 6:15 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 6/11/16 5:15 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Paul" wrote in message
...
Bill Cunningham wrote:

pagedefrag.exe doesn't work on my system. I am thinking becuase the
drive is mounted.

Bill



IIRC, disparag works during the boot process before Windows loads.

Now, that is NOT what I remember typing! LOL


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Firefox 44.0
Thunderbird 38.0.1
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

On Sat, 11 Jun 2016 12:38:51 -0400, Bill Cunningham wrote:
IS there a way to get xp x64 to report the address of the location on
the HD of the page file? If not, is there a utility that anyone might
happene to know of that will? I set my pagefile.sys to a fixed size so that
it doesn't fragment. IDK if its' location changes or not. I'm not sure how
the OS managees it. And if that can be altered. I know you can put it on
another drive but I don't want that.

Use below VBScript.

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\ROOT\CIMV2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery( _
  "SELECT * FROM Win32_PageFile", "WQL", &h30)
Output = ""
For Each objItem in colItems
  Output = Output & "File Name: " & objItem.Name & vbCRLF & _
    "File Size: " & objItem.FileSize / 1048576 & " MB (Initial: " & _
    objItem.InitialSize & " MB, Max: " & objItem.MaximumSize & _
    " MB)" & vbCRLF
Next
WScript.Echo Output

While setting the page file to a fixed size prevent it from being fragmented
because it's not expanding, it doesn't defragment an already fragmented page
file. Use a third party defragmentation tool that support page file
defragmentation (must be a boot-time defragmentation).

Page file location is by default, at the root directory. The location and
file name is stored in the registry under value name "PagingFiles" and is
found under below registry path (long text warning). I'd suggest using a
third party tool if you aren't familiar with the registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contr ol\Session Manager\Memory
Management

"Paul" wrote in message
...
Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Paul" wrote in message
...
Bill Cunningham wrote:

pagedefrag.exe doesn't work on my system. I am thinking becuase the
drive is mounted.

Bill



Don't the instructions say to reboot ?
It's probably loaded something into
the BootExecute key, so it can run before
the rest of the OS. Around page 3, the
suggestions become more reasonable.

http://forum.sysinternals.com/uninst...topic2696.html


The only thing that happens is that a small pop box pops up and says error
and you click ok and I believe the program closes. I tried a couple of times
then deleted it.

Bill

"JJ" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 11 Jun 2016 12:38:51 -0400, Bill Cunningham wrote:
IS there a way to get xp x64 to report the address of the location on
the HD of the page file? If not, is there a utility that anyone might
happene to know of that will? I set my pagefile.sys to a fixed size so
that
it doesn't fragment. IDK if its' location changes or not. I'm not sure
how
the OS managees it. And if that can be altered. I know you can put it on
another drive but I don't want that.

Use below VBScript.

 Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\ROOT\CIMV2")
 Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery( _
  "SELECT * FROM Win32_PageFile", "WQL", &h30)
 Output = ""
 For Each objItem in colItems
  Output = Output & "File Name: " & objItem.Name & vbCRLF & _
    "File Size: " & objItem.FileSize / 1048576 & " MB (Initial: " & _
    objItem.InitialSize & " MB, Max: " & objItem.MaximumSize & _
    " MB)" & vbCRLF
 Next
 WScript.Echo Output

While setting the page file to a fixed size prevent it from being
fragmented
because it's not expanding, it doesn't defragment an already fragmented
page
file. Use a third party defragmentation tool that support page file
defragmentation (must be a boot-time defragmentation).

Page file location is by default, at the root directory. The location and
file name is stored in the registry under value name "PagingFiles" and is
found under below registry path (long text warning). I'd suggest using a
third party tool if you aren't familiar with the registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contr ol\Session
Manager\Memory
Management

Thanks JJ. I'm also wondering if the OS puts anything in front of the
pagefile.sys. Or moves it around when other files are fragmenting. IDK if I
could stop that or not.

Bill