[Defragging pagefile.sys in XP]

Hello say you have xp have you gone to system tools and defraged from there. Just a though you likely tried this but just incase. It is also called the same thing for say vista in the same place.

 

Thanks for the advice.

Unfortunately, I have already used the Windows standard defragmentor.

 

Thanks for your time, though.

 

Take care,

RedStarYellowSun

[Defragging pagefile.sys in XP]

Yes, you should.

A fragmented pagefile is not too bad - it only gets used it little bits anyway.

Did you try creating a fresh pagefile? Defragging without one?

 

What about an off-line (not the system disc) defrag?

Defraggler DOES move $files if it can.

Either put your HDD in another PC as second drive (or in a USB "caddy")

or build a UBCD and run defraggler from that separate CD-booted system.

 

I tried creating a fresh pagefile and defragging without one. Unfortunately, it only moved one square.

 

Your other suggestions, I do not know if I can do that. I only have one hard drive and the partition especially made for pagefile is in that same 1 hard drive.

 

Thanks for your time.

 

Take care,

RedStarYellowSun

[Defragging pagefile.sys in XP]

The $ files are NTFS meta files and should not be touched under any circumstances, especially the MFT Mirror, which is fixed in the centre of the drive (and is also very small).

 

On my spouse's laptop I used Pagedfrg from Microsoft, this defrags page, hiber and registry files on startup. It took a long time sitting there (over an hour, I think) but did the job fine. You'll have to search M/S pages or Google to find it as I don't know the link.

 

In fact pagedfrg is a shining example to code writers, peanuts small download, no-frills, just does its stuff.

 

Thanks for the info. I learned something new.

But concerning Microsoft's Pagedfrg: Something seems odd with my pagefile.sys . I have set Pagedfrg to run during e evry start up. So, when the computer starts up, It reports that the pagefile.sys is in 1 (while, unified) fragment. But after start up, both Windows Defragmenter and Piriform Defraggler report that it is in 2 fragments and the and the $LogFile and $MFTMirr are in between each fragment.

What can I do?

 

I just tried PageDefrag and it doesn't do Vista - unchanged since Nov 06.

 

There is another method, though it requires two reboots instead of one.

Go into "Virtual Memory Settings" in "Advanced" in "Properties of My Computer".

Opt for no pagefile at all, then reboot and opt for a fixed pagefile (I recommend 1.5xRAM).

That will need another reboot. Unless your remaining space was fragmented, your new one should be in one piece.

If not, run defraggler during the no-pagefile session.

Darn...

$LogFile and $MFTMirr are in the way, so they're still 2 fragments.

I shouldn't have defragged the partition.

 

To both: Thanks for your time.

 

Take care,

RedStarYellowSun

[Defragging pagefile.sys in XP]

I was trying to help my mom with her Windows XP computer problems when I came into this problem.

Following the advice of a website, I tried to defrag a part of her hard drive partitioned for pagefile.sys but found that Defraggler ineffective in defragmenting this type of file. After the defragging session, I found new files (probably created by Windows) entitled "$LogFile" and "$MFTMirr". I know that these files are quite puny, but is there a way of deleting these?

Also, is there some tool out there that can defragment pagefile.sys?

 

Thank you for your time.

 

Take care,

RedStarYellowSun

[Less Space After Defragging]

I don't know what happened, but I ran regular disk defragmenter for awhile, and all my lost free space came back. Weird stuff. I could never find that lost space anywhere. Two separate disk space analyzers said I only had 195GB on my hard drive.

 

Wow, that's weird.

I have an idea, though. Is there some undefragmentable files there that are entitled "System Volume Information"?

I hear that when a non-Windows defragger program modifies the disk, Windows saves information for backup. I heard that there is a way of shutting this of, but I don't remember how.

[Less Space After Defragging]

Really?

In my case, there is this "System Volume Information" that keeps consuming more and more of my space and I cannot defrag that data.

How about you guys?

 

Take care,

RedStarYellowSun

[Less Space After Defragging]

Everytime I defragment with Defraggler, I find that I have less space. I use Vista Business.

Why is this?

Is there a way of fixing this?

 

Thanks for your time.

 

Take care,

RedStarYellowSun

[Anyone Heard of "Microsoft 7"?]

Click here to go to another topic already started my me.

 

It's called Windows 7. I don't know if it's going to make Vista obsolete, per say, but some people claim this is how Vista should have been. Not trying to pimp another website., but I'm a member over at MaximumPC.com and their forms. They have a lot of news on Windows 7, considering it was released as a public beta. Here are all of the topics/news stories that they have done-->http://www.maximumpc.com/search/node/windows+7.

 

Honestly, as long as the launch is not botched, I personally think this Windows will redeem the negatives of Vista. However, I'm using Vista, and really haven't had any problems with it. Before SP1, it was bad, but now it has come a long way.

 

AJ

 

Thanks for the info and links! They were quite helpful.

 

Take care,

RedStarYellowSun

[Conflict in XP?]

I love Defraggler. Ever since I discovered the secret of defragmenting and defragmenting my free space, my Vista has never been faster.

So, I tried installing it on my sister's PC (an XP) and my mother's laptop (also an XP). This is where the clash began.

In my Vista, I can perform both tasks ["Defrag Freespace (allow fragmentation)" first, "Defrag Checked" last) and, when I would redo it again, they would both report that the disk was optimized according to both standards (free space AND continuous, 1-piece data).

But, in XP, it seems that the two standards clash and contradict. I would do one process, when I did the other, it would just undo what was done my the first process... and vise versa.

Is this just with their machines? Or is this universal for all (or at least most) XP's? Is there a way defragmenting with both standards met?

 

Thank you for your time.

 

Take care,

RedStarYellowSun

[Anyone Heard of "Microsoft 7"?]

I heard from a friend of mine that Vista is now on its way to being obsolete because Microsoft has come up with a new system called "Microsoft 7". I Googled and found that it does indeed exist, but (at least my corner of the globe) it doesn't seem too well know.

How about where you guys are? Is it any better than Vista?

 

Thanks for your time.

 

Take care,

RedStarYellowSun