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Freeware alternative
2004-11-24 11:18:54 ecloninger [Reply | View]

There is a freeware pagefile defragmenter available at www.sysinternals.com. I've been using it for several years on NT/2000/XP with no problems. It does not require you to turn off virtual memory and it does it's job requiring only one reboot.

Freeware alternative
2005-03-07 01:10:29 ortegos [Reply | View]

Yes, it's very good programm. I am also recommend it.

Just curious as to why one would want to defrag their page file when it can simply be deleted and rebuilt? In Windows XP the page file can't be deleted directly from Windows because it will give the "in use" error.

I always delete mine from my Windows PE(variant) CD.

For info on how to make this CD, go here:Bart's PE Builder

This is an amazing tool. I refer to it as my 'magic disk'. It can be used for disaster recovery to rescue files from a system that won't boot. It's pretty much a Windows XP 'Live CD' similar to Knoppix in the Linux world, and it has full USB and Network Support. You can boot from this CD into a minimal Windows XP Installation where you can access all Windows partitions and the files that are on them. With this CD there is no computer you can't get into as long as you have physical access and a CDROM.

There is a freeware pagefile defragmenter ...

Maybe some on here will tell me there is a better way, but the best way I found to defragment is to run Windows defragmenter in Safe Mode.

Steps for defragmenting in Safe Mode (win 98)

1). Shut down computer.
2). Power up computer and immediately...
3). Press F8 key repeatedly (rapid keep pressing).
4). Select Safe mode and let computer boot up.
5). Click on START
6). Mouse over PROGRAMS
7). Mouse over ACCESSORIES
8). Mouse over SYSTEM TOOLS
9). Click on DISK DEFRAGMENTOR

Let it do its thing. Then shut down and start again.

Doing it from Safe Mode will keep it from restarting as different programs you have running in the background keep changing your disk information (everytime the disk information changes, defrag starts over).

And doing it is SAFE MODE and it defrags in a whole lot less time.

This will also speed your computer. For those of you that don't know what defragging is, as the computer stores and retrieves information from your hard drive, it gets a little messy (like my desk). All the papers are there but they get harder and harder to find.

When you defragment the information on your hard drive, your computer puts the information in places that it can get to them quickly. The faster it can find the information, the faster your computer runs.

The only difference between your computer cleaning things up and me cleaning up my desk is that the computer can find what it is looking for when it is done. Me, I can find a thing when my desk is clean.