wayofdow Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Pagefile is my biggest file at 1.5 gigs and it has the most fragments. Will defragging this file crash my system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDrivesTruck Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 wayofdow said: Pagefile is my biggest file at 1.5 gigs and it has the most fragments. Will defragging this file crash my system? No defragger should ever crash your system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Try PageDefrag: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb897426.aspx "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcoffeep Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Try PageDefrag:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb897426.aspx Do you know if PageDefrag is compatible with Vista? I've looked around but haven't come across a definitive answer. /ninja'ing thread... Fantasy is the celebration of what we no longer are: individuals certain of our meaningfulness in a meaningful world. The wish-fulfillment that distinguishes fantasy from other genres is not to be the all-conquering hero, but to live in a meaningful world. The fact that such worlds are enchanted worlds, worlds steeped in magic, simply demonstrates the severity of our contemporary crisis.Scott R. Bakker, Why Fantasy and Why Now? RPG Codex - Putting the 'Role' back in RPG. The Age of Decadence - A game everyone should look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Do you know if PageDefrag is compatible with Vista? I've looked around but haven't come across a definitive answer. /ninja'ing thread... I don't have Vista so I can't try it but the utility is from Microsoft's Mark Russinovich so Microsoft Technical support should be able to answer that question. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thm Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I don't have Vista so I can't try it but the utility is from Microsoft's Mark Russinovich so Microsoft Technical support should be able to answer that question. As yet, PageDefrag does not work on Vista, but I don't know why ! If you have plenty of memory, then you can set the page file to zero, reboot, defrag your disk [all of it: files, folders, freespace] and then recreate the page file. This can be risky if you do not have much memory, but should be fine otherwise. [see posts under: http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showto...20&start=20 ] -thm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcoffeep Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I'm going to write this without crying. I'm going to write this without crying. Ionlyhave1GBofRAM. -breaks down in tears- Fantasy is the celebration of what we no longer are: individuals certain of our meaningfulness in a meaningful world. The wish-fulfillment that distinguishes fantasy from other genres is not to be the all-conquering hero, but to live in a meaningful world. The fact that such worlds are enchanted worlds, worlds steeped in magic, simply demonstrates the severity of our contemporary crisis.Scott R. Bakker, Why Fantasy and Why Now? RPG Codex - Putting the 'Role' back in RPG. The Age of Decadence - A game everyone should look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathadder Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Pagefile is my biggest file at 1.5 gigs and it has the most fragments. Will defragging this file crash my system? It should be safe to defragment the page file and MFT as long as the defragger is reliable and knows what it's doing. However, AFAIK, there is no free defragger that is capable of defragging the MFT. I use Diskeeper 2008 on my XP rig, and it has the capability to defrag both. I used to do the occasional boot-time defrag with Diskeeper Pro on my XP system, but I find that it is very rarely needed now, since DK's 'fragshield' feature keeps the MFT un-fragmented, and I've also moved the paging file to a separate partition on a different drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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