Arenaboy007 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 After using boot time defrag, my free space went down from 975GB to 969GB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenaboy007 Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 Anyone else getting this issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted September 22, 2017 Moderators Share Posted September 22, 2017 Just guessing, but I remember once that a boot time defrag concacetated my pagefile from two 'blocks' into one contiguous block, to do this it needed to allocate an extra cluster to the pagefile reserved discspace. No more actual data, just the pagefile reserving a bit more disc space for itself. *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy2 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 - It could be caused by something else. e.g.: 1) Windows making a new system restore point. 2) Windows increasing the size of the pagefile. Or any of the 3) Any other piece of software updating itself. 4) .......................... 5) Or a combination of the above. System setup: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/gcNzIPEjEb0B2khOOBVCHPc A discussion always stimulates the braincells !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenaboy007 Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 Just guessing, but I remember once that a boot time defrag concacetated my pagefile from two 'blocks' into one contiguous block, to do this it needed to allocate an extra cluster to the pagefile reserved discspace. No more actual data, just the pagefile reserving a bit more disc space for itself. How do I reduce or remove this? - It could be caused by something else. e.g.: 1) Windows making a new system restore point. 2) Windows increasing the size of the pagefile. Or any of the 3) Any other piece of software updating itself. 4) .......................... 5) Or a combination of the above. I turned off system restore, and checked to make sure it didn't create a restore point. System was fully updated when I ran boot time defrag, so I don't think it's going to eat up 6GB for updates. Have you tried boot time defrag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted September 26, 2017 Moderators Share Posted September 26, 2017 How do I reduce or remove this? The pagefile is usually set by default in Windows to be the same size, or slightly larger than, your RAM. The pagefile can be moved to a different drive, it's (automatically) allocated size can be changed, you can even get rid of it and run without a pagefile at all. None of these actions are recommended, and they can (will) affect the performance of your computer. (Unless you have a very large RAM). With 969 GB free you are not exactly short of disc space, I would leave the pagefile alone and let Windows manage it. Put it in context - that 6 GB you are talking about is 0.62% of your free space, that's negligible. If you insist on playing with your pagefile then a Google search will find instructions for your particular windows version. TBH though if you did not know about this already then I would still say leave it alone, you can affect how your computer runs for the sake of what is a negligible bit of your disc space that you are probably not going to use anyway even if you did free it up. *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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