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Miscellaneous => The Orphanage => Topic started by: shankle on July 21, 2013, 05:29:06 AM

Title: pagefile.sys
Post by: shankle on July 21, 2013, 05:29:06 AM
Just in case someone else has trouble with Defraggler ending with a large unfragmented
result at the end of defragging. This problem occurred on a 64-bit computer and not
on a 32-bit computer.  I have 6G of ram and windows 7 set the Pagefile at 6100mb.
This did not work. Changing it to 2 1/2 times the size of ram solved the unfragmented problem.
Title: Re: pagefile.sys
Post by: Magnum on July 21, 2013, 12:59:12 PM
Quote from: shankle on July 21, 2013, 05:29:06 AM
Just in case someone else has trouble with Defraggler ending with a large unfragmented
result at the end of defragging. This problem occurred on a 64-bit computer and not
on a 32-bit computer.  I have 6G of ram and windows 7 set the Pagefile at 6100mb.
This did not work. Changing it to 2 1/2 times the size of ram solved the unfragmented problem.

Unless Windows 7 is a big memory hog, with your 6 Gb of Ram, you should not need 6100 Mb of Ram.

I use 400 Mb for my PageFile  with 3 Gb or Ram with XP.

I have found MyDefrag v4.3.1 to be very good.

Take care,

Andy 



Title: Re: pagefile.sys
Post by: Vortex on July 21, 2013, 05:58:58 PM
Hi shankle,

A practical solution is to reboot the computer with a Windows Preinstallation Environment ( PE ) disc and delete pagefile.sys. Run Defraggler to defragment the drive.
Title: Re: pagefile.sys
Post by: shankle on July 22, 2013, 02:01:16 AM
Hi Magnum and Vortex,
HP doesn't supply a disk anymore. so I can't follow your instructions.
From what I have been reading deleting the Pagefile is a nono.
Anyway it's working fine now on the 64-bit computer.
Windows xp and 7 are two different birds.
Title: Re: pagefile.sys
Post by: Gunther on July 22, 2013, 02:11:04 AM
Hi shankle,

you could try to install your Windows 7 onto an USB drive. It's not easy but possible.

Gunther
Title: Re: pagefile.sys
Post by: Vortex on July 22, 2013, 06:12:33 AM
Hi shankle,

QuoteFrom what I have been reading deleting the Pagefile is a nono.

This is not true. Deleting the pagefile does not have any negative effect. ( deleting it in a Win PE environment. )

Imagex.exe is Microsoft's imaging tool and it excludes the pagefile file by default :

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766147%28v=ws.10%29.aspx

Title: Re: pagefile.sys
Post by: dedndave on July 22, 2013, 08:13:31 AM
yes - nothing new about deleting the pagefile
you may lose a few settings or whatever, but it shouldn't cause major issues
Title: Re: pagefile.sys
Post by: xuewuyang on August 22, 2013, 05:22:33 PM
Run Defraggler to defragment the drive.
Title: Re: pagefile.sys
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Title: Re: pagefile.sys
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