Fragmented pagefile windows xp

After getting my son's computer up and running, I discovered he overloaded his backup operating system partition, creating some major fragment problems. I was able to move things around and fixed all but the fragments 2. Is there a way to defragment these fragments?

Barry ,. Hi Barry. If you want to defragment system files such as the page file then download and install Defraggler 2. Auslogics Disk Defrag is another great 3rd party defragmentation tool but the free version does not defragment system files that are in use by the Operating System. Evan Omo ,. Log in or Sign up to hide this advert. It looks like Defraggler is better than the free Auslogics Disk Defrag, but it still didn't defrag this file.

Any other suggestions of free programs, or do I need to buy Auslogic's full version and hope it does the job? James Martin likes this. If memory serves me right - doubtful as I grow older - the simplest way of defragging a pagefile is to remove it and create another?? Job done? PeteC ,. SpywareDr ,. All Microsoft's PowerToys for Windows.

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Find Your Lost Product Keys. Clean Install Windows 10 the Easy Way. The Best Tech Newsletter Anywhere Join , subscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles. Thanks to Reader Shawn for suggesting this as a topic. If disk space is really tight, set the initial page-file size to its minimum of 2 MB and set the maximum size to a value that is at least as large as the amount of installed memory.

Use your computer normally for a few weeks and allow Windows to create a page file of the proper size. I don't think I could have paid money for any better answers.

Thank you everyone for taking time to answer. Golden Goose, thanks for the valuable information. I'm hoping you can also make some recommendations regarding my configuration. This is the mail server for approximately 50 users at the moment. Soon after configuring this server I noticed Application Error at regular intervals, about every 10 days. Essentially I was told that my virtual memory was fragmented in such a way that I needed to restart my Exchange Services.

My original paging file resided on C: and was set to A few days ago the system rebooted itself in the middle of the night and the system Event ID indicated the "Previous System Shutdown was Unexpected. Since then I added a second page file on E: and set it to giving me a total paging file of MB. However, I was never asked to reboot my system. Basically, I'm looking to correctly set the paging file for this system in such a way where it will not cause any virtual memory fragmentation.

I also have a problem with my laptop. I just bought this in February and I was in the middle of doing my homework, when all of a sudden it gave me this message saying, defragmentation and optimization.

And that I needed to buy it to fix my computer. I never download anything in this computer. I only use this for Microsoft Word and internet use. Please help me on what you think I should do to this laptop. Do I buy what the Dell is recommending me to buy? My computer always gives me this message saying "Exception Processing Message" and every time I would hit ok, my computer shuts downs and restarts on it's own.

Since this thread is 8 years old, most people will not even read it, nor is anything on it applicable. I suggest that you start a new thread and post your problem again. On your new posting include the OS you are using, the amount of Ram, and the size of your disk.

I can also say with some level of certainty that a fragmented page file is a non-issue. Browse Community. Windows General. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for.

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