pagefile.sys

DampCat · 23 Oct 2008 at 21:04

Hi!

This bad boy is like 2gb, and refuses to defrag. Is this right? What should i do?

growse · 23 Oct 2008 at 21:07

Why do you want to defrag it? There are dedicated pagefile defragmation tools available I believe...

DampCat · 23 Oct 2008 at 21:11

I dont particularly want to, it's just showing up as a huge red row in my Defraggler and i wondered why it wont defrag

Amnesia · 23 Oct 2008 at 21:19

u could always use a different hard drive or partition for the page file...then defrag the drive you are attempting.
then put it(the page file) back if u so wish

jbloggs · 23 Oct 2008 at 21:23

DampCat said:
I dont particularly want to, it's just showing up as a huge red row in my Defraggler and i wondered why it wont defrag

For the pagefile.sys to defrag, the volume upon which it is needs to be "locked" by the OS, and it can't do this if booted into Windows, so it is done on a reboot.....PageDefrag

However, I don't think Defraggler's estimation for defragging the pagefile is correct, and I would be inclined (if you are really bent on doing it) to rather than defrag it, simply delete it, and recreate it...

DampCat · 23 Oct 2008 at 21:29

Honestly i dont care that much about defragging it, i just wanted to know why it's not defragging. I think i get the picture now

thanks!