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More info?)
Start/Settings/Control Panel/System
in Sys Properties/Advanced Tab/Change
"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message
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> In article <73c601c430c2$05c4f8c0$a401280a@phx.gbl>,
> Aman <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >Hi there
> >I know from my system information that the swap file (or
> >page file) is located at c:\pagefile.sys. But when I
> >search for it, it does not appear anywhere.
> >Can someone tell me how to find this file? So that I can
> >put this file on different drive to decrease fragmentation.
> >Thanks
> >Aman
> >
>
> You're probably using file explorer and it's hiding "system" files.
> Look in options to change that. Minimizing pagefile fragmentation but
> if al you do it put it on another disk will still fragment unless you
> do some things.
>
> First, look in Task Manager to see how much pagefile you need
> when all the applications you need are all running. Add
> some percenatge.
>
> In Controlpanel/System/Advanced you set the MIN=MAX file pagefile
> size. Unless you do this you will get fragments, even on a second
> disk. (You can dedicate an empty disk to paging, and not worry about
> fragmentation, but don't do this without proving that the pagefile
> is a bottleneck, and that a disk will cure it, first.)
>
> Then you need to do a boot-time defrag. The paid defrag tools do
> this.
>
> I'm not sure if booting in repair mode and running the built-in defrag
> will, Has anyone tried this ?
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> Al Dykes
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> adykes at p a n i x . c o m
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