Ah! I prefer to have the paging file ( 750Mb) positioned as near to the start of the drive as possible in FAT, or near the MFT in NTFS
Yes expanding to 4Gb would cripple the system while it did it bit-by bit, but I'd sooner be able to see the problem occurring and be able to determine what was causing it, than to have something just give up and go away due to insufficient (virtual) memory leaving me to try to figure out why - especially as experience says it's not the cause that fails, just whatever causes most problems by failing. But - that's a case of personal preferences Main thing is to get rid of all temp stuff - not forgetting the hiber.sys file if your system is allowed to hibernate And:- Does Pagekeeper allow you to specify the ordering of directories, files and file types as well as group and sort directories on FAT partitions, including the booted OS partition Also - I didn't see an answer as to what manipulation can be done with/within the MFT, Have you any information (source) you can provide to save me looking for myself that is? JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Houseman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 4:49 PM Subject: Re: SOFT: Diskeeper vs. XP defrag > I wasn't suggesting "no paging file" for normal use. XP runs just fine in safe mode with no pagefile, when there's at least 256MB of RAM. > > Eliminating the page file is essential to my procedure. It frees up a large block of space, allowing defrag to do a better job. > > As for the min vs max, if you want to allow a 4GB pagefile, but not allocate the entire 4GB, that's fine. But I'd make the minimum a large number that is not likely to be exceeded during normal use. And of course, if you rarely have 1 GB of pagefile requirement and suddenly need 3+ GB, it's more than likely a program error that will leave your system gasping for air. In terms of regaining control of your system, you'd be better off NOT having a 4GB upper limit. > > Carl > > While you may be able to get a *technically* superior defrag with any number of paid products, the question remains... does that result in better performance that you can notice? > > > > The answer in most cases is "no". > > > > I find it sufficient to do a safe mode defrag and then use a free add-on for continuous defrag (a feature offered by some paid products). > > > > Safe mode defrag: > > 1. Delete Temporary Internet Files of all users. > > 2. Set "no paging file" for the drive being defragged (if any exists). If this is your only page file and you have less than 256MB RAM, you can establish a paging file on another drive, or skip this step. > > 3. Reboot into safe mode. > > 4. Defrag normally. > > 5. If you have time, repeat the defrag a couple times or as much as you want until it completes in a minute or two. > > 6. Re-establish the page file if you got rid of it in (2). Set a custom size with the Initial and Maximum values identical. Your page file is now defragmented and will never fragment. > > 7. Reboot to normal mode. > > > > Now that you have a superior defrag of this drive, download and install this program: > > http://www.dirms.com/HOME/docs/buzzsaw_service.asp > > (there are other defrag programs at this site, but this is the only one that is worth bothering with, IMHO). > > > > You'll need to add the Buzzsaw GUI to your Startup programs, which provides > > a tray icon from which you can manage and monitor the continous defrag service. > > > > Carl -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
