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Originally Posted by PepsiCan
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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
I have read that disabling virtual memory, rebooting then defragging with the installed windows program will also defrag the page file. Then enable virtual memory when done, reboot. Is there any truth to this?
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Yes.
Virtual memory is nothing more than an area on the harddrive that is reserved to 'park' software or data currently running in RAM that does not need to be used right now but has been used recently or will be used in the near future.
If you set your virtual memory to 0 then there is no page file on the disk. So, it effectively deletes it. But with NTFS formatting you shouldn't have to defrag your disks as often as with FAT anyways. I also suspect that Windows deletes the page file anyways when you shut it down. |
There is one catch to this. This will place the pagefile at the *end* of your used space on the hard drive. Ideally, especially with a fixed size swap, you want it at the very front of the drive for maximum speed. I do believe that is an option with diskkeeper to move it to the front of the drive. Ideally, a seperate partition is the best way to go to maximize speed and minimize clutter or interference.