Defrag virtual memory

AVGWarhawk · 08-01-07, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

Lol, my little boys play Sponge Bob on the computer, too!

Nothing like a few grand so you kids can play Barbie or Sponge Bob. Heck, I'm the TV Pong generation. No cable TV..did not exist. Three channels only. Cartoons only shown on Saturday morning.

Ilpalazzo · 08-01-07, 11:00 AM

bless this time we live in.

Anyway I too use and have been using diskeeper for quite some time. Very awesome program.

Pteradon · 08-01-07, 12:35 PM

Hello,

For some info about tweaking Windows or setting up your page file,
take a look at this link.
http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html

Koroush Ghazi made a very good guide of it.

I use it, for turning alot of things off, in windows.
It decreased my pagefile

Powerthighs · 08-01-07, 01:37 PM

Great guide! Thanks.

gg5056 · 08-01-07, 02:20 PM

In windows vista, You can set a time & date to defrag automately.

I do my twice a week.

Wilcke · 08-01-07, 02:38 PM

Good stuff here! I have found that the NTFS drives need less frequent defragging than FAT. That is nice.

I keep an old PC around, its rubbish, AMD XP2700 with an old GeForce 4800 vid card. Keeps the kids happy and if they crash it...OH WELL!:rotfl:

My game box stays pollution free! LOL

Thanks for the links to the proggies will definately put those into the mix.

Wilcke

RickC Sniper · 08-01-07, 03:27 PM

I have a pc question unrelated to virtual memory.

When using my browser when I type in a url a dropdown appears showing me possible web sites to complete my typing. I'm not sure if this is the same as the autocomplete feature.

How can I disable this "memory" of locations previously visited? I'm still using IE6. I'm just too stubborn to upgrade to IE7 I guess.

...Thanks
Rick C

AVGWarhawk · 08-01-07, 03:34 PM

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I keep an old PC around, its rubbish, AMD XP2700 with an old GeForce 4800 vid card. Keeps the kids happy and if they crash it...OH WELL!

I do have an old Emachine 550 pentium 3 with a Gforce 5500 Windows 98 for my daughters. It is not connected to the internet. Just a gaming computer for whatever game it is willing to run. It is the downloaded internet games on my rig that clutters it up. I will tell you this....kids are smart. They are 12 and 9 years of age....they can run the computer better than most adults I know and sure enough they teach me a few things. Nothing like having a 12 year old talk to you about importing pictures for reports that are found in My Pictures and copy/cut/paste function to put them in the report.

My little girl showed me this....I never knew what the 'cut' function did

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NEON DEON · 08-01-07, 03:47 PM

The page file does not defrag on shut down nor does it go away.

However, without using another program you can defrag the drive if you have more than one partition.

Just create a page file on the other partition and delete the page file you want to defrag and reboot. Then defrag the partition that the old page file was on. Saving some time you could just let it stand that way untill you were ready to defrag the page file again then repeat the process the other way.

Or you could get a program that does it for you.

UnSalted · 08-01-07, 10:59 PM

Seems like a decade ago I bought DiskKeeper the first time. That was before MS decided to incorporate it in their OS. I do not miss the days when a 500 MB drive took an hour to defrag.

Then again I still love Windows NT, the system they scrapped too early.

THE_MASK · 08-01-07, 11:56 PM

Simply go to control panel/system/advanced/performance settings/advanced/virtual memory/change . Set your drive to no page file . Restart the computer then defrag your drive then reset your page file to MIN=1.5x your memory and MAX=3x your memory . Then restart your comp again .

08-01-07, 02:20 PM	#5
gg5056 Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: fl Posts: 112 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Defrag In windows vista, You can set a time & date to defrag automately. I do my twice a week.

08-01-07, 03:27 PM	#7
RickC Sniper Undetectable Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,221 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	I have a pc question unrelated to virtual memory. When using my browser when I type in a url a dropdown appears showing me possible web sites to complete my typing. I'm not sure if this is the same as the autocomplete feature. How can I disable this "memory" of locations previously visited? I'm still using IE6. I'm just too stubborn to upgrade to IE7 I guess. ...Thanks Rick C __________________ Support Subsim http://www.subsim.com/store.html

08-01-07, 03:47 PM	#9
NEON DEON Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,207 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 5	The page file does not defrag on shut down nor does it go away. However, without using another program you can defrag the drive if you have more than one partition. Just create a page file on the other partition and delete the page file you want to defrag and reboot. Then defrag the partition that the old page file was on. Saving some time you could just let it stand that way untill you were ready to defrag the page file again then repeat the process the other way. Or you could get a program that does it for you. __________________ Diesel Boats Forever!

08-01-07, 11:00 AM	#2
Ilpalazzo Frogman Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 309 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	bless this time we live in. Anyway I too use and have been using diskeeper for quite some time. Very awesome program.

08-01-07, 12:35 PM	#3
Pteradon Nub Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Hello, For some info about tweaking Windows or setting up your page file, take a look at this link. http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html Koroush Ghazi made a very good guide of it. I use it, for turning alot of things off, in windows. It decreased my pagefile

08-01-07, 01:37 PM	#4
Powerthighs Beach Leaf Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 287 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Great guide! Thanks.

08-01-07, 02:38 PM	#6
Wilcke The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,441 Downloads: 234 Uploads: 0	Good stuff here! I have found that the NTFS drives need less frequent defragging than FAT. That is nice. I keep an old PC around, its rubbish, AMD XP2700 with an old GeForce 4800 vid card. Keeps the kids happy and if they crash it...OH WELL!:rotfl: My game box stays pollution free! LOL Thanks for the links to the proggies will definately put those into the mix. Wilcke

08-01-07, 10:59 PM	#10
UnSalted Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 130 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Seems like a decade ago I bought DiskKeeper the first time. That was before MS decided to incorporate it in their OS. I do not miss the days when a 500 MB drive took an hour to defrag. Then again I still love Windows NT, the system they scrapped too early.

08-01-07, 11:56 PM	#11
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Simply go to control panel/system/advanced/performance settings/advanced/virtual memory/change . Set your drive to no page file . Restart the computer then defrag your drive then reset your page file to MIN=1.5x your memory and MAX=3x your memory . Then restart your comp again .