Swap file defrag utility

Do this by performing a Disk Defragmenter analyze operation to generate a report. It might look like this:. You'll use the data from the report according to the instructions in the article to adjust the NtfsMftZoneReservation value. But first you need to back up and reformat the volume in order to create a contiguous MFT using the higher zone reservation space, and then perform a full volume restore. This is not something for the faint of heart!

Nevertheless, it can increase the pperformance of your system -- sometimes remarkably. This story, "How to defrag " was originally published by Network World. Here are the latest Insider stories. More Insider Sign Out. Sign In Register. Sign Out Sign In Register. Link fixed. Without making the thread more confusing, can you explain why? Not because I doubt you, or dont think you know, but because I have not used either program in some time and am in the dark. I'm curious as to why you think this?

Vlad , Nov 30, Jabman , Dec 1, Good info, thanks for informing me. I install so much crap here that I simply recover from an image to save time and grief, so theres rarely to never a need for me to defragment my swapfile. Major Attitude , Dec 1, Thanks in advance. Whatever you may read elsewhere you cannot defragment the pagefile The solution to a pagefile spread all over the disk is either to use a fixed size pagefile or, as I do, have a dedicated partition for the pagefile.

You clearly know how to navigate to the dialogue box to set the pagefile virtual memory MS recommended size of the pagefile is 1. PeteC ,. Log in or Sign up to hide this advert. Norton Ghost actually defragments the pagefile as a "side effect" of restoring an image! Christer ,. There is an option to check "No paging file ", and you then click Set before defragging the drive. That deletes the swap file. The article tells you how get a swap file back after the defrag is completed.

Welshjim ,. Top Dog ,. Top Dog - that is an excellent utility and will defrag all the registry hives when you reboot if you've set it to do so. I used it heavily with NT4 and 2K.