NATO Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 (edited) Good thinking jaclaz, as always.Annoyances is on the verge of quitting, btw.Unlocker it is."How to configure paging files for optimization and recovery in Windows XP"For those who don't know about this article.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482Ian. Edited June 7, 2012 by NATO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 you can't delete it when Windows runs. Windows can only add a new pagefile when it runs, but you can't remove it.Well, then I managed to just do something impossible. jaclazWell yes, using an unlocker (or closing some handles) might be considered "cheating" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Well yes, using an unlocker (or closing some handles) might be considered "cheating" Oww, comeon , in love, war and MS computing there are NO rules , or if you prefer:Improvise, Adapt and Overcome jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NATO Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 Hmmm;;;So I used pagefile.vbs to delete the Primary drive pagefile (there is one on the 1st logical as well) and it said success! whatever.So I ran analyse in Defrag and it was still there only it had changed from green to blue.Unlocker deleted it.Wonder if there is any way to pin the pagefile to the back of the partition so as to keep it away from the OS files when defragmenting without using Perfect Disk or some other third party defragmenter.The standard defrag plus the addition of Sysinternals Config does a good enough job.Diskeeper is to heavy for a 1.0GHz PIII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Wonder if there is any way to pin the pagefile to the back of the partition so as to keep it away from the OS files when defragmenting without using Perfect Disk or some other third party defragmenter.JFYI, the "old school" method was to create a dedicated partition (possibly on another disk) to ONLY hold the pagefile.If on another disk, when "hit", it will be way faster than on System partition (or than other partition on same disk).In any case it will be hit seldom (please read as "never" ) if you have RAM in quantity adequate to the OS and applications you are running.jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anu damiana Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 QuoteImprovise, Adapt and Overcome Oh, my....I'm thinking i might like this place,,, :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TELVM Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 ... Is it possible to completely DELETE the pagefile, in less than one second, so that it can be re-created when the system re-starts? ... I do exactly that by placing a vestigial pagefile* in a ramdisk, which dematerializes on shutdown and rematerializes on startup. * (Some stupid programs start bitching when they can't find a frigging pagefile). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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