Moving paging file to outer tracks

TomMe · 17th Aug 2006, 12:17 AM

I would like to know if it is possible to move the pagefile.sys to the outer tracks of the hdd, as described in the "Virtual Memory Optimization Guide Rev. 4.1!". I found out first hand that Diskeeper 10 doesn't move this file at all. Perhaps an update to the guide would be nice?

Anyway, is there any other way to do this? If not, I'm thinking of creating a 2GB partition at the start of the hdd for the paging file alone. Then I'd still have 248GB to spend, so no big deal.

Thanks in advance!

Adrian Wong · 18th Aug 2006, 04:30 PM

Unfortunately, practically all newer defragmentation utilities no longer move the paging file to the outer tracks.

One method that you might want to use is create the permanent paging file right after installing Windows XP, before installing anything else. This way, the paging file will be located as close to the outer tracks as possible.

Zenphic · 22nd Aug 2006, 02:23 AM

I think most people would create a partition for the paging files only. It must be because it's the simplest way of doing it.

If you can, put your paging files on another hard drive seperate from the hard drive with your OS. I heard that it's better for performance

zicovsky · 22nd Aug 2006, 04:40 AM

I heard that it's better to use a different HD for your paging files... but it's not good if you have a SATA 5 million RPMs as your primary HD and you move the paging file to one with 5000 RPM... then it's good to keep it in the same HD... at least it's logical...

jamotto · 22nd Aug 2006, 03:33 PM

DefragNT I think can move the page file to a new location.

ChampionLLY · 22nd Aug 2006, 07:27 PM

i read a few articles b4, its better to keep the page files on the same hdd same partition..

coz if u put another partition, the read/write head has to move all the way to the other partition in order to read/write data from there...

thus lowering efficiency

jamotto · 23rd Aug 2006, 02:29 AM

Well in my own opinion, It would be more beneficial working out how to reduce usage of the pagefile as no matter what you do it is slow and inefficient.

Adrian Wong · 24th Aug 2006, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by jamotto

Well in my own opinion, It would be more beneficial working out how to reduce usage of the pagefile as no matter what you do it is slow and inefficient.

Hehe.. Exactly.

Like it or not, a paging file is a poor replacement for more memory.

If you want better performance, the best way is to boost your computer's memory.

ChampionLLY · 24th Aug 2006, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamotto

Well in my own opinion, It would be more beneficial working out how to reduce usage of the pagefile as no matter what you do it is slow and inefficient.

get as much ram as u can & put "no page file"..
my laptop n desktop running @ 1Gb each, both "no page file"

jamotto · 25th Aug 2006, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChampionLLY

get as much ram as u can & put "no page file"..
my laptop n desktop running @ 1Gb each, both "no page file"

Just curious, how many apps on average can you run at the same time with said config?

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