So you defragment page file and Registry
Windows and popular defragmenters are not able to access the files, open the System exclusive, and therefore blocked. Therefore, for example, the Registry data and the paging file at the time of optimization is normally outside. Because these files are often used and a lot of memory space, slows down the fragmentation of the System is particularly strong. But for Windows XP there is a special Tool "Pagedefrag" uses the start-up phase of the PCs to Defragment these files. Not to attack this time, Windows still on it.
- You have to download the program and extract the ZIP-archive. The resulting file "pagedefrag.exe" call on you to start the program.
- It shows, first, how many clusters the system files take up, and how far they are dismembered. In addition to the paging file and the branches of the Registry, the Tool also processes event protocols as well as the hibernation file. Size of the amount of installed main memory corresponds to.
- To Run, select the Option "Defragment at next boot" and click "OK". You restart the computer. During the boot process, the Tool does its job and created a status report. The success you can control, by calling the program under Windows again and in the Dialog the control condition. This type of Defrag documenting you should repeat from time to time. As a result, you will enjoy noticeably shorter times for booting and shutting down of the system.
- You can automate this process. To do this, select in the Dialog the Option "Defragment every boot", change the value for "Defrag abort countdown" to "0" and confirm with "OK". In the future, PageDefrag checks at each system boot Status and optimizes the files, if that is necessary. The test itself takes hardly a second.
- If you do not wish to be in control at every boot, you can automate the execution of alternatively, also with the task scheduler. To do this, you can use the command "page Defrag -o -t 0". He causes the one-time Defrag on the next boot.
It is also crucial to the size of the paging file to What you should pay attention to, we can tell you in this article.
