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File fragmentation
is a source of performance degradation in the PC
environment. Running Windows’ Disk Defragmenter helps
resolve fragmentation when run regularly. Surprisingly
though, Windows’ Disk Defragmenter is unable to defragment
the Page File, Registry and other exclusively accessed
files. In order to do this you need to use a third party
utility, such as Sysinternal’s
System File
Defragmenter.
(Update: Sysinternal
was acquired by Microsoft, URL to the utility has been
edited. Thank you Oskar).
Run at regular
intervals this will alleviate performance degradation
associated with fragmentation of the Page File, Registry,
etc. Note – With certain commercial Defragmenters you will
be able to move the Page File to a more optimal location of
the Hard Drive, e.g.
Diskkeeper
Retail.
At this stage you
should have successfully optimised your Windows memory
subsystem, yielding optimal loading times/performance and
best use of available resources. If you seek further
information on this topic, be sure to check our
Windows OS
Forum.
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