Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

October 28, 2008

I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

partition small enough to be in a condition where

it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

Registry and a re-boot?

Thanks,

Bill

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

Why not just re-size the partitions... Get the GParted Live CD image

from the following link and burn it to CD. Now boot from it and you will

be able to use GParted to do a non-destructive re-sizing of your partitions.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

Later, Ray Parrish

Bill wrote:

> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

> partition small enough to be in a condition where

> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

> Registry and a re-boot?

>

> Thanks,

> Bill

>

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October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

I think it makes much more sense to keep the system pagefile on the main

system partition (C:). Why can't you run a Defrag on that partition?

But of course you can always resize the partitions, if desired, with

something like Partition Magic.

Bill wrote:

> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

> partition small enough to be in a condition where

> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

> Registry and a re-boot?

>

> Thanks,

> Bill

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

Do not move the pagefile to another partition on the same drive. This will

cause performance degradation. You will only benefit from moving it to a

second drive.

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"Bill" <billstanton@psln.com> wrote in message

news:t8SdnSGf9dJwCpvUnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d@trueband.net...

>I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

> partition small enough to be in a condition where

> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

> Registry and a re-boot?

>

> Thanks,

> Bill

>

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

Ray,

It doesn't appear that GParted will solve my problem, in

that what I need to do is what GParted says can't normally

be done. I.e., make one partition larger while making the

adjacent partition smaller.

From GParted:

A hard disk is usually subdivided into one or more partitions.

These partitions are normally not re-sizable (making one smaller

and the adjacent one larger). The purpose of GParted is to allow

the individual to take a hard disk and change the partition

organization therein, while preserving the partition contents.

Bill

"Ray Parrish" <crp@cmc.net> wrote in message

news:esserhLOJHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Why not just re-size the partitions... Get the GParted Live CD image from

> the following link and burn it to CD. Now boot from it and you will be

> able to use GParted to do a non-destructive re-sizing of your partitions.

>

> http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

>

> Later, Ray Parrish

>

> Bill wrote:

>> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

>> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

>> partition small enough to be in a condition where

>> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

>> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

>> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

>> Registry and a re-boot?

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Bill

>

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October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

Bill,

"partition Magic" documentation indicates it has a

limit of 80GB HDA's. Mine is 120GB. They also

want $70 for their package, an amount that would

be too much to pay for a one-time fix.

Thanks,

Bill

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

news:OKIuNiLOJHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>I think it makes much more sense to keep the system pagefile on the main

>system partition (C:). Why can't you run a Defrag on that partition? But

>of course you can always resize the partitions, if desired, with something

>like Partition Magic.

>

> Bill wrote:

>> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

>> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

>> partition small enough to be in a condition where

>> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

>> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

>> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

>> Registry and a re-boot?

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Bill

>

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

You can force a defrag of a partition even with limited free space with

"defrag c: -f" in the command prompt.

This application can resize partitions and it's free

EASEUS Partition Manager Personal 1.6.4

How to move the paging file in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886

Move the paging file to another area

http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2000/move-the-paging-file-to-another-are/64014.html

---------------------------------

"Bill" <billstanton@psln.com> escribió en el mensaje

news:t8SdnSGf9dJwCpvUnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d@trueband.net...

>I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

> partition small enough to be in a condition where

> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

> Registry and a re-boot?

>

> Thanks,

> Bill

>

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

That must be for an older version of Partition Magic, or else that doc is

out of date. I'm using version 8.0, which works with larger drives. (I

have a 250 GB drive here).

Another option (cheaper) is BootItNG, but it isn't quite as "user-friendly".

And of course for any such non-destructive partition resizing, you need to

be very careful and read its documentation carefully. (and some backups

would be ideal, as usual)

Bill wrote:

> Bill,

> "partition Magic" documentation indicates it has a

> limit of 80GB HDA's. Mine is 120GB. They also

> want $70 for their package, an amount that would

> be too much to pay for a one-time fix.

> Thanks,

> Bill

>

> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

> news:OKIuNiLOJHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> I think it makes much more sense to keep the system pagefile on the main

>> system partition (C:). Why can't you run a Defrag on that partition?

>> But

>> of course you can always resize the partitions, if desired, with

>> something

>> like Partition Magic.

>>

>> Bill wrote:

>>> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

>>> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

>>> partition small enough to be in a condition where

>>> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

>>> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

>>> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

>>> Registry and a re-boot?

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>> Bill

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

You would! Everybody else KNOWS that it makes

more sense to have it on a different drive.

--

Mad Mike

"Bill in Co." wrote:

>I think it makes much more sense to keep the system pagefile on the main

>system partition (C:).

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

Post in your own name, you gutless p*ick.

--

Mad Mike

"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> You would! Everybody else KNOWS that it makes

> more sense to have it on a different drive.

> --

> Mad Mike

>

> "Bill in Co." wrote:

>

> >I think it makes much more sense to keep the system pagefile on the main

> >system partition (C:).

>

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

"Bill" <billstanton@psln.com> wrote in message

news:t8SdnSGf9dJwCpvUnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d@trueband.net...

>I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

> partition small enough to be in a condition where

> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

> Registry and a re-boot?

>

> Thanks,

> Bill

>

The method that I use for moving the pagefile to another partition is as

follows:

Control panel

System

Advanced tab

Performance settings

Advanced tab

Virtual memory change

Highlight the partition letter where you want the pagefile located, select

system managed size, click "Set"

Highlight the partition "C", select No paging file, click "Set".

Restart the PC for the above changes to take effect. I take no position on

moving the paging file regarding performance. I take no position regarding

best size of paging file, or if system managed size is appropriate. Both

"best" location and size are dependent on information not provided by the

OP.

Typically, if the C: partition is to be resized, it must be done from a 3rd

party partitioning software that does not operate within the XP environment

since the OP did not provide that information. I am assuming all of XP is

installed in the C: partition. As far as appropriate 3rd party partitioning

software for that purpose, being relatively up to date, it depends if your

partition(s) are NTFS type 3, or FAT32. Of which, that information was not

provided by the OP.

--

Dave

If it looks like fish, smells like fish, its not

a cantaloupe.

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

But what the OP was actually planning on doing was moving to a partition

on the same drive, so not different drive at all, only drive letter.

Mick Murphy wrote:

> You would! Everybody else KNOWS that it makes

> more sense to have it on a different drive.

> --

> Mad Mike

>

> "Bill in Co." wrote:

>

>>I think it makes much more sense to keep the system pagefile on the main

>>system partition (C:).

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

Also suggest setting a fixed size (min = max) = 2 x RAM

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"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message

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> "Bill" <billstanton@psln.com> wrote in message

> news:t8SdnSGf9dJwCpvUnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d@trueband.net...

> >I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

> > idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

> > partition small enough to be in a condition where

> > it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

> > bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

> > the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

> > Registry and a re-boot?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Bill

> >

>

> The method that I use for moving the pagefile to another partition is as

> follows:

> Control panel

> System

> Advanced tab

> Performance settings

> Advanced tab

> Virtual memory change

> Highlight the partition letter where you want the pagefile located, select

> system managed size, click "Set"

> Highlight the partition "C", select No paging file, click "Set".

> Restart the PC for the above changes to take effect. I take no position on

> moving the paging file regarding performance. I take no position regarding

> best size of paging file, or if system managed size is appropriate. Both

> "best" location and size are dependent on information not provided by the

> OP.

>

> Typically, if the C: partition is to be resized, it must be done from a 3rd

> party partitioning software that does not operate within the XP environment

> since the OP did not provide that information. I am assuming all of XP is

> installed in the C: partition. As far as appropriate 3rd party partitioning

> software for that purpose, being relatively up to date, it depends if your

> partition(s) are NTFS type 3, or FAT32. Of which, that information was not

> provided by the OP.

> --

> Dave

>

> If it looks like fish, smells like fish, its not

> a cantaloupe.

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

> Why not just re-size the partitions... Get the GParted Live CD image

> from the following link and burn it to CD. Now boot from it and you

> will be able to use GParted to do a non-destructive re-sizing of your

> partitions.

> http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

BUT, as always, BACK UP FIRST! Just in case. Stuff happens.

>

> Later, Ray Parrish

>

> Bill wrote:

>> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

>> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

>> partition small enough to be in a condition where

>> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

>> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

>> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

>> Registry and a re-boot?

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Bill

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

> You would! Everybody else KNOWS that it makes

> more sense to have it on a different drive.

>

>> I think it makes much more sense to keep the system pagefile on the

>> main system partition (C:).

No. It can sometimes help, not always noticeably, to have it on another

PHYSICAL hard drive, but moving it to a different drive letter on the

same physican drive can actually slow things down noticeably. Get your

facts straight, poser!

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

> partition small enough to be in a condition where

> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

> Registry and a re-boot?

>

> Thanks,

> Bill

You use a selection in options, amongst other ways, to move or size the

pagefile. However, moving the pagefile to another drive letter on the

same physical drive is most likely going to cause a noticeable and

*annoying* slowdown in your machine.

If that's acceptable, use:

Start; Settings; control panel; and click on System icon.

Then choose the Advance tab, and click the top Settings button in the

Performance rectangle.

In Settings Performance Options, in the Virtual Memory rectangle, click

on Change.

Now select the drive you want, and click Let Windows Manage ... , click

SET.

Select drive C, and set it for NO swap file. Click SET

N O T E : If you don't click SET, nothing happens. YOu must click SET

for EACH drive you change!!

OK your way out and restart.

--------------------

You could also simply kill the pagefile and restart before doing a

defrag.

-------------------

But neither of those are very good solutions and at best are simply

bandaids to cover up a problem.

You really need a larger hard drive. Hard drives are very cheap these

days and getting a second one is your absolute best solution long term.

Right now you have zero room for any kind of expansion on your boot

drive. NOTHING here or in any of the posts so far is going to give you

anything but a temporary respite from your problems.

UNLESS you have gobs of room on the second partition. But you didn't

give any details so I'm not going to guess at what other solutions may

be viable. When you provide usable information then more functional

answers can be provided.

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question effectively:

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October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

"Twayne" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message

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>> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

>> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

>> partition small enough to be in a condition where

>> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

>> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

>> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

>> Registry and a re-boot?

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Bill

>

> You use a selection in options, amongst other ways, to move or size the

> pagefile. However, moving the pagefile to another drive letter on the

> same physical drive is most likely going to cause a noticeable and

> *annoying* slowdown in your machine.

> If that's acceptable, use:

> Start; Settings; control panel; and click on System icon.

> Then choose the Advance tab, and click the top Settings button in the

> Performance rectangle.

> In Settings Performance Options, in the Virtual Memory rectangle, click on

> Change.

> Now select the drive you want, and click Let Windows Manage ... , click

> SET.

> Select drive C, and set it for NO swap file. Click SET

> N O T E : If you don't click SET, nothing happens. YOu must click SET for

> EACH drive you change!!

>

> OK your way out and restart.

> --------------------

>

> You could also simply kill the pagefile and restart before doing a defrag.

> -------------------

>

> But neither of those are very good solutions and at best are simply

> bandaids to cover up a problem.

> You really need a larger hard drive. Hard drives are very cheap these

> days and getting a second one is your absolute best solution long term.

> Right now you have zero room for any kind of expansion on your boot drive.

> NOTHING here or in any of the posts so far is going to give you anything

> but a temporary respite from your problems.

> UNLESS you have gobs of room on the second partition. But you didn't

> give any details so I'm not going to guess at what other solutions may be

> viable. When you provide usable information then more functional answers

> can be provided.

>

> --

>

> How to Post a newsgroup

> question effectively:

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q555375

The drive is 120GB. And yes, there's "gobs of room" on the 2nd partition.

I'm in California and the "offending" computer is in Connecticut, so I'm not

in a position to resolve the problem more appropriately. I've managed to

help "Connecticut" to move every non-system folder to their larger partition

so that ONLY system files "come and go" on their "C" drive. We finally got

the

"C" partition defragged to where there's 1.88GB free and we'll see how

things

go.

One thing I stumbled upon was an enormous "Temp" folder in the users "Local

Settings", like 2GB. What's with that? Those files didn't seem to be

associated with

temporary Internet files that "Connecticut" purges on a regular basis. It

would seem,

by definition, that those files could be deleted when there were no

applications

running, save system oriented processes.

Thanks,

Bill

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

Bill

There are no third party freeware partition managers. You can get

shareware for periods up to 30 days. BootIt NG is one example:

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads-bootit-next-generation.htm

I use BootIt NG. It does not have the easiest user interface but the

videos on the web site are helpful.

Without resizing partitions you can create more free space in C by

carrying any of the measures suggested below.

The default allocation to System Restore is 12% on your C partition

which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right click your My

Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore. Place the cursor

on your C drive select Settings but this time find the slider and drag

it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get to the

Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.

A default setting which could be wasteful is that for temporary internet

files, especially if you do not store offline copies on disk. The

default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to offline

copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer select

Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings to

make the change. At the same time look at the number of days history is

held.

The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. Change to

5%, which should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor

on your Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and

move the slider from 10% to 5%. However, try to avoid letting it get

too full as if it is full and you delete a file by mistake it will

bypass the Recycle Bin and be gone for ever.

If your drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with

your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of

your C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows

folder typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$

etc. These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed

the text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not

compressed you can compress them. Right click on each folder and

select Properties, General, Advanced and check the box before Compress

contents to save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount

gained by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder

compression is only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System

Information, Tools, Dr Watson and verify that the box before "Append to

existing log" is NOT checked. This means the next time the log is

written it will overwrite rather than add to the existing file.

The default maximum size setting for Event Viewer logs is too large.

Reset the maximum for each log from 512 kb to 128 kb and set it to

overwrite.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

You can generate more space in the system partition by relocation of

folders.

For Temporary Internet Files select Start, Control Panel, Internet

Options, Temporary Internet Files. Settings, Move Folder.

To move the Outlook Express Store Folder select in Outlook Express

Tools, Options, Maintenance, Store Folder, Change.

http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/files/store.htm

How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310147

You may also need to change Default File locations in the Microsoft

Office programmes you choose to move the My Documents folder. For Word

go to Tools, Options, File Locations, highlight Documents, click on

Modify and change file path. For Excel go to Tools, Options, General

and change default file path.

My Documents is one of a number of system created Special Folders

including My Pictures and My Music. These can more easily be relocated

using Tweak Ui. Download TweakUI, one of the MS powertoys, from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

In TweakUi select My Computer, Special Folders. You can scroll down to

see the full list of Special Folders to the left of the Change

Location button.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bill wrote:

> Bill,

> "partition Magic" documentation indicates it has a

> limit of 80GB HDA's. Mine is 120GB. They also

> want $70 for their package, an amount that would

> be too much to pay for a one-time fix.

> Thanks,

> Bill

>

> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

> news:OKIuNiLOJHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> I think it makes much more sense to keep the system pagefile on the

>> main system partition (C:). Why can't you run a Defrag on that

>> partition? But of course you can always resize the partitions, if

>> desired, with something like Partition Magic.

>>

>> Bill wrote:

>>> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

>>> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

>>> partition small enough to be in a condition where

>>> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

>>> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

>>> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

>>> Registry and a re-boot?

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>> Bill

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

Twayne wrote:

>> You would! Everybody else KNOWS that it makes

>> more sense to have it on a different drive.

>>

>>> I think it makes much more sense to keep the system pagefile on the

>>> main system partition (C:).

>

> No. It can sometimes help, not always noticeably, to have it on another

> PHYSICAL hard drive, but moving it to a different drive letter on the

> same physican drive can actually slow things down noticeably. Get your

> facts straight, poser!

Ummm, if you actually read what I wrote, I said keep it there on the same

drive - the system drive (and partition), and nothing about "moving it to a

different drive letter". Reading 101.

October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

Gee, that's funny as I have used it for exactly that purpose on my

machine with no problems.

If you'll read the stuff you pasted in from GParted it says "normally

not re-sizable" [implied "without their software"] and "the purpose of

GParted is to *allow* [snip] change the partition" in other words

GParted does just that, it allows you to re-size partitions.

Any good partition manager will do this as well. Partition Magic is one

from Symantec, but it's not free.

Later, Ray Parrish

Bill wrote:

> Ray,

> It doesn't appear that GParted will solve my problem, in

> that what I need to do is what GParted says can't normally

> be done. I.e., make one partition larger while making the

> adjacent partition smaller.

>

> From GParted:

> A hard disk is usually subdivided into one or more partitions.

> These partitions are normally not re-sizable (making one smaller

> and the adjacent one larger). The purpose of GParted is to allow

> the individual to take a hard disk and change the partition

> organization therein, while preserving the partition contents.

>

> Bill

>

> "Ray Parrish" <crp@cmc.net> wrote in message

> news:esserhLOJHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Why not just re-size the partitions... Get the GParted Live CD image from

>> the following link and burn it to CD. Now boot from it and you will be

>> able to use GParted to do a non-destructive re-sizing of your partitions.

>>

>> http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

>>

>> Later, Ray Parrish

>>

>> Bill wrote:

>>> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

>>> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

>>> partition small enough to be in a condition where

>>> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

>>> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

>>> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

>>> Registry and a re-boot?

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>> Bill

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October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

You must be reading some old documentation, as I have a 160gb hard drive

and have used Partition Magic on it with no problems.

Later, Ray Parrish

Bill wrote:

> Bill,

> "partition Magic" documentation indicates it has a

> limit of 80GB HDA's. Mine is 120GB. They also

> want $70 for their package, an amount that would

> be too much to pay for a one-time fix.

> Thanks,

> Bill

>

> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

> news:OKIuNiLOJHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> I think it makes much more sense to keep the system pagefile on the main

>> system partition (C:). Why can't you run a Defrag on that partition? But

>> of course you can always resize the partitions, if desired, with something

>> like Partition Magic.

>>

>> Bill wrote:

>>> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

>>> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

>>> partition small enough to be in a condition where

>>> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

>>> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

>>> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

>>> Registry and a re-boot?

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>> Bill

>>

>

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October 28, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

Bill

"One thing I stumbled upon was an enormous "Temp" folder in the users

"Local Settings", like 2GB. What's with that? Those files didn't seem to

be associated with temporary Internet files that "Connecticut" purges

on a regular basis."

These files exist in all User Profiles so you may need to log in to each

User Profile and run Disk CleanUp where more than one user profile is in

use.

An alternative to Disk CleanUp is cCleaner (freeware) which does a more

thorough job than Disk CleanUp. Disk CleanUp has to be run for each user

profile, whereas cCleaner only needs to be run once.

http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp

http://www.ccleaner.com/

With any cleaner you need to proceed with caution. To be safe you

should create a restore point before using cCleaner. cCleaner also

offers backup before removal.

When using cCleaner think twice before checking Autocomplete Form

History under Internet Explorer. You do get a warning but this one has

irritating consequences. You may need to restore your system's

recollection of passwords after use so keep a record off computer so

that they can easily be re-entered.

Leave the Scan for Issues option alone.

cCleaner does not remove restore points. You need to use Disk CleanUp

for this. Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk

CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest

System Restore point.

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Bill wrote:

> "Twayne" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message

> news:eKAViJROJHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

>>> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

>>> partition small enough to be in a condition where

>>> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

>>> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

>>> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

>>> Registry and a re-boot?

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>> Bill

>>

>> You use a selection in options, amongst other ways, to move or size

>> the pagefile. However, moving the pagefile to another drive letter

>> on the same physical drive is most likely going to cause a

>> noticeable and *annoying* slowdown in your machine.

>> If that's acceptable, use:

>> Start; Settings; control panel; and click on System icon.

>> Then choose the Advance tab, and click the top Settings button in the

>> Performance rectangle.

>> In Settings Performance Options, in the Virtual Memory rectangle,

>> click on Change.

>> Now select the drive you want, and click Let Windows Manage ... ,

>> click SET.

>> Select drive C, and set it for NO swap file. Click SET

>> N O T E : If you don't click SET, nothing happens. YOu must click

>> SET for EACH drive you change!!

>>

>> OK your way out and restart.

>> --------------------

>>

>> You could also simply kill the pagefile and restart before doing a

>> defrag. -------------------

>>

>> But neither of those are very good solutions and at best are simply

>> bandaids to cover up a problem.

>> You really need a larger hard drive. Hard drives are very cheap

>> these days and getting a second one is your absolute best solution

>> long term. Right now you have zero room for any kind of expansion on

>> your boot drive. NOTHING here or in any of the posts so far is going

>> to give you anything but a temporary respite from your problems.

>> UNLESS you have gobs of room on the second partition. But you

>> didn't give any details so I'm not going to guess at what other

>> solutions may be viable. When you provide usable information then

>> more functional answers can be provided.

>>

>> --

>>

>> How to Post a newsgroup

>> question effectively:

>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q555375

>

> The drive is 120GB. And yes, there's "gobs of room" on the 2nd

> partition. I'm in California and the "offending" computer is in

> Connecticut, so I'm not in a position to resolve the problem more

> appropriately. I've managed to help "Connecticut" to move every

> non-system folder to their larger partition so that ONLY system files

> "come and go" on their "C" drive. We finally got the

> "C" partition defragged to where there's 1.88GB free and we'll see how

> things

> go.

>

> One thing I stumbled upon was an enormous "Temp" folder in the users

> "Local Settings", like 2GB. What's with that? Those files didn't seem

> to be associated with

> temporary Internet files that "Connecticut" purges on a regular

> basis. It would seem,

> by definition, that those files could be deleted when there were no

> applications

> running, save system oriented processes.

>

> Thanks,

> Bill

October 30, 2008

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

"Twayne" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message

news:eKAViJROJHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an

>> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c:)

>> partition small enough to be in a condition where

>> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a

>> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of

>> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the

>> Registry and a re-boot?

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Bill

>

> You use a selection in options, amongst other ways, to move or size the

> pagefile. However, moving the pagefile to another drive letter on the

> same physical drive is most likely going to cause a noticeable and

> *annoying* slowdown in your machine.

> If that's acceptable, use:

> Start; Settings; control panel; and click on System icon.

> Then choose the Advance tab, and click the top Settings button in the

> Performance rectangle.

> In Settings Performance Options, in the Virtual Memory rectangle, click on

> Change.

> Now select the drive you want, and click Let Windows Manage ... , click

> SET.

> Select drive C, and set it for NO swap file. Click SET

> N O T E : If you don't click SET, nothing happens. YOu must click SET for

> EACH drive you change!!

>

> OK your way out and restart.

> --------------------

>

> You could also simply kill the pagefile and restart before doing a defrag.

> -------------------

>

> But neither of those are very good solutions and at best are simply

> bandaids to cover up a problem.

> You really need a larger hard drive. Hard drives are very cheap these

> days and getting a second one is your absolute best solution long term.

> Right now you have zero room for any kind of expansion on your boot drive.

> NOTHING here or in any of the posts so far is going to give you anything

> but a temporary respite from your problems.

> UNLESS you have gobs of room on the second partition. But you didn't

> give any details so I'm not going to guess at what other solutions may be

> viable. When you provide usable information then more functional answers

> can be provided.

>

> --

>

> How to Post a newsgroup

> question effectively:

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q555375

>

Thanks so much for your help. I think we now have enough space on

"c" to keep the "ship afloat".

Bill

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