Does the partition have less than 60% free space? The pagefile is placed
in the middle of the partition. If the partition is over about 40% full
other data will already occupy where the system would like to place the
extra section of the pagefile. It cannot put it there so it places it
elsewhere. Result fragmentation.

If the situation is marginal you could try running Disk CleanUp and Disk
Defragmenter before making the change. Better still cCleaner but you
still need Disk CleanUp to remove restore points.

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.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.

The System Restore changes may just enable you to get a contiguous
pagefile.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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marx404 wrote:
> I have an odd problem with my page file getting fragmented. I have XP
> Pro, SP2, 2.0G Pentium 4, and just upgraded from 1.25G to 1.5G of
> memory. I always adjust my page file to 1.5 x min 3 x max. I always
> keep my drive defragged and never had a problem. I also use
> Pagedefrag and have never seen my page file with more than 2
> fragments - ever. After adding in more RAM and adjusting my page
> file, I ran chkdsk and defrag, then checked Pagedefrag and saw my PF
> had 14 fragments!
> I tried deleting the PF, defragging the drive then recreating a new
> PF, 9 fragments! So I have temporarily resolved the problem by
> setting the PF static 1.5x min and 1.5x max.
>
> What could be causing my PF to fragment so? I don't do gaming on this
> PC and have scanned it for viruses and spyware, both of which came up
> clean.