Thanks Gerry, I have already long ago performed all that you mentioned,
however I am replacing my HD this weekend as I have 30% free space
currently. According to what you wrote, that is the key for a contiguous PF.
Thanks so much.

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"Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> 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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> 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.
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