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QUESTION POSED ON: 31 August 2005
I understand there is a way to defrag the Virtual Memory in Windows XP by deleting the paging file, defragging the PC and recreating the paging file. Can you tell me the best way to do this?


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Rather than try to do this manually, I'd recommend a command-line tool courtesy of the good folks at SysInternals, which is designed to do exactly that: PAGEDEFRAG. When run, it will force a defrag on your page file the next time your machine is rebooted. You can also use it to force a defrag of the page file on each reboot, which is handy.




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