Re: pagefile.sys?
From: Gerry Cornell (gcjc_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 01/11/05
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:37:51 -0000
David
It is recommended that a small pagefile say 50 mb is kept on the system
drive / partition where the main pagefile is located elsewhere.
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Gerry
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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
news:%23$$MB919EHA.936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
If it ain't being used
attrib -r -s -h c:\pagefile.sys
del c:\pagefile.sys
-- ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.uscricket.com "Shaun" <Shaun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A9D24961-F4A2-4DC8-AA82-AD157F2D21FC@microsoft.com... > Thanks for the suggestion David. Actually, when using the /a switch, > it does > list the pagefile.sys on c:\... but the date associated with it is > 02/11/2004, and it is 804409344 bytes. Right now, I have removed the > pagefiles on all drives in windows in the virtual memory allocation > window, > but this still shows up. Any thoughts on this one? I'd love to free > up > 750M... Thanks. > > "David Candy" wrote: > >> what does >> >> dir /a c:\*.* >> >> show? >> >> >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> http://www.uscricket.com >> "Shaun" <Shaun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:15C278B9-D037-4A5C-A42B-8453D058FCDE@microsoft.com... >> > Thanks for the quick response. I have my partition on a separate >> > drive to >> > conserve space on my C drive. I have followed all the directions >> > that are >> > listed on the MS page. I am confused because going through a >> > command prompt, >> > there is no listing of a pagefile on that drive, but there is on >> > the drive >> > that I moved it to. >> > >> > "Ted Zieglar" wrote: >> > >> >> Well, let's answer the easier question first: There is no point to >> >> defragmenting your page file, so the page file is excluded from >> >> defragmentation. The paging file is a temporary storage space that >> >> your >> >> computer uses when and as needed. >> >> >> >> There is a specific method to moving the page file. If you don't >> >> follow the >> >> correct method, Windows will ignore what you are trying to do and >> >> maintain a >> >> page file on the system drive. It's all explained in this article >> >> from >> >> Microsoft's knowledge base: >> >> >> >> "How to configure paging files for optimization and recovery in >> >> Windows XP" >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314482. >> >> >> >> Keep in mind that while there is a theoretical advantage to having >> >> the >> >> paging file on another physical disk, you are unlikely to notice >> >> any >> >> performance improvement unless the disk with the paging file is >> >> much faster >> >> than the disk with the system partition and the disk with the >> >> paging file is >> >> normally accessed much less frequently. >> >> -- >> >> Ted Zieglar >> >> >> >> >> >> "Shaun" <Shaun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:E93373E9-590A-4E4A-B065-8CAB7BC14EE0@microsoft.com... >> >> > I wish to defrag my c: drive, as the MS defragmenter recommends. >> >> > However, >> >> it >> >> > says that I have a 767 MB pagefile.sys that has 245 fragments on >> >> > C: drive. >> >> I >> >> > have previously moved my pagefile to my F: drive. When I check >> >> > the >> >> virtual >> >> > memory allocation window, it does tell me that my pagefile is >> >> > located on >> >> F: >> >> > and there is not one on C: drive. When I try to delete the C: >> >> pagefile.sys >> >> > via a command prompt, it tells me there is no such file. Why is >> >> > the >> >> > defragmenter finding this file that is not there, or why are all >> >> > the other >> >> > indications pointing to it not being there if it is? On top of >> >> > that, no >> >> > matter now many times i defrag it, that particular file is >> >> > always reported >> >> as >> >> > being heavily fragmented. Thanks for any help that anyone can >> >> > provide. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
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