I was toying with having the pagefile running off a separate drive, and
configured XP to do just that.

However, for some reason, XP has decided to again use the C: drive for
the pagefile, the problem being, it has left a pagefile.sys of 700Mb+ on
my F: drive.

If I try and delete it, I can't, it's "in use", even though quite
clearly it isn't, the one on C: is ....

How can I get rid of the file on F: - short of formatting the drive,
something I'd rather not do as it has other data on there which'll have
to be shifted around first?

Hi

Please try the following article by Alex Nichol:

"Virtual Memory in Windows XP"
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

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Will Denny
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"Tx2" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> I was toying with having the pagefile running off a separate drive, and
> configured XP to do just that.
>
> However, for some reason, XP has decided to again use the C: drive for
> the pagefile, the problem being, it has left a pagefile.sys of 700Mb+ on
> my F: drive.
>
> If I try and delete it, I can't, it's "in use", even though quite
> clearly it isn't, the one on C: is ....
>
> How can I get rid of the file on F: - short of formatting the drive,
> something I'd rather not do as it has other data on there which'll have
> to be shifted around first?