I currently have two hard drives labeled as C and D both formatted in
NTFS. Windows XP is loaded onto C. For some reason, however, the
paging file (pagefile.sys) is always loaded onto D. I checked the
settings in System in the Control Panel and the paging file is set for
drive C. I checked the PagingFiles key in
HKLM>System>CurrentControlSet>Session Manager>Memory Management in the
registry, and the location is set for c:\pagefile.sys.

Permissions are set such that SYSTEM has full control of C. I checked
Disk Management and it shows D's status as Healthy (Page File).
Clearly, D should not have the page file.

What is the solution here? I know some of you will recommend leaving
the page file on D, but it is a small drive and I may not keep it
around much longer. But I need to know why the paging file will not
go on C.

Any ideas? Thanks,
Bryan

(E-Mail Removed) (Bryan R. Meyer) wrote in
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> I currently have two hard drives labeled as C and D both formatted in
> NTFS. Windows XP is loaded onto C. For some reason, however, the
> paging file (pagefile.sys) is always loaded onto D. I checked the
> settings in System in the Control Panel and the paging file is set for
> drive C. I checked the PagingFiles key in
> HKLM>System>CurrentControlSet>Session Manager>Memory Management in the
> registry, and the location is set for c:\pagefile.sys.
>
> Permissions are set such that SYSTEM has full control of C. I checked
> Disk Management and it shows D's status as Healthy (Page File).
> Clearly, D should not have the page file.
>
> What is the solution here? I know some of you will recommend leaving
> the page file on D, but it is a small drive and I may not keep it
> around much longer. But I need to know why the paging file will not
> go on C.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks,
> Bryan
>
Read this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;307886

"Bryan R. Meyer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I currently have two hard drives labeled as C and D both formatted in
> NTFS. Windows XP is loaded onto C. For some reason, however, the
> paging file (pagefile.sys) is always loaded onto D. I checked the
> settings in System in the Control Panel and the paging file is set for
> drive C. I checked the PagingFiles key in
> HKLM>System>CurrentControlSet>Session Manager>Memory Management in the
> registry, and the location is set for c:\pagefile.sys.
>
> Permissions are set such that SYSTEM has full control of C. I checked
> Disk Management and it shows D's status as Healthy (Page File).
> Clearly, D should not have the page file.
>

You can turn page file on or off by going to systems properties and Advanced
then Settings under that and Advanced tab there. Click the CHANGE button and
you get a list of drives. Click on C drive and change it to what you want -
Sysem Managed is better and the machine is faster as a result. Once you have
set it to what you want, you HAVE to click on the SET button to the right.
Now click on D drive and then click on "No paging file" and click on teh SET
button. Click OK to everything and then reboot. Once back in, you may still
have a page file on D drive but it will no longer be in use so you can
simply delete it.

(E-Mail Removed) (Bryan R. Meyer) wrote:

>I currently have two hard drives labeled as C and D both formatted in
>NTFS. Windows XP is loaded onto C. For some reason, however, the
>paging file (pagefile.sys) is always loaded onto D. I checked the
>settings in System in the Control Panel and the paging file is set for
>drive C. I checked the PagingFiles key in
>HKLM>System>CurrentControlSet>Session Manager>Memory Management in the
>registry, and the location is set for c:\pagefile.sys.
>
>Permissions are set such that SYSTEM has full control of C. I checked
>Disk Management and it shows D's status as Healthy (Page File).
>Clearly, D should not have the page file.
>
>What is the solution here? I know some of you will recommend leaving
>the page file on D, but it is a small drive and I may not keep it
>around much longer. But I need to know why the paging file will not
>go on C.
>
>Any ideas? Thanks,
>Bryan

If your system is actually using the page file to any significant
degree then you might get better performance by creating two page
files, one on each physical disk drive. That way Windows can choose
whichever page file is most efficient for any given paging operation.

The only reason that I can think of where the page file *must* be on
the boot drive is for the System Failure Memory Dumps. These dumps are
always put into the page file on the boot drive and then the file is
renamed. This is a faster process than creating a new file to contain
the memory dump and when these errors occur speed is essential.

See MVP Alex Nichol's article on Virtual Memory in Windows XP at
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm especially the section on problems.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

Ron Martell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...

Ron,

> If your system is actually using the page file to any significant
> degree then you might get better performance by creating two page
> files, one on each physical disk drive.

Thanks for the advice. I understand how this can improve performance,
but I'm trying to understand why the paging file is only on D. I
followed the Knowledge Base article (as mentioned in an above thread)
to move the paging file, but the file is always on D despite the fact
that I set it to C. I do not understand why this is happening. The
registry even points the paging file location as C:\pagefile.sys. So
why is the file not on C?

> See MVP Alex Nichol's article on Virtual Memory in Windows XP at
> http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm especially the section on problems.

I've read Alex's article which is very clear and concise. However, he
doesn't shed any light on the problem I'm having.

Thanks,
Bryan

"Bryan R. Meyer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ron Martell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Ron,
>
>> If your system is actually using the page file to any significant
>> degree then you might get better performance by creating two page
>> files, one on each physical disk drive.
>
> Thanks for the advice. I understand how this can improve performance,
> but I'm trying to understand why the paging file is only on D. I
> followed the Knowledge Base article (as mentioned in an above thread)
> to move the paging file, but the file is always on D despite the fact
> that I set it to C. I do not understand why this is happening. The
> registry even points the paging file location as C:\pagefile.sys. So
> why is the file not on C?

Look back at my previous posting. I already explained, there, how to fix
this for you.

"Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<1Dn2d.191$(E-Mail Removed)>...

> Look back at my previous posting. I already explained, there, how to fix
> this for you.

I appreciated you posting the procedure I should utilize to fix the
problem. Unfortunately, that is the problem. It does not work for
me. As I mentioned, the paging file is set in the registry to be
located at C:\pagefile.sys and still it shows on D: drive rather than
the C: drive.

I want to know why this is the case. The instructios you gave me do
not solve the problem.

Thanks,
Bryan

check your event log. if you see right after boot a message like "LDMS cannot
register error...", you lost. No more help available...

"Bryan R. Meyer" wrote:

> "Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<1Dn2d.191$(E-Mail Removed)>...
>
> > Look back at my previous posting. I already explained, there, how to fix
> > this for you.
>
> I appreciated you posting the procedure I should utilize to fix the
> problem. Unfortunately, that is the problem. It does not work for
> me. As I mentioned, the paging file is set in the registry to be
> located at C:\pagefile.sys and still it shows on D: drive rather than
> the C: drive.
>
> I want to know why this is the case. The instructios you gave me do
> not solve the problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>

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> check your event log. if you see right after boot a message like "LDMS cannot
> register error...", you lost. No more help available...

No, my event log is free of errors.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Bryan

"Bryan R. Meyer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:<1Dn2d.191$(E-Mail Removed)>...
>
>> Look back at my previous posting. I already explained, there, how to fix
>> this for you.
>
> I appreciated you posting the procedure I should utilize to fix the
> problem. Unfortunately, that is the problem. It does not work for
> me. As I mentioned, the paging file is set in the registry to be
> located at C:\pagefile.sys and still it shows on D: drive rather than
> the C: drive.
>
> I want to know why this is the case. The instructios you gave me do
> not solve the problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan

Then my next guess is that you have pagefile on BOTH drives and D drive set
to show ALL files and do NOT have C drive set to show ALL files (system
files included) thus you can see the pagefile on D and not on C.