Can't turn off pagefile on root drive

[Guest]

If I set the pagefile properties to have "No paging file" on the C drive and
set up a pagefile to be created on the D drive Win XP Pro keeps creating a
pagefile on the C drive. I've even shut down XP and manually deleted the
pagefile.sys file on C:\ and then rebooted but XP recreates the pagefile.sys
on c drive. I recheck the pagefile settings and it does say "no paging file"
for the c drive. The pagefile it's creating is ~785MB and I have no idea
where it's getting that number from.

Bottom line...how do I get WinXP to stop creating a pagefile.sys file of
~785MB on my C drive?


MechMan

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

If I set the pagefile properties to have "No paging file" on the C drive and
set up a pagefile to be created on the D drive Win XP Pro keeps creating a
pagefile on the C drive. I've even shut down XP and manually deleted the
pagefile.sys file on C:\ and then rebooted but XP recreates the pagefile.sys
on c drive. I recheck the pagefile settings and it does say "no paging file"
for the c drive. The pagefile it's creating is ~785MB and I have no idea
where it's getting that number from.

Bottom line...how do I get WinXP to stop creating a pagefile.sys file of
~785MB on my C drive?

Tell it to create one of 50-150MB on C:, and 128-<whatever size you
really want> on D: (and don't forget to hit 'apply' all the way back up
the menu tree .. it's much to easy to 'X' out of those menus and not get
the changes applied).

No pagefile on C: is a problem - Dumps require one, and some programs
(Photoshop?) also insist one is there. If you specify a small size, odds
are it'll never actually get created (unless you have a dump), the one
on D: will be used instead.

 

[Guest]

The changes seem to get applied because after I restart XP the pagefile
dialog box tells me that there shouldn't be a pagefile on C:/, but there is.
I didn't know some files required it to be on C:\. That stinks. I'll try
your size suggestions.

MechMan

 

[R. McCarty]

In System Properties, Startup and Recovery, You should disable the
"Dump" feature by setting it to none. Then set your Pagefile to your
D: drive and reboot. If after the reboot you find a Pagefile.Sys on the
C: drive it may be a disjointed file that you can delete.

( First, check D: to ensure the correct size Pagefile exists there).

Dumpfiles are only necessary for diagnosing system faults and most
users will never require them. They exist as a .DMP extension and
in some cases can be quite large.

 

[Alex Nichol]

f I set the pagefile properties to have "No paging file" on the C drive and
set up a pagefile to be created on the D drive Win XP Pro keeps creatinga
pagefile on the C drive. I've even shut down XP and manually deleted the
pagefile.sys file on C:\ and then rebooted but XP recreates the pagefile.sys
on c drive. I recheck the pagefile settings and it does say "no paging file"
for the c drive. The pagefile it's creating is ~785MB and I have no idea
where it's getting that number from.

If you put a pagefile on a different drive, you should leave a nominal
amount on C: - I suggest Initial 2 MB, max 50. The system wants the
*possibility* of a file there or else it will ignore settings one way or
another. With that amount, the file will probably never come into
existence