ghost pagefile.sys

[Guest]

I have partitioned my HD for file mgmt and to speed up defrags, etc. I also
moved the pagefile to one of the other drives, something I've done before
without any problems. However, when I defrag, the computer says that it is
still there and hogging up C: drive space, even though it doesn't show in: 1)
system properties/performance options/virtual memory; 2) the registry (that
I've found); or 3) a C:\dir from a command prompt (renaming and deleting at
command prompt returns a "file doesn't exist" response).

Part of the system thinks it is there, part of the system claims it doesn't
exist!

Any ideas about how to ferret it out so that I can delete it and get this
ghost to quit hogging space?

 

[Guest]

Try run,type:cmd In cmd typeiskPart In DiskPart type:list volume Youre
partitions should show.To delete one must boot to xp cd,recovery,press enter
for password,then typeiskPart Delete the unwanted partition(s),press Esc
key to exit.Also,moving the page file to another partition on the same disk
has
no performance value,actually it'll slow down the computer.You can read about
it in kb99768

 

[Guest]

The partition that has the ghost file is the system drive, so I don't really
want to delete it. What i want to delete is the ghost pagefile.sys....
except I can't figure out how to access it to delete it.

 

[Kamal]

The easiest option would be to disable the pagefile when ever you want to
ghost then enable it again afterwards.