Pagefile.sys on two hard Drives??

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Mark McWilliams

I was running out of hard drive space on my C drive so I used the
instructions in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 307886 to move the
pagefile.sys to another hard drive. The problem now is that I have a
pagefile.sys on both hard drives and when I try to delete the pagefile.sys
in C an error message says: "Cannot delete pagefile: It is being used by
another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file
and try again." I made sure that No Paging File is set for the C drive.
How do I get rid of the pagefile.sys on the C drive? It's taking up almost
a gig of hard drive space.

Thanks,

Mark
 
"If you do put the file elsewhere, you should leave a small
amount on C: - an initial size of 2MB with a Maximum
of 50 is suitable - so it can be used in emergency. Without
this, the system is inclined to ignore the settings and either
have no page file at all (and complain) or make a very large
one indeed on C:"

Ref: http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

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| I was running out of hard drive space on my C drive so I used the
| instructions in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 307886 to move the
| pagefile.sys to another hard drive. The problem now is that I have a
| pagefile.sys on both hard drives and when I try to delete the pagefile.sys
| in C an error message says: "Cannot delete pagefile: It is being used by
| another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file
| and try again." I made sure that No Paging File is set for the C drive.
| How do I get rid of the pagefile.sys on the C drive? It's taking up almost
| a gig of hard drive space.
|
| Thanks,
|
| Mark
 
Never, never try to delete special files like pagefile.sys by a simple
windows explorer file delete command. As you have seen, it will not work.
Instead, use the MyComputer, properties, advanced settings, performance,
advanced, virtual memory. Then, set the desired file size on C:\ to a small
number, or even zero. Close each windows you opened with "apply" or "ok" as
appropriate. Then, reboot. During the reboot the new pagefile size should
take effect.
 
Bob and Carey,

I don't believe that either one of your responses answers my question.
I have setup the pagefile.sys on my F hard drive and set the C drive to no
paging file by going into MyComputer, properties, advanced settings,
performance, advanced, virtual memory. I now have two pagefile.sys files.
One on my C drive and the other on the F drive. I'm simply trying to delete
the pagefile.sys on my C drive to free up about a gig of hard drive space.
Please let me know how I can do this.

Thanks,

Mark
 
Bob and Carey,

I don't believe that either one of your responses answers my
question.
I have setup the pagefile.sys on my F hard drive and set the C drive
to no paging file by going into MyComputer, properties, advanced
settings, performance, advanced, virtual memory. I now have two
pagefile.sys files. One on my C drive and the other on the F drive.
I'm simply trying to delete the pagefile.sys on my C drive to free up
about a gig of hard drive space. Please let me know how I can do this.
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When you make your changes to Virtual Memeory, you must click the "Set"
button before clicking "OK". Are you doing this for each change you make
(including "No Page File")?
 
Tegger® said:
When you make your changes to Virtual Memeory, you must click the "Set"
button before clicking "OK". Are you doing this for each change you make
(including "No Page File")?
Click to expand...

Tegger,

I had hit the Set and I did it again to make sure and it didn't say
anything about rebooting my PC. I went ahead and rebooted it anyway and I'm
still not able to delete the pagefile.sys from my C drive. I started doing
some experimenting. I was able to delete the pagefile.sys from my F
drive????? I then went back into my Virtual memory settings and clicked Set
for the settings on my C and F drive and it asked me to reboot. After the
boot I still don't have a pagefile.sys on my F drive. What is going on with
my computer?

Mark
 
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