pagefile.sys ... really big file needs reduction - help

[JLH]

Hi,

I have heard that pagefile.sys file serves somewhat like backup RAM when
needed, but it is now at 914 MB. Seems like it is taking up quite a bit of
space for something not always used. How can it be reduced in size?

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From the sea to the sky and back to the sea they go, Jeffrey

Cayce, South Carolina, USA
(33.94°N, 81.07°W); 207 ft

http://www.midlandstech.edu/jlh/

"The only thing that separates South Carolina from hell is a screen door."

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"If ye love wealth better than liberty ... servitude better than ...
freedom,
go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms ... May your
chains set lightly upon you. May posterity forget that ye were our
countrymen."
- Samuel Adams
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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

The paging file is not so much a "backup" for your RAM but
a working area for Windows where it places data that is not
immediately required. Reducing the size of the paging file is
not a good idea - it is likely to have a detrimental effect on
performance. If you're running out of disk space then you
should get a larger disk. They are cheap - 914 MBytes costs
you about $1.00!

 

[JLH]

Thanks much - I will not touch it





--
From the sea to the sky and back to the sea they go, Jeffrey

Cayce, South Carolina, USA
(33.94°N, 81.07°W); 207 ft

http://www.midlandstech.edu/jlh/

"The only thing that separates South Carolina from hell is a screen door."

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"If ye love wealth better than liberty ... servitude better than ...
freedom,
go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms ... May your
chains set lightly upon you. May posterity forget that ye were our
countrymen."
- Samuel Adams