pagefile.sys?

[Gerry Cornell]

Ted

The amount I quoted is based on an Article by Alex Nichol. What he
actually says is interesting bearing in the OP's problems.

"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."


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Gerry

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[Ted Zieglar]

Many thanks Gerry. I read that article previously and appreciate the way
Alex has explained a difficult concept.

The stub page file (my term) on my boot volume is set at a minimum of 2MB
and a maximum of 10MB. The latter may be excessive. I am setup this way
because I have elected the 'small memory dump' option, which records the
smallest amount of information to help identify a problem. This option
requires a paging file of at least 2MB on the boot volume and specifies that
Windows will create a new file each time the system stops unexpectedly. A
history of these files is stored in %SystemRoot%\Minidump. The small memory
dump file is sufficient for the Windows Error Reporting feature.

Not to boast, but I haven't encountered a BSOD on my computers since Windows
95, so I feel reasonably confident in this configuration. And if I were to
experience a STOP I would be more likely to troubleshoot it myself or
restore a known good image, if need be, rather than submit a dump for
analysis.

Still, I'd be glad to learn where the 50MB number comes from.

 

[Guest]

1-Go to Control Panel, Select System , Select Advanced, Select Peformance
Settings
Select Advanced, Select Change Virtual Memonry
2-You will see a list of all Hard Drives of your computer, for each hard
drive, select no paging file, select Set
3-Reboost your computer, now from Windows Explorer, Select TOOLS, FOLDER
OPTIONS, VIEWS, Check Show Hidden File and Folders, uncheck hide
protect...Click OK
4-Go to each drive and delete the pagefile.sys
5-Reboost
6-If you would like to set the pagefile.sys for any driver, you can repeat
step # and at the step #2, select Custom size and set to whatever you like or
set System manage. You can use this setup for any hard drive in your computer
7-Repeat the step #3 to hide your protected files.


JD