Removing PageFile on Drive C: due to low disk space

[A P]

Hi!

I am planning to remove my Windows 2000 Server SP4 box's pagefile from
system disk (drive c to different drive. Is it ok that I will do that?
Will there will be no effect on my server ? Btw, Im running AD(DC) on that.
My worry is if I remove the page file on drive c:, my server will crash.
Hope you could give me serious answers(I would expect that microsoft will
answer my question).

Me

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

A P fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

Hi!

I am planning to remove my Windows 2000 Server SP4 box's pagefile from
system disk (drive c to different drive. Is it ok that I will do
that? Will there will be no effect on my server ? Btw, Im running
AD(DC) on that. My worry is if I remove the page file on drive c:, my
server will crash. Hope you could give me serious answers(I would
expect that microsoft will answer my question).

Me

If you right click on My Computer and select Properties

<system properties> opens

advanced tab

performance options button


virtual memory > change button

set your c: drive page file to a minimal 2mb or so and your d: drive to
at least 1.5 times your RAM then exit out of the applet correctly it
will ask you to reboot

do a reboot and the page file will be created on the D: drive

further info:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;123747

 

[George Hester]

A Microsoft employee may or may not answer your question but remember this is NOT a Microsoft support venue.
For that you'll have to open a supprt request with them.

To answer your question , No your server won't crash. You won't be able to debug on it but you probably don't care
about that.

 

[John John]

He could of course have more than one pagefile, Windows will favour the
pagefile on the less used partition and this will provide for a debug
file if needed... providing of course that the reason for moving the
pagefile in the first place is not to gain disk space.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;197379

John