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Page File Management
Page File Management
‘From Windows Vista Inside and Out’:
Apparently it’s a nice performance tweak to move your Page file from the hard drive with Windows on it to your other internal drive. Is this just a cut from c: to paste to d: job? Assuming a normal letter configuration here.
It goes on to say “Using multiple page files split over two or more physical disks is an even better idea.”
That made me think maybe its better to copy to the second drive. But maybe they were thinking of two spare drives without Windows on them here?
Also I can’t seem to see the pagefile in C:, what is it actually called?
‘From Windows Vista Inside and Out’:
Apparently it’s a nice performance tweak to move your Page file from the hard drive with Windows on it to your other internal drive. Is this just a cut from c: to paste to d: job? Assuming a normal letter configuration here.
It goes on to say “Using multiple page files split over two or more physical disks is an even better idea.”
That made me think maybe its better to copy to the second drive. But maybe they were thinking of two spare drives without Windows on them here?
Also I can’t seem to see the pagefile in C:, what is it actually called?
Message Edited by H2O-Block on 04-11-2008 03:58 PM
mombodog
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Posted April 11th, 2008 15:00
If you have enough physical memory installed the pagefile is not used by windows. Pagefile is becoming a thing of the past for most users.
Pagefile was originally designed for early operating systems and limited pysical memory.
No, you cannot simple copy and paste the pagefile, it is controlled by the OS.
Control Panel>System>Advanced System Settings>Performance Settings button>Advanced Tab>Virtual Memory change button
I don't suggest any changes unless you really know what you are doing. And have a valid reason for doing it.
Here is a Dell article on how to move the page file in XP, it very similar to Vista
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?c=us&dl=false&l=en&s=gen&docid=57F91E8DBE054BB281E680951496268D&doclang=en&cs=