When using a Windows PC, you may be surprised to find that your C drive space is suddenly being consumed. One common cause is ...

I don't understand why I can't do this. I'm running Windows XP SP3, and want my page file to be on drive E:, which is faster and bigger than drive C:. So I've set the settings as below (with the E: ...

Storage space on your PC is at a premium, so whenever you run out of it, you'd run a free tool like WizTree to find and remove hidden junk to reclaim some space. While disk space analyzer apps can ...

Windows creates a Pagefile.sys file in "C" drive's root directory, and it is used to swap data between the hard drive and the faster random access memory, or RAM. By default, this file can be up to ...

I have a Dell Inspiron 6000D w/ built-in SD card slot. I am considering purchasing a 1-4GB SD card (fastest one I can find) and moving pagefile.sys to the SD card. I would like to reduce battery ...

The location of the page file can have a major impact on its performance. There are three things you should consider: See "Changing the Paging File's Location and Size," later in this chapter, for the ...

64-bit versions of Windows and Windows Server support more physical memory (RAM) than 32-bit versions support. However, the reason to configure or increase page file size has not changed. It has ...

Windows PCを使っていると、Cドライブの容量が突然圧迫されて驚くことがあります。その原因の一つとしてよく挙げられるのが、システムドライブのルートに存在する巨大な仮想メモリファイル「Pagefile.sys」です。