Comments on: Pagefile.sys – how to safely delete pagefile.sys or use it on Windows XP.

By: cell Ulagam

cell Ulagam — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:00:55 +0000

pagefile.sys was virus in my system not deleted a fiel place cleaar this system

thanks

By: david

david — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:02:01 +0000

thanks for the tips!

By: Kristine

Kristine — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:31:35 +0000

Ok, people are asking if it is safe to disable pagefile with 2-3GB of RAM. But what about 8 GB of RAM (DDR2)? Do I really need it? I could save almost 9 GB of space if it is really safe to remove it.
Regards,

By: intzar

intzar — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:45:44 +0000

I Am Using 2GB Ram and my Pagefile.sys file is of 4.00 GB so what can i do ?

i it safe to delete this file or not ?
if answer is yes how can i delete that file ??

Please Help Me…………..

By: rahul

rahul — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:54:02 +0000

hi
i have 4gigs of ram and 1gig of video card, what should be the size of my pagefile

By: monte

monte — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:09:43 +0000

Jmyeom, the answer to your Q was the last post on this very page. I have been testing with it changing its size and the steps above are just the ones I used.
If you have a 10 gigs file it must be that it is set to that.
If you never use that partition what’s the big deal anyway?
It must have been set to ten gigs by the guy that built your computer and thoughtfully he’d set it on a partition that you never use. The bigget the file the more the stability and if you can afford the size then just have a cup of tea and forget about it.
Also, if you look just below the button that you hit to post your post, there’s a BOX that you tick to be emailed automatically.
I am not emailing this to you, I’d rather say it full knowing that you’ll never read it!

By: Jmyeom

Jmyeom — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:54:26 +0000

Hi, i have a major issue with my page file, i see poeple asking if 1 gb is a ok size.. poeple say no and advise to decrease it a little, but what if you have.. a 10gb pagefile on a xp parttion thats never used, and a 4gb on a windows 7?… i have 3gb ram.. what shuold i do?… please email me at jmyeom@hotmail.com, as i might not check this site

By: bugrit

bugrit — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:30:38 +0000

For XP users, if you really /must/ adjust the size of pagefile.sys this is the safe way to do it :

1 Right-click My Computer on the desktop
2 Choose Properties and select the Advanced Tab
3 Click the Settings button in the Performance box
4 This brings up the Performance Options dialogue
5 Select the Advanced Tab
6 Click the Change button in the Virtual Memory box
7 This, at last, brings up the Virtual Memory dialogue

This is where you can impose your own limits on pagefile.sys _or_ you can elect to let Windows continue doing it. You can even choose to have no paging file at all, if you like, just for the dubious thrill of finding out how long you can live without one.

By: bugrit

bugrit — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:04:59 +0000

People, you really must stop your campaign of hate against poor old pagefile.sys

It serves a very useful purpose of being somewhere for Windows to store stuff when it’s running out of memory. This is usually because you are running several tasks concurrently and switching your attention between them, as the mood takes you. If Windows runs out of RAM under these circumstances your machine will become progressively more sluggish until you have to close it down. or even freeze up completely. But hold on a moment, what if Windows had a scratchpad on your hard drive where it could store inactive stuff that’s hogging memory? That, folks, is where pagefile.sys comes in.

Just let Windows manage its own virtual memory (pagefile.sys) requirements and all will be well.

By: rocky

rocky — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:19:57 +0000

when i start avira antivirus scan of c drive.There is 1 warning c:/Pagefile.sys {the file cannot open}i m using 2 rams of 256 and 512.both are ddr.so what can i do plz help me…..