- Jun 1, 2014
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Every time I boot into Windows now, a message pops up telling me that's Windows has created a paging file on my C drive and it may be larger than what I originally specified.
Before this, my setup consisted of:
1x SSD [C]
2x HDD [D & E]
I moved the paging file off of the SSD and onto the D drive to reduce writes onto the SSD.
Recently, in order to keep GPU temps under control, I removed the drive cages in my case to allow unobstructed airflow to the cards, meaning I had to mount my SSD behind the motherboard and put my HDDs in an external enclosure. This is where the problem started.
After some digging, it just seems like it takes too long to find the external HDDs during boot so Windows creates the paging file on the only drive it detects in that time frame - the SSD.
The thing is, even when I disable the paging file entirely, it the message still pops up, but just not every single time.
When I create a small paging file on the SSD, the problem goes away but that's the one thing I wanted to avoid.
How can I get rid of the message whilst keeping the paging file off the SSD?
OS is Win8.1 Pro and external enclosure is connected via USB 3
Before this, my setup consisted of:
1x SSD [C]
2x HDD [D & E]
I moved the paging file off of the SSD and onto the D drive to reduce writes onto the SSD.
Recently, in order to keep GPU temps under control, I removed the drive cages in my case to allow unobstructed airflow to the cards, meaning I had to mount my SSD behind the motherboard and put my HDDs in an external enclosure. This is where the problem started.
After some digging, it just seems like it takes too long to find the external HDDs during boot so Windows creates the paging file on the only drive it detects in that time frame - the SSD.
The thing is, even when I disable the paging file entirely, it the message still pops up, but just not every single time.
When I create a small paging file on the SSD, the problem goes away but that's the one thing I wanted to avoid.
How can I get rid of the message whilst keeping the paging file off the SSD?
OS is Win8.1 Pro and external enclosure is connected via USB 3
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