pagefile.sys location and usage

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Being a bit short of space on my servers' C: drive I have set up a second
pagefile.sys file on the D: drive (using jsiinc tip 1394) - my question is
what to do next.

Will Windows use C:\pagefile.sys, then overflow to D:\pagefile.sys?
Or should I delete C:\pagefile.sys altogether?

Thanks

Peter

 

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On Fri, 21 May 2004 09:26:03 +0100, "Peter Marshall" <texmarshall@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Being a bit short of space on my servers' C: drive I have set up a second
>pagefile.sys file on the D: drive (using jsiinc tip 1394) - my question is
>what to do next.
>
>Will Windows use C:\pagefile.sys, then overflow to D:\pagefile.sys?
>Or should I delete C:\pagefile.sys altogether?
>
>Thanks
>
>Peter
>
If you don't care about recording a memory dump, you can remove the pagefile on
C:., if the D: pagefile is at leat RAM * 1.5

or you could reduce C: to RAM + 12MB

Windows will use the least busy pagefile at each write.



Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com