2 pagefiles ?

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I was toying with having the pagefile running off a separate drive, and
configured XP to do just that.

However, for some reason, XP has decided to again use the C: drive for
the pagefile, the problem being, it has left a pagefile.sys of 700Mb+ on
my F: drive.

If I try and delete it, I can't, it's "in use", even though quite
clearly it isn't, the one on C: is ....

How can I get rid of the file on F: - short of formatting the drive,
something I'd rather not do as it has other data on there which'll have
to be shifted around first?

 

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Hi

Please try the following article by Alex Nichol:

"Virtual Memory in Windows XP"
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

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>
> I was toying with having the pagefile running off a separate drive, and
> configured XP to do just that.
>
> However, for some reason, XP has decided to again use the C: drive for
> the pagefile, the problem being, it has left a pagefile.sys of 700Mb+ on
> my F: drive.
>
> If I try and delete it, I can't, it's "in use", even though quite
> clearly it isn't, the one on C: is ....
>
> How can I get rid of the file on F: - short of formatting the drive,
> something I'd rather not do as it has other data on there which'll have
> to be shifted around first?