pagefile.sys

"philip" <philip DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F32CAF13-0FA5-4463-92D1-82E1642334F6@microsoft.com...
> Just to confirm, my pagefile.sys file is located at c:\ Can we just delete
> this file? Thanks

You can generally only delete this file when the drive is hosted on another
system. This is because it's a core system file and so the running OS
will have locked it and deny you deletion.

pagefile.sys is otherwise a temporary file and will be rebuilt on demand
(the next reboot). I have found that hosting the drive and deleting this
file can fix a number of cycling-reboot problems.

You can try setting the system to not use a paging file, but this may not
delete it and Windows may ignore your request. And you'll probably find
you need to turn it back on.

HTH
-pk

Patrick, many thanks.

"Patrick Keenan" wrote:

> "philip" <philip.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F32CAF13-0FA5-4463-92D1-82E1642334F6@microsoft.com...
> > Just to confirm, my pagefile.sys file is located at c:\ Can we just delete
> > this file? Thanks
>
> You can generally only delete this file when the drive is hosted on another
> system. This is because it's a core system file and so the running OS
> will have locked it and deny you deletion.
>
> pagefile.sys is otherwise a temporary file and will be rebuilt on demand
> (the next reboot). I have found that hosting the drive and deleting this
> file can fix a number of cycling-reboot problems.
>
> You can try setting the system to not use a paging file, but this may not
> delete it and Windows may ignore your request. And you'll probably find
> you need to turn it back on.
>
> HTH
> -pk
>
>
>
>

Not very familiar with the general outline of the commands, if you have the
time can you please layout step by step, thanks

"Andrew E." wrote:

> In system properties,set C: to "no page file" click set 2X,exit,restart
> pc.Back
> in xp,1st run diskclean up in cmd,then run defrag in cmd,exit,reopen system
> properties,reset to"let system manage" click set 2X,exit,a window will open
> asking to overwrite existing page file,agree.
>
> "philip" wrote:
>
> > Just to confirm, my pagefile.sys file is located at c:\ Can we just delete
> > this file? Thanks

Before you even think about following Andrew's advice...be warned that he is
never right or his replies are so garbled they are unusable.
It is not a good idea to delete the page file.
here is an article on how to set up the page file
http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/2177271
and here is a MS Knowledge Base Article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308417

as you can see the amount of RAM you have has a lot do to with the size of
the pagefile............and how it is utilized
peter

"philip" <philip.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C512889C-B52E-4678-AC4F-1108D24AB26E@microsoft.com...
> Not very familiar with the general outline of the commands, if you have
> the
> time can you please layout step by step, thanks
>
> "Andrew E." wrote:
>
>> In system properties,set C: to "no page file" click set 2X,exit,restart
>> pc.Back
>> in xp,1st run diskclean up in cmd,then run defrag in cmd,exit,reopen
>> system
>> properties,reset to"let system manage" click set 2X,exit,a window will
>> open
>> asking to overwrite existing page file,agree.
>>
>> "philip" wrote:
>>
>> > Just to confirm, my pagefile.sys file is located at c:\ Can we just
>> > delete
>> > this file? Thanks

Many thanks for pointing out the right directions

"peter" wrote:

> Before you even think about following Andrew's advice...be warned that he is
> never right or his replies are so garbled they are unusable.
> It is not a good idea to delete the page file.
> here is an article on how to set up the page file
> http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/2177271
> and here is a MS Knowledge Base Article
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308417
>
> as you can see the amount of RAM you have has a lot do to with the size of
> the pagefile............and how it is utilized
> peter
>
> "philip" <philip DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C512889C-B52E-4678-AC4F-1108D24AB26E@microsoft.com...
> > Not very familiar with the general outline of the commands, if you have
> > the
> > time can you please layout step by step, thanks
> >
> > "Andrew E." wrote:
> >
> >> In system properties,set C: to "no page file" click set 2X,exit,restart
> >> pc.Back
> >> in xp,1st run diskclean up in cmd,then run defrag in cmd,exit,reopen
> >> system
> >> properties,reset to"let system manage" click set 2X,exit,a window will
> >> open
> >> asking to overwrite existing page file,agree.
> >>
> >> "philip" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Just to confirm, my pagefile.sys file is located at c:\ Can we just
> >> > delete
> >> > this file? Thanks
>
>