Windows 10: Moving the pagefile

Discus and support Moving the pagefile in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I have Windows 10 in the C: partition of my PC, i.e.the first partition. Gradually the C: drive has gained more and more files and I have tried to... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by John Harvey2, Oct 21, 2022.

  1. JOHN HARVEY2
    John Harvey2 Win User

    Moving the pagefile


    I have Windows 10 in the C: partition of my PC, i.e.the first partition. Gradually the C: drive has gained more and more files and I have tried to extend it by first deleting the next partition on the drive. I found that I could not do this as Windows had placed the pagefile in that partition.Any attempt to find out how to move the pagefile has resulted in finding a lot of complex technical jargon which I could not understand.Would someone please let me know if there is a simple, step by step, solution to what should not be a difficult problem.I look forward to hearing from you.

    :)
     
    John Harvey2, Oct 21, 2022
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  2. GREGYURKON
    gregyurkon Win User

    Clear Pagefile on Shutdown


    I've been looking into clearing the pagefile, and I found the following steps at a somewhat dated webpage:
    1. In the registry editor, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
    2. Set ClearPageFileAtShutdown to the REG_DWORD value of 1.
    3. Restart Windows.
    I'm just wondering whether those steps are still valid, and, if so, does clearing the pagefile work as advertised?
     
    gregyurkon, Oct 21, 2022
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  3. EIDAIRAMAN1
    eidairaman1 Win User
    How to move pagefile for adaquate shrink

    windows wont allow you to dedicate 20 gigs, maximum paging is 4 gigs for windows XP, now id suggest you also put up the rest for the other drives you have (possibility a performance increase)
     
    eidairaman1, Oct 21, 2022
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  4. FARLEX85
    farlex85 Win User

    Moving the pagefile

    How to move pagefile for adaquate shrink

    Ok that was another question I had, I read about putting the pagefile on another drive, but from what I read it seemed it needed to be on the first partition of another drive. Is this true? I have no problem moving it to another drive if need be but I of course want the pagefile to be able to be easily accessed. Also, I wasn't sure if that was necessarily the best route as the raptor's glory is in it's access time, which I would imagine is a nice thing to have w/ something like the pagefile.

    Dedicate all 20gigs to the pagefile?
     
    farlex85, Oct 21, 2022
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