J
JT
What is "Pagefile system file", it showed up what seems like out of nowhere
and is using up 1.5 gb?
and is using up 1.5 gb?
D
David Candy
Type pagefile (and paging file) in help and read about it.
D
dad2ten
Hi!
To find the page file setting right click My Computer/ click properties/
click the Advanced tab/ click the Performance Settings button/ click the
Advanced tab here also/ click the Virtual Memory Change button/ at the
bottom of the dialogue box you should see a recommend size to set your page
file. I use the custom setting have mine set to twice that, both the min.
and max. so that it doesn't change. As recommended by PC Today Magazine.
Which may or may not work for you. 1.5gb does sound a bit large.
dad2ten
To find the page file setting right click My Computer/ click properties/
click the Advanced tab/ click the Performance Settings button/ click the
Advanced tab here also/ click the Virtual Memory Change button/ at the
bottom of the dialogue box you should see a recommend size to set your page
file. I use the custom setting have mine set to twice that, both the min.
and max. so that it doesn't change. As recommended by PC Today Magazine.
Which may or may not work for you. 1.5gb does sound a bit large.
dad2ten
J
JT
Here is the odd thing, at least I think it is odd. This file has a create
date of Nov. 28/03. The reason I ask is that we have somehow lost approx.
850 mg on our drive C. We do have have 1.0 gb of ram. I have searched
through the drive C but can't find anything that should have eaten up all
this space. Have ran virus checker, turned off hide files etc. but can't
seem to find why we lost 850 mg on drive C. Any suggextions?
date of Nov. 28/03. The reason I ask is that we have somehow lost approx.
850 mg on our drive C. We do have have 1.0 gb of ram. I have searched
through the drive C but can't find anything that should have eaten up all
this space. Have ran virus checker, turned off hide files etc. but can't
seem to find why we lost 850 mg on drive C. Any suggextions?
H
HillBillyBuddhist
| Here is the odd thing, at least I think it is odd. This file has a create
| date of Nov. 28/03. The reason I ask is that we have somehow lost
approx.
| 850 mg on our drive C. We do have have 1.0 gb of ram. I have searched
| through the drive C but can't find anything that should have eaten up all
| this space. Have ran virus checker, turned off hide files etc. but can't
| seem to find why we lost 850 mg on drive C. Any suggextions?
Sequioa View is an excellent (and fun) free tool which gives a quick
graphical representation of which file are using up how much space where on
a harddrive. Very useful for tracking down mysterious missing space.
http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/
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D
I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
I was just trying to help.
Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
advice herein.
No warranty is expressed or implied.
Your mileage may vary.
See store for details.
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| date of Nov. 28/03. The reason I ask is that we have somehow lost
approx.
| 850 mg on our drive C. We do have have 1.0 gb of ram. I have searched
| through the drive C but can't find anything that should have eaten up all
| this space. Have ran virus checker, turned off hide files etc. but can't
| seem to find why we lost 850 mg on drive C. Any suggextions?
Sequioa View is an excellent (and fun) free tool which gives a quick
graphical representation of which file are using up how much space where on
a harddrive. Very useful for tracking down mysterious missing space.
http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/
--
D
I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
I was just trying to help.
Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
advice herein.
No warranty is expressed or implied.
Your mileage may vary.
See store for details.
Remove shoes to E-mail.
J
JT
Sequioa View was very helpful. Two files that we wonder about - memory.dmp
(created Nov 7/03)and Pagefile system file (created Nov. 28/03) both are
large - how necessary are these.
(created Nov 7/03)and Pagefile system file (created Nov. 28/03) both are
large - how necessary are these.
L
Lance Zielinski
Memory.dmp is a file that's created if your system locks up, or gives you
the "blue screen" It's a data file that stores information about the state
of your system at the time of the crash. I take it you had a crash on
11/07? You can reasonably delete this file, if you so choose.
The Pagefile system file (pagefile.sys), is used by Windows as "virtual
memory". When your computer is using all the available physical RAM, memory
is swapped over to the pagefile to allow the actual RAM to be used for
whatever application is taking priority. If it's taking up too much space
on your system drive (the drive that the Windows operating system is stored
on), you can move it another drive partition (if you have more than one) to
save space. Here's a Knowledge Base article on how to go about doing that.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307886&Product=winxp
Hope that helps!
the "blue screen" It's a data file that stores information about the state
of your system at the time of the crash. I take it you had a crash on
11/07? You can reasonably delete this file, if you so choose.
The Pagefile system file (pagefile.sys), is used by Windows as "virtual
memory". When your computer is using all the available physical RAM, memory
is swapped over to the pagefile to allow the actual RAM to be used for
whatever application is taking priority. If it's taking up too much space
on your system drive (the drive that the Windows operating system is stored
on), you can move it another drive partition (if you have more than one) to
save space. Here's a Knowledge Base article on how to go about doing that.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307886&Product=winxp
Hope that helps!
J
JT
Many thanks!
Lance Zielinski said:Memory.dmp is a file that's created if your system locks up, or gives you
the "blue screen" It's a data file that stores information about the state
of your system at the time of the crash. I take it you had a crash on
11/07? You can reasonably delete this file, if you so choose.
The Pagefile system file (pagefile.sys), is used by Windows as "virtual
memory". When your computer is using all the available physical RAM, memory
is swapped over to the pagefile to allow the actual RAM to be used for
whatever application is taking priority. If it's taking up too much space
on your system drive (the drive that the Windows operating system is stored
on), you can move it another drive partition (if you have more than one) to
save space. Here's a Knowledge Base article on how to go about doing that.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307886&Product=winxp
Hope that helps!
--
Lance Zielinski
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no
warranties, and confers no rights.
D
David Candy
If your memory dump is large then you have it set to a full. Noone (incl MS) wants your full dump, so set it to small. You can submit small ones to http://oca.microsoft.com for diagnosis.