page file

After I installed Windows XP Mode on a host with 4GB of RAM, Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor said there was only 3GB RAM. By default a VM is assigned 512KB. Does a VM use a page file? What made Windows 7 Upgarde Advisor think there was only 3GB when 4GB of RAM is installed?

Here we go: PC is a dual boot WinXP32/Win7x64. Son in law made the mistake of trying to repartition the hard drive to move some free space on the XP partition to the Windows 7 partition. The end result is that the XP boots up and runs fine, but Windows 7 will not boot up. When you look at the...

I'm trying to shrink my primary Windows partition because I want to create a partition to install Linux Mint on. Well, when I go into the Windows Disk Manager and try to shrink the partition, it doesn't let me shrink it more than 32MB. I need quite a bit more space than that. After a little...

Hi, I recently bought an SSD, and the BSOD's are daily issues. ================================================== Dump File : 122511-8876-01.dmp Crash Time : 25.12.2011 05:38:17 Bug Check String : PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA Bug Check Code : 0x00000050 Parameter 1 ...

After the PC has been running for a while, the page file becomes 'loaded.' I'd like to know if there is any way to refresh the page file without restarting Windows. By refresh, I mean removing any info that was placed in there during the current session. I do not mean defragmenting it. Thank...

"C:\Program Files\Contig\contig.exe -a c:\pagefile.sys" .....where -a is a switch. This program (Contig) should perform a defrag on the page file.

After my computer has been running for some time (maybe days), it gets really slow. I found a great memory manager that cleans the memory. I was wondering if there was a way to clean the Page File without rebooting. BTW, I use Process Explorer so I know there is nothing running that shouldn't...

Got a BSOD regarding PAGE_FILE.

Hey PC users! I'm new here but I have a serious problem with lag on my computer and came here to ask the experts for help, because quite frankly, I'm exhausted from dealing with this situation. Here are my specs: OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit System Model: HP-Pavilion p6210y...

Hello... I've been running my Windows 7 x64 machine for about 3 weeks without problem. All of my programs are installed on the SSD and the HDD is for data files. Simple. Easy. I run dual display with no problem, 1920x1080 on the 24" LED (DVI), and extended to a 19" LCD (VGA). My dad...

I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop. Running Win 7. Usually after startup I get the BSOD-crash-reboot. What's causing this? I tried sys restore, didn't help. Still does it. No new installs of any kind. The screen wont stay on long enough for me to copy the info down and I don't know how to pause...

Here is something you can do to keep track of the page file usage with System Monitor. Once completed and running you can analyze the data using the prescribed formula (in the article) to increase or decrease your page file. This is not a downloaded program, it is a Page File Console that you...

What is Page File: In storage, a pagefile is a reserved portion of a hard disk that is used as an extension of random access memory (RAM) for data in RAM that hasn’t been used recently. A pagefile can be read from the hard disk as one contiguous chunk of data and thus faster than...

my computer uses 29 percent on idle my phsical memory is at i have a 32 bit system 3GB RAM and 5 GB page file but why is the usage so high and it climb to 35 percent if i have it on for a couple of hours but it used to stay at 17 percent on idle i use cleanmem they all start when i changed my...

I just added another 4GB of ram to my PC for a total of 8GB but as I type this, the task manager is showing me 277MB of free ram with there is 5307MB of available ram. What is the difference and which is preferable? I'm not using a page file so I don't want any problems with my system.

I have the following desktop: Link Removed My “MO” is generally to keep things “default” unless there is a good reason why I should change the way something is set up. An example is that I read SSDs wear out over time so it is better to put the paging file on a separate disk. Hence, I...

1. if i put my page file swap file temp folder on its own partition, is it best to use fat32? if i remember right fat 32 is fastest just isnt the best for space usage. 2. does reinstalling windows after time (1-2 years) create better performance? im not sure what it is but windows xp and...

I was getting BSOD and freezeups/slow downs on my Vista machine and did the easiest (but most expensive fix) - I upgraded by doing a new build. Windows 7 x64 Intel i5-750 Lynnfield on a Gigabyte P55A-UD4P mobo 8 GB (4x2GB) Corsair DDR3 1600 OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD for the system drive 2 - 1TB WD...

Windows 7 experiences 100% disk busy and system compleltely unresponsive - won't even move the mouse pointer. Occurs anything from a few minutes to an hour after connecting to a VPN to which many other Windows 7 users connect with no problem. The problem sometimes clears itself in 5-30 minutes...

Hello everyone and thanks for reading. I have looked through the discussions and thus far not seen anything related to what I am about to ask but if this has come up before I apologize. I'm looking to do a new clean install of Windows 7 on my work PC which doubles as a mild gaming machine...