jvanderholf
New Member
I'm trying to move my pagefile.sys to a separate hard drive, but to no avail. Let me be clear up front: I know what I'm doing. I don't need a list of ethics on why it's bad, or not bad, to do so. I don't care about one's opinion on whether or not it should be done. I'm going to do it. That being said, let me explain the issue I'm having.
I'm trying to move the file (doesn't matter why), but it keeps telling me it's in use. I have set a page file on my external drive and set the primary drive to have no page file, and then reboot (as per Windows stated requirement). Upon login I'm informed that Windows has created a temporary pagefile.sys to manage memory dumps. I don't want this. So I did some more research.
The only thing I could find was to disable kernel memory dumps, which I did. At the same time I went in and changed my page file size again (since Windows decided to reset it for me). Once again a reboot was required. Same message on start up.
After further investigation on my hard drives I've found that pagefile.sys is still located in my C: directory, and any attempt to modify it says that it's in use. Meanwhile, I go to my B: directory, where I want the new pagefile.sys, and can't seem to find it anywhere (and no, it's not just simply hidden).
Any suggestions on how to remove this from my primary hard drive? (Again, I don't care about the ethics of it. I just want to know a solution on HOW to do it.)
I'm trying to move the file (doesn't matter why), but it keeps telling me it's in use. I have set a page file on my external drive and set the primary drive to have no page file, and then reboot (as per Windows stated requirement). Upon login I'm informed that Windows has created a temporary pagefile.sys to manage memory dumps. I don't want this. So I did some more research.
The only thing I could find was to disable kernel memory dumps, which I did. At the same time I went in and changed my page file size again (since Windows decided to reset it for me). Once again a reboot was required. Same message on start up.
After further investigation on my hard drives I've found that pagefile.sys is still located in my C: directory, and any attempt to modify it says that it's in use. Meanwhile, I go to my B: directory, where I want the new pagefile.sys, and can't seem to find it anywhere (and no, it's not just simply hidden).
Any suggestions on how to remove this from my primary hard drive? (Again, I don't care about the ethics of it. I just want to know a solution on HOW to do it.)