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    61 GB pagefile.sys ?!?!?!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Kossel, Mar 27, 2009.

  1. Kossel

    Kossel Notebook Evangelist

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    I have 4 gb ram, and 320gb hdd

    i know what is a pagefile.sys, but as far as i know it should be like 1.5- 2 times of my ram... and not 61GB O_O
    and i also have a 2.7gb hiberfil.sys, anyone know why? or thats normal..





    i do sleep alot my notebook
     
    Kossel, Mar 27, 2009
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  2. spradhan01

    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thats a very huge pagefile. What about removing the system protection with the most recent restore point and after u have all hdd empty with those trash again create the restore point with fresh settings. :D
     
    spradhan01, Mar 27, 2009
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  3. swarmer

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    That pagefile size is messed up...

    Check your pagefile settings at:

    Control Panel > Sys & Maint. > System > Advanced system settings > Performance: Settings... > Advanced tab > Virtual memory: Change...
     
    swarmer, Mar 27, 2009
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  4. Kossel

    Kossel Notebook Evangelist

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    I already disabled the system restore...

    I just found the problem... I was manually setting the virtual memory to 6 gb.. and I put an extra "zero".... LOL :D
     
    Kossel, Mar 28, 2009
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  5. swarmer

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    Lol...
    ......
     
    swarmer, Mar 28, 2009
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  6. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Oooops! A classic case of P.E.B.K.A.C. (Problem exists between keyboard and chair.) ...big ol' grin...

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Mar 28, 2009
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  7. entropy.cz

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    nice. finally i don't feel so stupid for guiding one mac guy to download something, "right click the filename..." :D
     
    entropy.cz, Mar 28, 2009
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  8. goofball

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    hiberfil.sys should be the same size as the amount of ram you have. You can adjust that if you disable hibernation in power options. 2.7GB sounds right given you have a 32bit OS and discrete video card.
     
    goofball, Mar 28, 2009
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  9. surfasb

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    Hilarious!!!
     
    surfasb, Mar 29, 2009
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  10. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    The 1.5 - 2x RAM rule was dated back from the age of Windows 3.1 but it is now outdated. The point of having a swap file is to use it as a temporary memory when you are out of RAM. But if you have more RAM, the less likely that this will happen. Therefore, the larger your RAM, the smaller the swap file should be, not bigger. Therefore, the 1.5 to 2 times the amount of RAM rule is illogical. Following that rule means that the larger your RAM, the bigger the swap file should be.

    Imagine if you have Windows Vista 64bit Ultimate with 128GB RAM. Does it mean you have to reserve 256GB Hard Disk space just for the swap file? That's ridiculous!
     
    hendra, Mar 29, 2009
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