Why is Windows using page file when RAM is available?
The Pagefile allows the computer to perform smoothly by reducing the workload of the physical memory, or RAM. Simply put, every time you open more applications than the RAM on your PC can accommodate, the programs already present in the RAM are automatically transferred to the Pagefile.
What is the best paging file size in Windows 7?
Ideally, your paging file size should be 1.5 times your physical memory at a minimum and up to 4 times the physical memory at most to ensure system stability.
Do you need a pagefile with 32GB of RAM?
Since you have 32GB of RAM you will rarely if ever need to use the page file – the page file in modern systems with lots of RAM is not really required . .
How do I create a paging file in Windows 7?
Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista: Click Settings under Performance. Click the Advanced tab, and click Change under Virtual Memory. Select the drive to use to store the paging file. Select Custom size and set Initial size (MB) and Maximum size (MB).
What happens if pagefile is full?
The fact that the page file is full simply means that hard page faults are occurring. It is not necessarily good or bad, other than excessive page faulting will impact performance.
Does 64gb RAM need virtual memory?
64gb is just a waste of money (unless you’re also doing game streaming, photo/video editing or running multiple virtual machines). As for page file – set it to 500MB initial, 8GB max. With such amount of ram it will not be used anyway. It just needs to exist.
What if you have no paging file?
This can also cause problems when running software that requires a large amount of memory, such as virtual machines. Some programs may even refuse to run. In summary, there’s no good reason to disable the page file — you’ll get some hard drive space back, but the potential system instability won’t be worth it.
Where is the pagefile in Windows 7?
The page file, also known as the swap file, pagefile, or paging file, is a file on your hard drive. It’s located at C:\pagefile. sys by default, but you won’t see it unless you tell Windows Explorer not to hide protected operating system files.
Can I put a Windows page file on a ramdisk?
Traditionally, putting a Windows page file on a RAMdisk is not recommended simply because it makes more sense to use the RAM for other purposes. However, I recently discovered a product by SuperSpeed called RamDisk Plus 10, which has a bonus: it can use RAM above 4GB using PAE on a 32-bit system.
Why can’t I move the page file to a RAM disk?
As you probably realized after reading the last couple of paragraphs, moving the page file to a RAM Disk is counter-productive because the RAM Disk itself gobbles up some of the available system RAM.
What is a page file and what does it do?
The page file comes into play when Windows doesn’t have enough available RAM to load new data that it needs into RAM. When the system RAM is maxed out, the operating system will move data that isn’t being used at the moment into the page file on the hard drive.
What is the use of RAMDisk?
Some programs use their own scratch files regardless of how much memory you have (Nastran/Abaqus/Optistruct), ramdisk is extremely useful for those situations.