pagefile.sys

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  1. ekno

    Question Pagefile.sys size

    I have a pc build. The pagefile or vram after a while keeps increasing, even when I'm not doing anything on the machine. The pagefile keeps increasing till i get an error and the computer freezes or there's no functionality. It happens all the time. So i have to restart the machine when i feel...
  2. T

    [SOLVED] Pagefile.sys on Drive A:

    Just to ask a really quick question right of the bat. Does Windows 10 allow for a pagefile.sys to be stored on A: ? I have tried every trick in the book right now. Different sizes, system managed size and all and everything. Just haven't tried to add the pagefile to any other drive than A: I...
  3. J

    Question Random crashes

    For about 2 months now I have been getting random crashes when playing games such as warzone and battlefield 5. Once when it had crashed it come up saying it was a page file error. My available virtual memory is 11795mb. yet my friend with the exact same ram as mine has 27000mb of available...
  4. Gecko_Pirate

    [SOLVED] Delete the pagefile from a HDD.

    Hi. I just did a HDD defragmentation and I realised that I've got 36GB eaten up by pagefile.sys on my 2nd drive (an SSD being my primary one). Is there any way I can delete that file? It's already disabled from the Virtual Memory settings, and it also can't be from disk C because the memory...
  5. V

    [SOLVED] SSD 100% usage with slow write speed but...

    Hi, I've tried everything and nothing works, so I'm gonna ask here. I have problem with my new SSD. Sometimes when I'm playing, the SSD usage goes to 100% (mostly for about 10 seconds). This problem occurs especially when playing FiveM (GTA), which is kinda RAM heavy app. I've noticed that disk...
  6. R

    [SOLVED] Which app is using up my pagefile.sys?

    My pagefile.sys is about 16gB, twice the size of my system's memory. Sometimes I notice (via taskmgr) that the pagefile.sys is at 100%. I assume, when taskmgr says the C: is at 100% this refers to the pagefile.sys. If so, is there a way to determine which app(s) are using 100%? The biggest...