Question Disable Page File

[omidsolo]

Hi,
For this PC:
i7 7700K
32GB 3000 MHz CL15 DDR4
Samsung 960 Pro 1TB
Page file is required?
Can I set manually and disable page file for all drives including C and make sure it won't be a problem?
Thanks.

 

[seanwebster]

How big is it? I have 32GB of RAM myself and Windows 10 sets the page file to under 5GB. I suggest you leave it enabled and managed by Windows. If you want to set it manually, just don't go under 1GB. OS corruption can take place when it is disabled, though not always.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Why do you want to do this?

 

[omidsolo]

Yep, it's set to around 4.9GB
I just don't like it, with that amount of Ram, why it's needed anyway?
My method is that I setup a clean Windows setup, immediately followed by latest drivers+software+quick setup and then make an image of C by Acronis TrueImage.
Then I restore my whole C "Windows" drive o a weekly basis (max 2 weeks), I have some reason for that, out of topic.
So anything is restored at weekend! But I want to know if disabling it will have any effect on performance on my specific PC?
Thanks

 

[USAFRet]

Set it to 1GB Min/Max, and leave it alone.
Turning it OFF completely has other issues. For instance, if there is ever a crash, it won't write out a dumpfile to potentially tell you what the problem was.

 

[USAFRet]

Plus, you have a 1TB drive. A 5GB pagefile consumes a whole 0.5% of that.
Not even enough to sneeze at.