I want my pc to run from pagefile entirely without ram

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Before you ask "why would you want that?" I stay determined to do just that!

What I suppose might work:
starting pc with lowest ram module, or somehow setting a memory limit just so the os can boot and the rest must be done with pagefile e.g. 100mb ram, so the system would need another gig of ram on pagefile, and it would be like it's running on just pagefile, but not ENTIRELY!!! now how would a ddr4 ram be limited to just 100mb you might ask? Maybe rip couple of modules of the stick or smthin else idk about.
Or runing with ram module, but removing it after windows loads and pagefile is being used. This would crash the os probaby since it has crucial things in ram, but if I could load windows with minimal stuff in ram, would it be possible?
 
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Maybe interesting to you, but as evidenced by the number of people here who have replied that its a useless idea due to the performance implications, nobody cares.

If somehow an SSD existed that was as fast as RAM and you could figure a way to exclusively make it work as ram using a pagefile giving people massive amounts of cheap ram, sure, people would help you. Except Intel already developed that, its called Optane.
Maybe interesting to you, but as evidenced by the number of people here who have replied that its a useless idea due to the performance implications, nobody cares.

If somehow an SSD existed that was as fast as RAM and you could figure a way to exclusively make it work as ram using a pagefile giving people massive amounts of cheap ram, sure, people would help you. Except Intel already developed that, its called Optane.
 
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Alright, no harm done.
 
remember that your selected answer is extremely limited in reality- it is *only* applicable to very recent hardware so would probably mean new purchase only. It seems a bit more of a 'phew' from you rather than anything else.
 


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