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To: rrufff who wrote (40261)	3/26/2004 2:50:29 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

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To: rrufff who wrote (40261)	3/26/2004 3:00:51 PM
From: malibuca	Respond to of 110652

Here is the pertinent part of an explanation of pagefiles that I have excerpted from the Microsoft documentation: When your computer is running low on RAM and more is needed immediately, Windows uses hard drive space to simulate system RAM. This is known as virtual memory, and is often called the paging file This is similar to the UNIX swapfile. The default size of the virtual memory pagefile (named pagefile.sys) created during installation is 1.5 times the amount of RAM on your computer. I have Windows XP Professional installed on this computer and the following are the steps that I took to modify the space reserved for pagefiles. I assume that Windows XP Home Edition would be similar though I cannot say for sure. To modify the space allocated for pagefiles, you would go to Control Panel and locate the "System" icon. If your Control Panel uses the default "Category" view, you would click on "Performance and Maintenance" which will get you to "System". You can get to "System" directly by clicking first on the "Switch to Classic View" which is on the left after you open Control Panel. This will give you direct access to the "System" icon. You would then click on the "System" icon, then click on "Advanced". This would get you to the "System Properties" window. You will then see "Performance" and you would click on "settings". This will take you to the "Performance Options" window and there you click on "Advanced" and you will then see at the bottom of the window "Virtual Memory" where you would click on "Change". This gets you to a "Virtual Memory" window where you will see the different hard drives/partitions that you have. It will also show a minimum and maximum space that has been allocated for pagefiles. You can change the space by placing the cursor on the appropriate drive and then modifying the megabytes allocated for pagefiles on one or all drives. After you modify the space for any drive, you would need to click on "set" to apply the new amount that you are allocating in the way of space for pagefiles. I was advised to reduce the space on drive C to zero but in checking this out further, I read somewhere to keep the space on the C drive to a minimum of 2MB and maximum of 20MB for added stability - and I did do this. I changed the space on the partition that had the most space on my computer to 768MB minimum and maximum since that represents one and half times the total RAM that I have on this computer. All of the above sounds complicated but it is really relatively simple. But for anyone who has a problem with the amount of available space on the C drive - or that matter any other drive - it is a quick fix that frees up a lot of additional space.