Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

[Ray Parrish]

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

You must be reading some old documentation, as I have a 160gb hard drive
and have used Partition Magic on it with no problems.

Later, Ray Parrish

Bill wrote:
> Bill,
> "partition Magic" documentation indicates it has a
> limit of 80GB HDA's. Mine is 120GB. They also
> want $70 for their package, an amount that would
> be too much to pay for a one-time fix.
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
>
>
> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:OKIuNiLOJHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I think it makes much more sense to keep the system pagefile on the main
>> system partition (C. Why can't you run a Defrag on that partition? But
>> of course you can always resize the partitions, if desired, with something
>> like Partition Magic.
>>
>> Bill wrote:
>>> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an
>>> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c
>>> partition small enough to be in a condition where
>>> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a
>>> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of
>>> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the
>>> Registry and a re-boot?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bill
>>
>
>

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[Gerry]

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive

Bill

"One thing I stumbled upon was an enormous "Temp" folder in the users
"Local Settings", like 2GB. What's with that? Those files didn't seem to
be associated with temporary Internet files that "Connecticut" purges
on a regular basis."

These files exist in all User Profiles so you may need to log in to each
User Profile and run Disk CleanUp where more than one user profile is in
use.

An alternative to Disk CleanUp is cCleaner (freeware) which does a more
thorough job than Disk CleanUp. Disk CleanUp has to be run for each user
profile, whereas cCleaner only needs to be run once.
http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
http://www.ccleaner.com/

With any cleaner you need to proceed with caution. To be safe you
should create a restore point before using cCleaner. cCleaner also
offers backup before removal.

When using cCleaner think twice before checking Autocomplete Form
History under Internet Explorer. You do get a warning but this one has
irritating consequences. You may need to restore your system's
recollection of passwords after use so keep a record off computer so
that they can easily be re-entered.

Leave the Scan for Issues option alone.

cCleaner does not remove restore points. You need to use Disk CleanUp
for this. Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest
System Restore point.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Bill wrote:
> "Twayne" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:eKAViJROJHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an
>>> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c
>>> partition small enough to be in a condition where
>>> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a
>>> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of
>>> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the
>>> Registry and a re-boot?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bill
>>
>> You use a selection in options, amongst other ways, to move or size
>> the pagefile. However, moving the pagefile to another drive letter
>> on the same physical drive is most likely going to cause a
>> noticeable and *annoying* slowdown in your machine.
>> If that's acceptable, use:
>> Start; Settings; control panel; and click on System icon.
>> Then choose the Advance tab, and click the top Settings button in the
>> Performance rectangle.
>> In Settings Performance Options, in the Virtual Memory rectangle,
>> click on Change.
>> Now select the drive you want, and click Let Windows Manage ... ,
>> click SET.
>> Select drive C, and set it for NO swap file. Click SET
>> N O T E : If you don't click SET, nothing happens. YOu must click
>> SET for EACH drive you change!!
>>
>> OK your way out and restart.
>> --------------------
>>
>> You could also simply kill the pagefile and restart before doing a
>> defrag. -------------------
>>
>> But neither of those are very good solutions and at best are simply
>> bandaids to cover up a problem.
>> You really need a larger hard drive. Hard drives are very cheap
>> these days and getting a second one is your absolute best solution
>> long term. Right now you have zero room for any kind of expansion on
>> your boot drive. NOTHING here or in any of the posts so far is going
>> to give you anything but a temporary respite from your problems.
>> UNLESS you have gobs of room on the second partition. But you
>> didn't give any details so I'm not going to guess at what other
>> solutions may be viable. When you provide usable information then
>> more functional answers can be provided.
>>
>> --
>>
>> How to Post a newsgroup
>> question effectively:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q555375
>
> The drive is 120GB. And yes, there's "gobs of room" on the 2nd
> partition. I'm in California and the "offending" computer is in
> Connecticut, so I'm not in a position to resolve the problem more
> appropriately. I've managed to help "Connecticut" to move every
> non-system folder to their larger partition so that ONLY system files
> "come and go" on their "C" drive. We finally got the
> "C" partition defragged to where there's 1.88GB free and we'll see how
> things
> go.
>
> One thing I stumbled upon was an enormous "Temp" folder in the users
> "Local Settings", like 2GB. What's with that? Those files didn't seem
> to be associated with
> temporary Internet files that "Connecticut" purges on a regular
> basis. It would seem,
> by definition, that those files could be deleted when there were no
> applications
> running, save system oriented processes.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill

 

[Bill]

Re: Move "pagefile.sys" to a different drive


"Twayne" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:eKAViJROJHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> I have a partitioned drive that was allocated by an
>> idiot, so it's a major pain to keep the smaller (c
>> partition small enough to be in a condition where
>> it's possible to run a defrag. It would help quite a
>> bit if I could move my pagefile to the second of
>> the two partitions. Is that a simple change in the
>> Registry and a re-boot?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
>
> You use a selection in options, amongst other ways, to move or size the
> pagefile. However, moving the pagefile to another drive letter on the
> same physical drive is most likely going to cause a noticeable and
> *annoying* slowdown in your machine.
> If that's acceptable, use:
> Start; Settings; control panel; and click on System icon.
> Then choose the Advance tab, and click the top Settings button in the
> Performance rectangle.
> In Settings Performance Options, in the Virtual Memory rectangle, click on
> Change.
> Now select the drive you want, and click Let Windows Manage ... , click
> SET.
> Select drive C, and set it for NO swap file. Click SET
> N O T E : If you don't click SET, nothing happens. YOu must click SET for
> EACH drive you change!!
>
> OK your way out and restart.
> --------------------
>
> You could also simply kill the pagefile and restart before doing a defrag.
> -------------------
>
> But neither of those are very good solutions and at best are simply
> bandaids to cover up a problem.
> You really need a larger hard drive. Hard drives are very cheap these
> days and getting a second one is your absolute best solution long term.
> Right now you have zero room for any kind of expansion on your boot drive.
> NOTHING here or in any of the posts so far is going to give you anything
> but a temporary respite from your problems.
> UNLESS you have gobs of room on the second partition. But you didn't
> give any details so I'm not going to guess at what other solutions may be
> viable. When you provide usable information then more functional answers
> can be provided.
>
> --
>
> How to Post a newsgroup
> question effectively:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q555375
>

Thanks so much for your help. I think we now have enough space on
"c" to keep the "ship afloat".
Bill