Windows 10: Confusion With Paging File Necessity.

Discus and support Confusion With Paging File Necessity. in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; hi, I've 16GB RAM in my desktop & I'm also running my os in 500GB SSD, so do you guys think if paging file is necessary for me? Which is wasting... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by ambient, Jun 27, 2020.

  1. AMBIENT
    ambient Win User

    Confusion With Paging File Necessity.


    hi, I've 16GB RAM in my desktop

    & I'm also running my os in 500GB SSD,

    so do you guys think if paging file is necessary for me?

    Which is wasting 16GB space of my SSD by default

    even though I have more RAM than my daily task need.

    So I'm feeling like I should turn it off & save that space,

    But will there be any problem if I turned it off??

    :)
     
    ambient, Jun 27, 2020
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  2. PSYKO12
    psyko12 Win User

    Page File

    Set minimum and maximum to a constant number as suggested by others, that will help reduce fragmentation on the drive coz of different page file sizing.
     
    psyko12, Jun 27, 2020
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  3. HIGHLIFER
    highlifer Win User
    Paging file question...confused

    Hi, I'm having trouble finding out exactly how to set my paging file best optimized for gaming. My pc specs should be viewable by my name. Ok, I have my hard drive partitioned into two portions. The c: has my operating system on it and is 10gb in size. The setting for the page file right now on this drive is initial: 256, maximum: 3056. Now, here's where I get confused, initially when I first set this system up, my d: drive, which is the rest of my hd, had no paging file, I did not do this manually, I assume windows did. Recently I manually set it up to initial: 256, maximum: 3056. I have heard alot of people say to just turn paging file off completely but I would rather not. Are my settings ok for the amount of memory I have?
     
    highlifer, Jun 27, 2020
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  4. SLATER
    Slater Win User

    Confusion With Paging File Necessity.

    Paging file question...confused

    =( Alec would have loved this thread.
     
    Slater, Jun 27, 2020
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