Windows 10: Huge Paging File despite not using full RAM

Discus and support Huge Paging File despite not using full RAM in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hi there Im hoping somebody can help me with an issueI noticed a few days ago my C drive was suddenly 30ish GB down than usual and looking WinDirStat... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Conor458, Nov 28, 2024.

  1. Conor458 Win User

    Huge Paging File despite not using full RAM


    Hi there Im hoping somebody can help me with an issueI noticed a few days ago my C drive was suddenly 30ish GB down than usual and looking WinDirStat it revealed a 34GB mammoth of a Paging fileIve never tinkered with this setting with its default being set to windows managing this For my Computer its used for gaming with 32GB on board and I am rarely going near that, restarts and launching the PC keeps this 34 paging file intact and it remains static regardless of what I doI did a DISM and SFC plus virus/Malware scans and did a RAM diagnosis test and all have came back OKThe computer itself ap

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    Conor458, Nov 28, 2024
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  2. 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, Nov 28, 2024
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  3. Kursah Win User
    page filing

    With modern HDD's and systems it's not as big of a deal as it used to be, I would say at least have a 1GB pagefile if you have 4GB of ram. There are some programs and parts of windows that won't be too happy about no pagefile. I've ran without, with a small page file and with a larger page file, really not a huge diff with 4GB of RAM, but I got less errors in some programs when I had a page file.

    Windows was designed to use it, I'd recommend leaving it active. *Toast :toast:
     
    Kursah, Nov 28, 2024
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