Windows 10: Releasing virtual memory does not increase C: drive space

Hi All,


In my new windows 10 PC after installing only a few applications, the C:\ was nearly 80 GB. The OS itself is taking around 20-30 GB. But the pagefile.sys and hiberfile.sys are nearly 20 GB and 30GB respectively. I saw on another thread that I could reduce the pagefile.sys through adjusting the virtual memory size. I managed to reduce the virtual memory to 2 GB. After restarting the system, I don't however see an increase in hard disk space in C:\ drive. Where did the 18 GB go?

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Increase C drive space

How do I increase C drive space from D drive

 

extend c drive storage space

Hi, I'm , an Independent Advisor.

Disk Management is a Windows built-in tool that supports to increase partition size with its "Extend Volume" feature. However, the program has some limitations in increasing disk space:

- Extend Volume only works on NTFS and RAW partition. FAT32 and other file systems are not supported.

- The Extend Volume will grey out if there is no adjacent unallocated space behind the target partition.

So, the ways to increasing C drive with or without adjacent unallocated space are different. Open the Disk Management, and follow the right tutorials listed below to extend the local disk C drive on your own now:

#1. Increase C Drive Space with Adjacent Unallocated Space

Step 1. Right-click This PC/My Computer, click "Manage", select "Disk Management" under Storage.

Step 2. Locate and right-click on the local disk C drive, and choose "Extend Volume".

Step 3. Set and add more space to your system C drive and click "Next" to continue.

Step 4. Click "Finish" to complete the process.

Note that if that unallocated space on your system disk is not behind the C drive, you can't extend C drive in Disk Management.

Hope this helps. Let me know if I can help you further!

 

Virtual Memory

No, it should not.

When you increase your virtual memory, you are increasing the amount of hard drive space
that is available to be used as virtual memory. Your computer may not have actually used all that space, and probably didn't.