Skip to content A page file can significantly impact the way your Windows operating system performs. How to adjust the paging file size in Windows 10 1. Open Advanced System Settings.
Note The bottom of the Virtual Memory window displays minimum and recommended settings for your computer's virtual memory. Related information Should I change my Microsoft Windows page file size? See the page file definition for further information and related links. Why would you adjust the size of the page file? Why would the amount of ram you have present dictate the size you should set your page file to? That seems counter intuitive and may even make the system unstable.
For instance if my computer had 8 gigabytes of ram and I wanted to open a giant 20 gigabyte TIF picture. My system might very well crash if we use the logic of 8 gigabyte maximum Virtual memory.
Pagefile partition : Primary-Partition , the first partition on the disk: Normally the fastest partition, as it is placed on the outer tracks on the disk. A dynamic pagefile will cause fragmentation. A permanent pagefile will always occupy more space than needed. To lower HDD seek time to the files frequently paged into memory Operating System, Applications, Pagefile , then the primary partition should be sized to fit these files so they are grouped together.
Dedicated-Partition , where the pagefile is placed on its own partition: Normally slower than the primary partition, as it is placed after the primary partition. Will still share the disk with the other applications, when they access files on the other partitions. Like the operating system. Will take more disk space than there is normally needed.
What is the best pagefile configuration? Most people will get the best configuration by using a Semi-Permanent -pagefile, which is placed on the C-Drive along with the operating system Primary-Partition on the Primary-Disk.
This is the default configuration of the Windows NT operating systems, and one should keep the page file set to "System Managed Size".
If having another physical hard disk available besides the primary hard-disk and it is just as fast, then one can consider to split the pagefile over both hard-disks. One should ensure that the extra hard disk is not frequently accessed by other applications. Note the partition used for the pagefile should be formatted with a cluster -size, which is equal or larger than the size of a memory page Usually 4 KByte.
Note the access to the pagefile is mostly random and not sequential, so fragmentation in the pagefile doesn't matter much, unless the pagefile have been completed shattered in small fragments over the entire disk. If still wanting to make continuous pagefile, then disable the pagefile or move the pagefile to another partition, and defragment the intended partition before creating the pagefile. The pagefile is accessed with low level file operations to avoid the NTFS overhead. This allows use of the pagefile to save the dump even if the rest of the subsystems have crashed.
Therefore if the pagefile is too small, then it cannot be used to contain the dump. Select "Let me specify my own virtual memory settings". Set minimum and maximum size. Under "Virtual Memory" press the "Change Check "Let me specify my own Virtual Memory Settings". Set initial and maximum size. Under "Performance" press "Performance Options Under "Virtual Memory" press "Change
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