There are hundreds of online sites and optimization pages that claim the page file size should be 1. However, this does not take into consideration other important factors and system settings unique to your computer. Again, let Windows choose what to use instead of relying on some arbitrary formula that worked on a different computer.
Storing the page file on a different partition of the same drive as Windows increases the hard drive seek times and reduces system performance. Configuring your page file to be located o n a different drive or partition may deliver a slight increase in performance. If you plan on putting the page file on a separate drive, create a partition large enough for it and only keep the page file in that partition.
For almost every Windows user, we still recommend letting Windows manage the page file on the primary drive. Moving the page file to a slower hard drive can cause the computer to have to wait for the slower HDD to catch up to the SSD. No, again this reduces the system performance. While it is true the access times on flash memory can be faster than a hard drive, the transfer speeds over USB are much slower.
See viewing Windows virtual memory or page file settings for further information about accessing this information. Before changing your page file settings, make a note of the current settings so that you can change it back later if your computer is not performing well. This means that over time as files are written and deleted, a specific file might exist in bits and pieces all over the drive. If your page file is physically scattered all over the disk platter, it takes longer for the drive heads to put it all together.
On solid state drives, this is a non-issue. If you are using a mechanical drive, creating a dedicated partition after first defragmenting the drive in question can be a good way around this. The way in which virtual memory is tweaked and managed on older versions of Windows is virtually identical to how it works on Windows Specifically, Windows 7,8 and 8.
The process is identical to the Windows 10 steps outlined above from the point where you have reached the Performance Options window. However, getting there is a little different. From here you can follow the same instructions as above. If you are running Windows 7, consider upgrading as soon as possible.
Regular support for Windows 7 ended in and extended support ends early in Even on high-end machines that occasionally need to punch above their weight in terms of memory. So if you next encounter a computer grinding to a halt, it might very well be that it needs a visit from the paging file doctor to set things right again.
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