What Is Pagefile.sys? Can I Delete It?
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- ➡️ Pagefile.sys is the "paging file" that contains Windows' virtual memory. You can delete it -- if you understand the ramifications.
Pagefile.sys is the Windows paging (or swap) file used to manage virtual memory. It’s used when a system is low on physical memory (RAM). Pagefile.sys can be removed, but it’s best to let Windows manage it for you.
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1:49 Can you delete it?
2:05 Finding Pagefile.sys
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If you can find it... it may seem huge. But is it a problem?
yes
How could I increase the size? There is a specific gaming application I want to use which basically needs to have a 30+ GB pagefile.
Leo, for those who might need the info, you should do an extension of this subject, setting pagefiles to a fixed/static size.
@@lexluthermiester well actually it's pretty easy to find a tutorial on that it's a option on a Windows menu buried somewhere in Windows
@@liamconverse8950 Perhaps, but it Leo's perspective that would be of value, thus my suggestion.
You clearly deserve more views and subs, I don't know why still you're a small CZcamsr. Keep it up I enjoy your videos so much, informative and well planned. Good luck 🤞
Thank you! You explained it to this newbie very well, in a way that I could understand perfectly what you were talking about.
Thank you Leo, this really help me!
Thank you very much for your help leo, nice video!
Not sure why I searched on the topic today, but I must say this was the only sane description of the Windows page file that I could easily find in a "last year" search.
People should indeed leave it be unless they have a reason to try something and be prepared to own up to any consequences. ;-)
And while one might delve more precisely in what Virtual Memory is to Windows, that's not important in the scheme of things.
Muchas gracias Señor. Ha explicado con precisión lo que quería saber.
Desde España.
wow, what a perfect explanation, thank you Sir
Excelente vídeo y excelente explicación!
Awesome Thanks for info super great help!!!!!!
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wow thanks. i never knew what a page file was until now i often see a 8 gig page file when i defrag my computor with the vopt 921 defrager.
ty for the tip
Hi, I was in the process of changing my drives around in my computer and I wanted to format the drives after I had copied them, but it would not allow me to format them because they where in use by another program, so I saw a CZcams that said just turn off your paging file and you will be able to format or delete it, and that worked but now I am running into other problem when I am trying to clone my drives so if I turn paging back on will it just fix up what I delete when I formatted those drives or have I mess it all up now. I have 64gb of ram. Thanks.
Cheers Leo
Thank you sir
thankyou so much
Thanks to you now my windows won’t start up thanks a lot man
Great video
E se deletar pagefile.sys?
O pc pode crashar muito e vai parar
very good Thanks Liked Subbed etc But at about 4:50 in your vid couldnt one have set the pagefile size to something huge like 2gigabytes or bigger ? Instead of no pagefile at all ?
If you actually NEED 2GB and you don't mind losing the disk space, sure. But if you really need 2GB of pagefile, I'd start considering some of the other alternatives I outline in the video.
Sorry, i am a bit confuse of using a different OS for the pagefile part? Can someone explain me again?
is it ok to let page files in ssd?? does it make it a lot faster for ssd to reach its lifetime :(
I lost 10gb in my C drive. When check I found 7GB taken by pagefile,sys and 3GB taken by hiberfil,sys. I think its abnormal.
I happened when tried to test my laptop battery, it doesn't work properly which led to its shut down.
What's the reason for it to absolutely need to be double my RAM so all of my RAM can be used? If I don't allow the pagefile to grow to that size, Windows could be complaining about running out of RAM while I still have 7.1/16 GB free. I never understood this behavior, and I've been using windows since 3.1 ...
Hello Leo, is it a good idea if I set the pagefile to my slower HDD cuz my SSD storage is not so much?
You can, but if your pagefile is used heavily it might slow down your system some. No harm in trying though.
If a laptop has non-upgradable ram due to it being soldered and the virtual memory being used by windows is high, will an extremely fast nvme pcie gen 4 SSD with insanely fast random read and write IOPS speeds make the computer any smoother? My ram is mainly hogged by large pdfs, word documents, and chrome tabs. Thank you
My sense si that it will help a little, but not a lot. If you're truly short on RAM there's really no alternative other than: do less, so you don't need as much, or add RAM. If you can't add RAM you're kinda stuck.
@@askleonotenboom Thanks
Please just leave this option alone. don't mess with it.. it's really not worth it. Just make sure it's half of a memory that you have on your system. If you have 16 gig make it 8 gig and so own.
I deleted mine in order to get some more space. Mine was 24 gigs. I deleted it and now the computer crashes every time I load anything. Anyway to bring it back?
You can bring it back by doing the reverse of whatever it is you did to get rid of it. Typically that means enabling the page file or swap file in the system settings. But having it crash randomly because you removed pagefile.sys typically means that you don't have enough ram in your system to run properly. I would investigate getting more ram.
My paging file could grow up 12 GB and i already got 16 gb ram installed but I had goole open and up to 20 tabs open on youtube which should say 2-3 tabs might take 1gb on youtube
Amazing! Now how do I find out how much ram I have....
Right click on Start, click on "System", and it'll be listed in the information presented.
@@askleonotenboom it was a rhetorical question but thanks you’re amazing! I found 12gb RAM! I’m totally deleting that file :-)
With 16GB RAM i always had this problem, tons of programs running + browser 100 tabs but now i’ve finally upgraded to 32GB so I think I will turn the pagefile completely off, need that disk space
update me did it effect you?
@@JaySharma45353 i didn't turned it off. i do need a lot of RAM every day, it would be too risky if i would turn it off. if you want to do this, do it only if you really have enough RAM left
I have 64GB of RAM and the file is 90GB...
Damn
Right now i got 23 tabs in chrome ant it recommends i set to about 10.5 gb
i have 12gb ddr4 ram should i turn it off
No way to know without a LOT more information about how you use your computer, how it's configured, what programs you run, how resource-intensive they are and more.
Like other people I also do not understand why the heck I need a pagefile… Not everyone, yes more then 90% of people will not need more then 16GB memory without the pagefile in the year 2021 for sure! You can’t compare the speed and latency of a ssd to the speed of DDR4 RAM. Let alone the harder wear of the ssd for nothing in this case. I would love to know if there is a difference in performance comparing the same system with and without a pagefile.
In theory the System without a pagefile should be faster and snappier, but like we all know : microsoft's ways are unfathomable
Dude you need 32 GM of ram now a days IDK what your talking about.
@@D0ntTaseM3Br0 that depend just on what you are doing with the machine. If you are browsing the net and do some office stuff 16GB are more then enough... without paging file. For games i would recommend 32GB ram by now if you turn off the page file
Doesn't the Page File Kill the SSD?
My SSD health is 60% health from the page file
As long as you have sufficient RAM for whatever you are doing so as not to overwhelm the paging file, most modern SSDs are just fine.
*There is another one: "System Volume Information" Can I delete it?*
No. That's how the system keeps track of files on that hard drive.
Hey thanks - 2 minutes to get to the point ... lol
Two questions, Leo:
1. What's the difference between PAGEFILE.SYS and SWAPFILE.SYS? I've noticed that both of these files exist(ed) in the root directory of my Windows system drive. Also, PAGEFILE.SYS was a great deal larger than SWAPFILE.SYS.
2. I recently bought a new motherboard, CPU, GPU and RAM. I maxed out the MB RAM, (16GB in each of the 4 Dual-Channel slots), giving me a total of 64GB RAM. Shortly after upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10, I reconfigured the Virtual Memory settings to dispense with the use of a paging file, thinking that 64GB will be more than enough RAM for the foreseeable future. So far, (about 3 or 4 months, with Win 10 also updated to 21H1), the machine seems to be working OK. What is your opinion of this setup, and do you think it could be sustainable in the long term, (say 5 years from now)?
Knowing Linux, swap is literally the paging file. Here in Windows the swapfile.sys is for new windows store apps as they says, literally it's a paging file for new windows apps ( universal apps )
I was afraid that someone would ask pagefile vesys swapfile :-). I don't have a clean answer on that yet. And yes, 64GB RAM seems plenty for even some above average use. (It's what I have.) But as always a) pagefile.sys doesn't hurt if you don't need it, and b) it really depends on how you use your computer, regardless.
hello! I would like to ask if there's also a way to get pagefile.sys back incase your computer starts breaking down!
Just turn it on again. Basically the reverse of the steps in the video.
damn. this fucked my comp up. My fault im sure, but now i cant play any game and have massive problems.
Superrrr thanks to you Leo 🤍🤍🤍
Duh, very old news, useless video