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  1. Posts : 541
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    swap / Windows 7 x64


    I wanna ask you if i could reduce the swap, i dont think i need that much.
    Could i make it smaller ? Or maybe can i move it on the second HDD ?
    For the OS i have 1 SSD OCZ Vertex 2 and i have 2 more HDD's Western Digital 6400 AAKS.
    Please advice me what's the best way.
    Thanks.
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  2. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
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  3. Posts : 1,781
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
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    Pretty sure you could get away with a fixed 1GB size. You have plenty of RAM to run most things, at this point the pagefile would see little use besides
    1. kernel dumps after crashing and
    2. compatibility with software that expects pagefile.sys to exist no matter what.
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  4. Posts : 541
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    But if i put the swap on the second HDD, would be a good idea ?
    And if i keep the swap on the SSD, can i reduce it to 3072 MB ?
    Thanks
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  5. whs
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    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
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    Either way. It will really not be used a lot so there is no performance concern.

    If you keep it on the SSD, make it 1GB

    If you move it to the HDD, leave it full size - has the advantage that you get a memory dump in case of a BSOD

    It you want to check your paging activities, open Resource Monitor > Memory tab. On the bottom right there is a graph (hard faults) which shows you the amount of page traffic. But be careful, some programs need the pagefile even if there is plenty of availyble RAM. So a zero allocation would not work.

    PS: another way to gain space on the SSD is to remove the hiberfile. The command is: powercfg -h off
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  6. Posts : 1,781
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
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    From my understanding, you don't need the pagefile to match your RAM just to get a memory dump...at least not the small memory dump anyway.
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  7. Posts : 541
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    whs said:
    Either way. It will really not be used a lot so there is no performance concern.


    PS: another way to gain space on the SSD is to remove the hiberfile. The command is: powercfg -h off
    I would like to know how to make free more space.
    I did power -h off, i turned off system restore, i use Ccleaner, etc
    Please, if you know some tricks how to get more free space, tell me.
    Thanks
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  8. Posts : 2,528
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    Depends on where the space is going in the first place - use a tool like Spacemonger to get a good idea of where your disk space is going first, then we can make recommendations. Post screenshots, as it makes nice graphs :).
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  9. whs
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    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
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    stereo said:
    whs said:
    Either way. It will really not be used a lot so there is no performance concern.


    PS: another way to gain space on the SSD is to remove the hiberfile. The command is: powercfg -h off
    I would like to know how to make free more space.
    I did power -h off, i turned off system restore, i use Ccleaner, etc
    Please, if you know some tricks how to get more free space, tell me.
    Thanks
    Cluberti is right. We should first have a clue what is jamming your HDD. An average installation should be around 20GB. If you have a lot more, we should analyse the causes.

    You can use Spacemonger or WinDirStat to get an idea.

    If you turn the recovery points off (which is generally not a good idea), you should do frequent imaging of the OS and the data - at least once a week or more often.
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  10. Posts : 541
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    cluberti said:
    Depends on where the space is going in the first place - use a tool like Spacemonger to get a good idea of where your disk space is going first, then we can make recommendations. Post screenshots, as it makes nice graphs :).
    All i wanted is to have the backup image ( with Acronis ) a bit smaller.
    Now is 4,9 GB so i cannot burn it to 4,7 GB DVD
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