Paging file - What does it do and why did i get an alert message


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    windows 7 Ultimate Service pack 1 x64
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    Paging file - What does it do and why did i get an alert message


    Hey guys for some odd reason on my friends comp he got this ind of warning message when he booted up something about windows adjusting the size of his paging file when checking it says 66MB. If its supposed to be something lie virtual ram isnt it supposed to be something like 1.5x the amount of ram you got? (like 4gb of Ram be 6gb for the paging file?)
    Last edited by MajorFoley; 03 Mar 2015 at 03:31. Reason: I know that it has something to do with virtual ram but thats about it
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    Multi-Boot W7_Pro_x64 W8.1_Pro_x64 W10_Pro_x64 +Linux_VMs +Chromium_VM
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    Check the settings for the pagefile using Brink's tutorial below.
    Many people recommend using System Managed.
    I've been using my own custom settings for years, and it hasn't caused me problems.
    I mostly use 1 GB min and 4 GB max, pagefile on the [C] drive.
    Then, i can see if Windows ever upped the pagefile size for whatever reason (it's never increased for me).

    If a pagefile is not on the [C] drive, a memory dump can't be created if there is a BSOD.
    I believe a min 200 MB is required for a minidump.

    See this tutorial by Brink for a better understanding:
    Virtual Memory Paging File - Change

    Is 66 MB the min and max ?
    You might want to look at Task Manager/Resource Monitor/Memory for info about how memory is being used.
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