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[Kass]

While cleaning out my HD today i found this file taking up 800MB of space. I have no clue as to what this is or what it does on the comp. Any insight would be most appreciated. thanks

[monster]

Windows needs the pagefile. Definition:

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In storage, a pagefile is a reserved portion of a hard disk that is used as an extension of random access memory (RAM) for data in RAM that hasn't been used recently. A pagefile can be read from the hard disk as one contiguous chunk of data and thus faster than re-reading data from many different original locations. Windows NT administrators or users can reset the system-provided default size value of the pagefile to meet their particular needs.

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So, think of it as overflow from your ram... kinda.

[angrybrit]

It's mandatory to have it unless you've got 2 gigs of RAM on ur PC.

[Kass]

thank you, it helps alot

[gh0st]

I got my page file split as 1 gig on two hard drive 512 mB per hard drive make things go a bit faster for me.

[NC Derek]

i have a gig or ram but my pagefile is still over 2 gigs and all i got on my pc is a few games so....