Determine the pagefile size and create a static pagefileĥ. Any OS before Vista i would suggest OO defrag.Ĥ. On vista i would suggest you to use the system defrag tool. Defrag your disk which will hold your pagefile (for 1 physical drive its pointless to keep the pagefile elsewhere. However because windows don't use a seperate partition you might need to optimize that space on your own. Following the link below you will get an idea. There is an easy way and a hard way to determine the size of the pagefile you need. The more ram u have the more pagefile and swap u need for crucial OS needs. Linux swap and windows pagefile can be calculated by the size of the ram. Disabling the pagefile will cause applications to crash (not as often as it may sound) and generally will leed to poor performance especially during heavy multitasking. Moreover there is a very crucial temp space needed by the OS for applications, file transfers etc. Pagefile has nothing to do with memory and speeding up. I wonder why users speak about speeding up whilst I believe they are based only on these rubish theories without able to prove of what they are saying.Īsk yourself why even linux need a swap partition. However disabling the pagefile will not speed up your computer by any chance.

It was meant to scare you into not doing it.If you use your system for just running one application at the time, Just playing a game and then off it won't make any difference. Without knowing what other apps/widgets/processes you are running at the time, it's difficult to single out the problem.ĮDIT: Wanted to clarify that the link I posted in the previous response was a 'running in test environment, using test data, and test code to produce worst possible scenario' shock-type thing. Some things off the top of my head? It *could* be related to spotlight (look for process mds) indexing/reindexing your hard drive (or your PDF), or any number of applications that require a stream of data. If page outs are 0, or not increasing at a steady rate, then it's not consistently paging out to the hard disk. This docnum gives a brief and simplistic overview of what Activity Monitor means VM size, however, does not directly reference the size of the pagefile(s) on the hard disk. At some point in time you're going to hit the page file and, when it happens, the machine/app will not degrade gracefully, usually resulting in some form of data loss. While it can indeed be disabled, it's generally not a great way of running in a modern OS it's not simply relegated to the Macintosh.

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