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umpio:
What could be the worst scenario of having the page file disabled?
I'm thinking disabling it too on my laptop. It's for light tasks with 3gb memory, and the total memory usage is around 400mb right from the start up. I think it should be plenty enough without the page file.
The laptop is really slow because the hdd is so full and slow..
neroilo:
--- Quote from: umpio on September 02, 2012, 06:00:11 am ---What could be the worst scenario of having the page file disabled?
I'm thinking disabling it too on my laptop. It's for light tasks with 3gb memory, and the total memory usage is around 400mb right from the start up. I think it should be plenty enough without the page file.
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Page file is used from windows to create full memory dumps.
--- Quote from: Shane on August 25, 2012, 08:32:28 pm ---If you have a BSOD you need it, but you can always turn it back on if you get one so it will make the dump file.
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In addition, some old program can require page file on, but it is a rare event. That's all.
--- Quote from: umpio on September 02, 2012, 06:00:11 am ---The laptop is really slow because the hdd is so full and slow..
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Have you ever considered to use an external drive to save a part of your data?
Disabling page file because of the full disk space is not a great idea.
umpio:
--- Quote from: neroilo on September 02, 2012, 03:03:09 pm ---Have you ever considered to use an external drive to save a part of your data?
Disabling page file because of the full disk space is not a great idea.
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Good point!
The laptop is quite old with only 60gb hdd, and I always fill it with files. I'll see if I get somewhere an external disk to attache to it.
chris635:
Hi guys
After I started this post I started a little testing myself for about 21 days now. Half with a pagefile and half without. I also leave my system on everyday except for a weekly reboot. I have noticed a speed increase without the pagefile (I do have 8gb of ram and my system never goes above 22% of ram usage). I do however get errors in the event event viewer stating that PerfOs error could not calculate pagefile performance. This would be expected since pagefile is off. Other than that I have no problems. Mind you if I started having system crashes I would not have any information to go by due to lack of a pagefile. I would simply just turn it back on for this. For my setup with 8 gb of ram. I'll leave it turned off, my system is simply faster this way.
Chris
Shane:
--- Quote --- After I started this post I started a little testing myself for about 21 days now. Half with a pagefile and half without. I also leave my system on everyday except for a weekly reboot. I have noticed a speed increase without the pagefile (I do have 8gb of ram and my system never goes above 22% of ram usage). I do however get errors in the event event viewer stating that PerfOs error could not calculate pagefile performance. This would be expected since pagefile is off. Other than that I have no problems. Mind you if I started having system crashes I would not have any information to go by due to lack of a pagefile. I would simply just turn it back on for this. For my setup with 8 gb of ram. I'll leave it turned off, my system is simply faster this way.
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That is how it is for me as well.
But as with most tweaks, what might be good for some isnt good for others. You have to look at the setup and the situation and see if any tweak will give pros or cons. :-)
Shane
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