Page File

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:04 am

Does anyone have a clue to what the proper size page file should be? I have read so many articles and they all have different opinions or theory's. As you can see by my signature I have a basic Dell computer 2.33Ghz with 3GB ram.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:47 am

"System Managed" size

If you have a 2nd hard drive, move it to that spindle instead of your primary drive. Not a second partition..as there's not gain there, but a second hard drive spindle.

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:55 am

Only one drive.

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:19 pm

Sorry, must have posted in the wrong forum. I only have one drive currently. My page file is set as follows.

Space Available on the drive: 211545 MB
Initial Size: 2046 MB
Maximum Size: 4092 MB

Minimum allowed:2 MB
Recommended: 4605 MB
Currently allocated: 2046 MB

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:51 pm

I prefer "System Managed" size...you'll see a radio button choice for that.
Windows NT is very good at memory management, IMO desktop computers run better with the system managing the pagefile, instead of having min/max sizes.