Pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys
- Thread starter jamesy505
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Pagefile will depend upon what is set in System Properties, if left to system managed then the file will be equal to you RAM plus a little more. There's an exact calculation somewhere but I forget what.
The hiberfile is equal to your RAM, so I suspect you have 6GB of RAM.
The hiberfile is equal to your RAM, so I suspect you have 6GB of RAM.
It is normal but you can change it.
If you do not use Hibernation you can disable and delete it. Open a elevated command prompt by right clicking on the command prompt icon and selecting "run as administrator"
then type "powercfg –h off" excluding the quotation marks.
To change the amount of Pagefile windows uses > right click on Computer > Properties > Advanced system settings > click the Advanced tab > under Performance click on Settings > Advanced > under Virtual Memory click Change > select Custom Size > set the minimum and maximum amount of disk space you would like to use.
Personally I have both min and max set to 4096MB.
If you do not use Hibernation you can disable and delete it. Open a elevated command prompt by right clicking on the command prompt icon and selecting "run as administrator"
then type "powercfg –h off" excluding the quotation marks.
To change the amount of Pagefile windows uses > right click on Computer > Properties > Advanced system settings > click the Advanced tab > under Performance click on Settings > Advanced > under Virtual Memory click Change > select Custom Size > set the minimum and maximum amount of disk space you would like to use.
Personally I have both min and max set to 4096MB.
Disabling hibernation is pretty simple. The command posted above will do it.
I've disabled my page file too as I've got 8gb RAM and an SSD and I don't like the idea of the constant SSD writes. I haven't noticed any negative effects but I've heard arguments both for and against disabling it.
I've disabled my page file too as I've got 8gb RAM and an SSD and I don't like the idea of the constant SSD writes. I haven't noticed any negative effects but I've heard arguments both for and against disabling it.