With 16GB of RAM, Can I afford to run windows with no pagefile?

ecksmen · 25 Feb 2012 at 20:13

hansp said:
"Performance monitor" with the correct counters.

Also try process monitor.

wmic pagefile get peakusage,currentusage.

Code:

C:\>wmic pagefile get peakusage,currentusage
CurrentUsage  PeakUsage
420           448

Phil2008 · 25 Feb 2012 at 22:27

What I dont get is, if you have 16gb, why does windows set the pagefile as 16gb or more? Cos thats 24gb all together and windows must know it wont ever use that ammout of memory.. It should be the more memory you have the pagefile should decrease surely?

Phil2008 · 25 Feb 2012 at 22:49

Ive just tried "Performance Monitor" and according to that Im using 50/50 :eek:

Subliminal Aura · 25 Feb 2012 at 22:51

Phil2008 said:
What I dont get is, if you have 16gb, why does windows set the pagefile as 16gb or more? Cos thats 24gb all together and windows must know it wont ever use that ammout of memory.. It should be the more memory you have the pagefile should decrease surely?

Windows makes crazy assumptions during installation...

Install windows with < 2GB RAM and if possible on a small partition and expand / load up the RAM post installation. Failing that tweak post install by placing a custom page file size don't leave it to windows to decide

Martini1991 · 25 Feb 2012 at 23:05

I've turned the pagefile off my SSD and just slapped it on my 2TB.
Freed up 16GB on the SSD, so win.

ChrisD. · 27 Feb 2012 at 11:46

Martini1991 said:
I've turned the pagefile off my SSD and just slapped it on my 2TB.
Freed up 16GB on the SSD, so win.

Noticed any difference? I'm fed up of space management, and a 256GB SSD is too expensive at the moment. I noticed my page file was 12GB, so I've set to 1GB for the time being to see how I manage. It's still on the SSD.