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Re: HELP! extra large system files in win-XP
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Michael Wurster <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:17:11 -0600
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Leigh, You can also move the page file (swap file) to another drive or
partition. I don't have XP but I'm sure it's the same as W2K. You can also
specify how large the file can be as well. 2 times your RAM size is a good
place to start.
Michael





>There are 2 HUGE system files in the root C:\
>they are: pagefile.sys (805,306,368meg) & hiberfil.sys (536,383,488meg) Is
>this normal?
>What can I do to reduce the size of these files, anything?

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