The pagefile, also known as the swap file or paging file, is a crucial component of Windows 10's virtual memory system. It allows the operating system to free up physical RAM by transferring less ...

Windows 11 has been rolled out to everyone, and it has surprised me, to say the least. I am a big fan of the updated, more minimalistic design. The File Explorer in Windows 11 has received a revamp – ...

Windows creates a Pagefile.sys file in "C" drive's root directory, and it is used to swap data between the hard drive and the faster random access memory, or RAM. By default, this file can be up to ...

I'm curious as to why Windows thinks I need a 50 GB swap file. I have a Windows 8 x64 system with 16 GB of RAM, an 160 GB Intel 320 SSD as system drive and some 2GB Western Digital spinning drive as a ...

Microsoft Windows includes a Virtual Memory section that enables you to increase the memory of a specific computer drive. For example, turning off the automatic paging file size, selecting the ...