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**tosh9i** · 10-03-2007, 02:09 PM

For starters, don't waste your time copying the Page File. It's just a swap file (virtual ram), backing it up is entirely worthless, actually it might even cause problems if you try to restore it.

When you backup your C: Drive, are you able to select/deselect which files you want and don't want, if so, then unselect pagefile.sys.

10-03-2007, 02:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,837 OS: Windows XP	Re: coping to external hard drive For starters, don't waste your time copying the Page File. It's just a swap file (virtual ram), backing it up is entirely worthless, actually it might even cause problems if you try to restore it. When you backup your C: Drive, are you able to select/deselect which files you want and don't want, if so, then unselect pagefile.sys.