Swap File

bry623 · 10-25-2006, 09:19 AM

My c partition has 188mb of space left. My database is growing and will kill my c. My D partition has 15G free. I set the swap file to the d drive and set nonw on the c. I still have a pgefile on my c that is 1.5G. I have a 1.5G swapfile on my D. Can safely delete the c:\pagefile.sys? I really don't want to have to drive to South Bend.

**Cellus** · 10-25-2006, 01:03 PM

In a word, yes.

bry623 · 10-25-2006, 02:05 PM

Thanks. Commencing deletion. It says source file in use. Do I need to do it in safe mode?

whardman · 10-26-2006, 08:08 AM

Did you restart after changing the page file? Go back into the system and make sure that C drive is set to no page file. It should delete it automatically. If that doesn't work set the page file to 0mb, and it should only be a few kb.

10-25-2006, 09:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,698 OS: winxp pro sp2	Swap File My c partition has 188mb of space left. My database is growing and will kill my c. My D partition has 15G free. I set the swap file to the d drive and set nonw on the c. I still have a pgefile on my c that is 1.5G. I have a 1.5G swapfile on my D. Can safely delete the c:\pagefile.sys? I really don't want to have to drive to South Bend. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"

10-25-2006, 01:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cellus Moderator Networking Team Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,664 OS: Windows Vista Business SP1, Windows XP Professional SP3 My System	In a word, yes. __________________ TSF Networking Team Virus/Trojan/Spyware Removal Help Donate!

10-25-2006, 02:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,698 OS: winxp pro sp2	Thanks. Commencing deletion. It says source file in use. Do I need to do it in safe mode? __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain" Last edited by bry623; 10-25-2006 at 02:08 PM.

10-26-2006, 08:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
whardman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 617 OS: Windows XP My System	Did you restart after changing the page file? Go back into the system and make sure that C drive is set to no page file. It should delete it automatically. If that doesn't work set the page file to 0mb, and it should only be a few kb.