[coathanger007]

I have 1GB of RAM and I have disabled my paging file. Even if I run many programs simultaneously (including intensive games) Windows reports at least 400MB RAM free. Before disabling my page file I had approx 500MB memory in use and greater than 500MB page file. Therefore, now with the page file disabled shouldn’t the entire IGB RAM be in use?

 

[Volt-Schwibe]

heh

the size of the page file isnt always relevant to the amount of work being done.

in fact, on my machine i used to have a 270 meg page file, and i disabled it.

now, i have pretty much the same amount of my 396 megs available as i used to.

so, it didnt need that 270 meg page file, but it sure was hoarding it.

~BoB~

 

[coathanger007]

There have been conflicting views on this issue across different forums. The most comprehensive answer which I am accepting comes from NTFS.org
http://www.ntfs.org/forum/showthread.php?postid=341738

 

[johnwill]

For any NT based O/S, I let it manage the paging file, I believe this is one case where Microsoft actually does know more about the topic than I do.

 

[coathanger007]

For any NT based O/S, I let it manage the paging file, I believe this is one case where Microsoft actually does know more about the topic than I do.

After due consideration, I'd have to agree with this too.