Comments on: Simple ways to increase your computer’s performace – Configuring the paging file

By: Fix “Instruction at referenced memory could not be read”

Fix “Instruction at referenced memory could not be read” — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:09:22 +0000

[...] my previous article on how to optimize the page file size in order to set the value to the appropriate setting for your computer. Restart the computer and [...]

By: Paging ForDummies

Paging ForDummies — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:51:40 +0000

I have only the “c” drive, and I wish to create a different particion like “d”, to speed up my computer. The default paging file size is:1536-3072, and i have 1.00 GB of RAM. any suggestions would be nice

By: RoninV

RoninV — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:35:04 +0000

My previous post is wrong. I just wanted to make sure I received all responses to this thread.

By: RoninV

RoninV — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:33:42 +0000

…paging file importance?

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:26:36 +0000

hi, thanks for this because its taught me how to change it but im confused. I have 3gb RAM, so would it make my computer faster if i switched off my paging files or would it make my computer faster if i turned it up? Thank you for any help.

By: donola88

donola88 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:01:32 +0000

Greetings and thank you for your educational post.You’ve stated that it’s ideal if the paging file can be placed in it’s own partition with no other data. How is this to be done; say if I want to create such a partition in drive D? And yes, I HAVE followed no 13 above. Would appreciate your guidance, thanks.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:21:48 +0000

Is it possible to create a paging file on an external HDD and if yes, would it make sense at all?

By: akishore

akishore — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:52:49 +0000

Todd, you can create a second page file in Windows by right-clicking on My Computer, choosing Properties, click on the Advanced tab, click on Settings under Performance, click on Advanced tab again, and then click Change. Now click on the D drive letter and choose the Custom size radio button.

By: todd

todd — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:21:35 +0000

how do you create a second page file on the d: drive.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:29:56 +0000

I have 480mb of RAM and i cant do my gaming. im 14 and ive read all ur articles on increasing computer performance and i just deleted one of my accounts with 3.2gb and its speeded up my comp thnx.

By: Khomotjo

Khomotjo — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:37:19 +0000

Hi there I am an intern at an IT company in South africa and I have to better the perfomance of a PC i have been assigned to work on and the maths behind having to set the initial size of the paging file to 1.5 times the size of RAM is a bit difficult for me to understand. Plaese advise me!

For instance the PC I am working on has 1.11 GB of RAM.

By: DigiBlog

DigiBlog — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:43:25 +0000

Nice post, thanks for the info

By: jayjoe

jayjoe — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:22:56 +0000

i found a much easier way to tweak your computer, it helped mine a lot,
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By: BlaBla

BlaBla — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:35:47 +0000

That’s an M$ error. PF usage is actually refering to the amount of RAM your system is using. A mistake M$ never bothered to fix.

By: Mehdi Anis

Mehdi Anis — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:10:45 +0000

Hi,
I turned off using page file. Still, in Windows Task Manager’s Perofromance Tab, I see PF Usage 1.xGB.

As far as I know this ‘PF Usage’ shows amount of page file used. If I already turned off page file, how come it is showing 1.x GB of page file use?

Any idea? Thanks.