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Where is my Pagefile.sys???

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by exshooter

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After receiving the Win2K Pro e-newsletter from TechRepublic on 2/5 which was about improving performance, I tried the tip. Basically, it was about removing an orphaned pagefile.sys from %systemroot%. The problem was that you could not change the pagefile size through the normal gui process. I happened to be having that problem and my OS kept telling me that my pagefile was too small and it (the OS) was changing it automatically.
So I went through the process; I located the pagefile.sys in my root directory then restarted the system to recovery console but could not find the offending file. I rebooted back to GUI normal mode and could not find the file that was just there 2 minutes ago??? I'm still having the "not enough pagefile" problemeven though I have plenty allocated... help please.

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by adeal

You will need to uncheck "Hide protected operating system files" under Tools, Folder Options, View (tab). You should be able to see it then.

As a side note, I always put the pagefile on a different partition, and make the lower and upper limit the same size. It's a simple way to avoid file fragmentation.

Hope that helps!

by exshooter

Thanks for the reply. I have had "show hiden files and folders" checked all along. I can see the usual hidden files like ntldr, io.sys, boot.ini and msdos.sys. Initially, I found pagefile.sys in it's appropriate place in %systemroot%. After I ran recovery console pagefile disappeared. Please note that I did no manipulation with RC, I just searched the root directory, without finding the file. Your side note is a good one! Unfortunatly, I didn't have the forsight to allocate more then on partition. Although a second harddrive would fix that.

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