Windows pagefile size with large RAM and SSD
Problem
I just upgraded my Windows 7 machine from 12GB to 24GB RAM - both for running more VMs and for future proofing. My C drive is an SSD with 129GB formatted size. I was surprised to find out that the SSD only has 68GB free (most of my files are on to ). Researching I found 24GB of my precious SSD are taken up by the virtual memory pagefile in the root. Do I need such large amounts of virtual memory when I have 24GB or RAM? I bought this size of memory so I'd not have to go to disk.
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Fix for: Windows pagefile size with large RAM and SSD
I have 32GB of system RAM and a 256GB SSD, so I wondered the same thing. It does seems safe to change this, since even the dialog itself, at indicates: Total paging file size for all drives Minimum allowed: 16 mb Recommended: 7,676 mb Currently allocated: 32,768 MB When defaulted to "system managed size", it was at the maximum of 32768 equivalent to memory size. I changed it to the "recommended" value so it is now set to range between 7676 - 32768 instead of fixed at 32768: I'll have to reboot …
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