+1 When I image a system, I regularly delete pagefile.sys. It is recreated at boot.
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > > I see the pagefile on the D:\ drive and after a server reboot I > > see the updated timestamp on the d:\pagefile.sys file but I don’t see it > on > > the reminant c:\pagefile.sys, and this was 6GB in size, but a little > worried > > about deleting the file accordingly from the system and not having it > boot > > accordingly. > > In my experience: > > (1) If a page file is configured but does not exist at boot, it will be > created. > (2) The page file is locked when in use, so you can't delete an active > page file, so if the system lets you delete c:\pagefile.sys, it is not > active. > > > Any idea if there is another place in the registry I can look that might > be > > set to keep this pagefile.sys drive on the c:\ drive > > I believe all the page files should be enumerated at: > > Key: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\MemoryManagement\ > Value: PagingFiles > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
