I usually leave a small page file (maybe 16 MB) on the default C partition in order to at least be able to create a minidump file.
David On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > C:\Users\eziots>reg query > "\\ricarevuec01\HKLM\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\Control\ > > Session Manager\Memory Management" /V PagingFiles > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\Control\Session Manager\Memory > Manag > > ement > > PagingFiles REG_MULTI_SZ d:\pagefile.sys 9214 9214 > > > > So it looks like the one on the c:\ drive is really phantom and can be > deleted. > > > > The other thing I looked at is a Kernel Memory Dump was set, but if there > is no Paging File on C:\ specified then this isn’t going to be a viable > option accordingly to my recollection. > > > > Thanks for the heads up about the registry location accordingly. It looks > like after the disk cleanup is finished I should be set for disk space. > > > > Z > > > > Edward Ziots > > CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA > > Network Engineer > > Lifespan Organization > > 401-639-3505 > > [email protected] > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:36 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Issue with Phantom Pagefile.sys > > > > +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/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- David _____________________ "Proceed with all possible speed. Direction to be determined later." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
