What Is a Pagefile?

A paging file is a file created by the operating system that reflects the amount of hard disk space that is built and uses virtual memory. To organize the page file, first move the page file from the original drive to another drive, then organize the original drive, and finally move the page file back to the original drive. At this time, the page file will be stored in continuous disk space. bingo. Specifically, under the Windows operating system (Windows 2000 / XP), the file pagefile.sys is the system page file (also known as the virtual memory file). Its size depends on the number of open programs and your original settings The minimum and maximum values of the page file are constantly changing, sometimes it may only be tens of megabytes, and sometimes it may reach more than 600 megabytes.

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Because some large software consumes a lot of memory, they also open up a part of the hard disk space as a buffer. The entity of this part of the hard disk space is the page file created by the software, such as

Memory plays a large role in the computer. All programs running in the computer need to be executed by the memory. If the programs executed are large or many, the memory will be exhausted. To solve this problem,

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GHOST disk imaging software ignores the page file when backing up the system, which means that its size will not affect the size of the image file