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Windows 7 problem of disk space
I bought my new computer a few weeks ago. I have 2 harddrive with 60 GB (C:) and 1TB (D:).
Now my first problem was to free up some space on C as when I bought it with only windows installed there ...
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Empty/dump modified memory to pagefile in windows
I use process hacker to clear out a few gigs of ram before loading large files such as 2GB stack traces so that everything does not freeze up for an hour as stuff gets swapped back and forth. However ...
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Win 7 - If 2 pagefiles on separate disks, which does Win 7 use first?
For Win 7 Pro - If 2 pagefiles on separate disks are created, say 800MB on OS drive and 16GB (to match system RAM) on SSD, which pagefile will Win 7 use first? Assume the SSD is faster than the OS ...
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Memory Pressure with 5 GB Used as Caches?
I manage a fairly powerful workstation, but for some reason the box is very sluggish. Looking at the task manager, I see that almost no memory is free and a lot is used as caches (which IMO should be ...
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Is It Possible To Share Page/Hibernation Files Between 2 Windows OSes?
I plan to install Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 (and Linux Mint) on my HDD. 8 will be installed first, then Server, then Mint. However, these 2 files can take up alot of space. So, is it possible ...
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How does Windows page when there are multiple pagefiles on multiple disks?
Let's say I have two internal HDDs and configure Windows to place pagefiles on both of them. How do pagefile writes occur?
Are pagefile writes spread evenly across the disks?
Does Windows prefer ...
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Windows 7 process which changes pagefile size configuration?
I am working to debug an issue where my PC randomly freezes after being idle. At one point I had disabled my page file, but noted I was not getting crash dumps because of this. I am running an SSD, so ...
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Why do I see applications with high numbers of page faults when I have a lot of memory available?
I've noticed that some applications (often games) have a very high number of page faults; for example, Diablo III can get into the range of 2 million within 30 minutes of play.
Why is this? Does ...
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What settings can I change in virtualized XP and W7 to minimise unnecessary image file differential size
I have several virtualized instances of XP and W7 on KVM, and each week I take an LVM snapshot of the qcow2 file and rsync it to a remote site. I'd like to reduce my bandwidth usage if possible - what ...
