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I have several work stations, all have 64GB of RAM and I assume should have very similar file size for pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys.
However, on my HP Z420, the pagefile.sys is using 64GB and the hiberfil.sys 48GB, my c drive is a 256GB SSD and these 2 files are using a big chunk of it.
I tried to move the location of the pagefile.sys to my 3TB hard drive in system settings, but the pagefile.sys is still on the C drive and cannot be erased. I have re-applied the settings and rebooted the computer but nothing changed. In the settings, the pagefile is now set to be on the E drive, but the file is still on C!
On my other systems, the pagefile.sys is much smaller (9GB) and the hiberfil.sys ~ 25GB, which is fine.
What made the pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys become that large and how do I reduce its size/move it.
I do not know what to do, changing the settings does not change anything and I need to recover the wasted space on my drive.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
However, on my HP Z420, the pagefile.sys is using 64GB and the hiberfil.sys 48GB, my c drive is a 256GB SSD and these 2 files are using a big chunk of it.
I tried to move the location of the pagefile.sys to my 3TB hard drive in system settings, but the pagefile.sys is still on the C drive and cannot be erased. I have re-applied the settings and rebooted the computer but nothing changed. In the settings, the pagefile is now set to be on the E drive, but the file is still on C!
On my other systems, the pagefile.sys is much smaller (9GB) and the hiberfil.sys ~ 25GB, which is fine.
What made the pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys become that large and how do I reduce its size/move it.
I do not know what to do, changing the settings does not change anything and I need to recover the wasted space on my drive.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.