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Due to having low space on my C drive (which I've reserved for the operating system) I recently made the following changes to my pagefile configuration

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However, nothing at changed in my C drive in terms of space (even after countless restarts) and the pagefile is still there (although I now have a copy on the D drive it seems).

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Furthermore, I now get this warning everytime my boot up my computer

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Now that I have changed the pagefile configuration for it to appear only in the D drive (which is a different drive altogether), should I be deleting it from the C drive? Based on the "date modified" it seems it is regenerated on the C every time I boot up my computer, while on the D drive it still lists the "date modified" as the day I originally made this change.

I would appreciate if someone can guide me to a fix for this issue. Thanks.

Arihan Sharma
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    My suggestion doesn't solve your problem.. but you *could* try making the smallest possible size on c: .. Is d: an internal drive? – Señor CMasMas Jun 04 '21 at 20:04
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    Disabling the page file on C: means you will not get memory dumps on BSOD errors. I think it's worth it to use a few gigabytes for that. – Daniel B Jun 04 '21 at 23:40
  • [see this](https://superuser.com/a/1406376/241386) for more ways to free up space on the C drive – phuclv Jun 05 '21 at 01:32
  • did you try this [How to Fix Windows Created a Temporary Paging File](https://www.minitool.com/news/windows-created-temporary-paging-file.html)? – phuclv Jun 05 '21 at 01:34
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    Does this answer your question? ["Windows created a temporary paging file" message after every startup](https://superuser.com/questions/1717088/windows-created-a-temporary-paging-file-message-after-every-startup) – Thomas Weller Aug 16 '22 at 14:31

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The message seems to suggest the file on D may have an issue.

Try:

  • disable the pagefile on D, reboot;

  • remove the pagefile.sys from D if it still exists after reboot;

  • (optional reboot);

  • set you pagefile back to D and remove the C pagefile

Yorik
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