Re: [Thinkpad] OT: Removing C:\pagefile.sys

I don't think you can put the page file on a removeble drive. What happes
when you remove the drive? Kaput
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Ballard" <aballard@ix.netcom.com>
To: <Thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] OT: Removing C:\pagefile.sys

> XP
> Start/control panel/system/advanced/settings/advanced/change...select
> drive and size...
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org]
> On Behalf Of Bob Stockler
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:47 PM
> To: Thinkpad@stderr.org
> Subject: [Thinkpad] OT: Removing C:\pagefile.sys
>
> Sorry for the Off Topic (ie: Not ThinkPad specific) but this is the
> best
> resource this UNIX bigot and Windows neophyte has . . .
>
> G41 2886-5TU - Mobile Pentium 4 532 - 3.06 Ghz - 1 Mb L2 Cache
> 2 Gb RAM - 80 Gb Toshiba 5400rpm HDD
>
> My C:\pagefile.sys is size 2,087,340 KB, and I wanted to recover that
> HDD
> space. I have a WD Passport drive as E:\, and I've done everything I
> can
> learn to do, via HELP on my system, M$ Help, and Google on the
> InterNet to
> move my PAGEFILE from C:\ to E:\.
>
> Theoretically, I have it setup so now, but the pagefile on C:\ is
> still
> the same size, and it can't be deleted (file busy, used by a program),
> and the pagefile on E:\ is still size 0 (maybe because I'm not paging)
> but
> it's set to be the same size as the one on C:\ had been set.
>
> I tried removing both pagefile.sys files and both give the same error.
> I
> tried in Safe Mode with similar results.
>
> The UNIX bigot has UWIN installed on his system, and using it to view
> the
> permissions on C:\pagefile.sys he sees --- --- ---, which he can't
> change
> for the same (file busy) reasons.
>
> How do I recover this HDD space on my C: drive ? ? ?
>
> Bob Stockler (UNIX bigot in need of simpatico M$ expert help)
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