Apparently not.
Bob Stockler (who is used to using MUTT as his MUA -vs- M$ ones)
-- Rob Bell <RobDBell@mailworks.org> wrote:
You do not want to move pagefile.sys to a non-internal drive. Bad idea
from dependability, stability, and performance viewpoints. Plus, I
doubt whether Windows will let you do it.
Rob
Bob Stockler wrote:
> 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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