System Monitor doesn't see Page File . . . .

hartigan · 02-February-07, 10:02 PM

From what I've read, most people suggest putting your page file on a physically separate drive from your system drive. I've also read that it's good to leave at least 64MB of page file on the system drive for some reason (I can't remember why at the moment).

What I don't understand (and you can see this illustrated in the image below) is why the system monitor doesn't see the 3.5GB of pagefile that I've placed on a physically different drive (ORION in this case)

In the Kernel Memory section, it's only showing 161MB total.

Any ideas?

s1ugh34d · 02-February-07, 11:20 PM

it varies on how much it needs to how much it uses
im guessing that since it doesnt need 3 GB's its only alloting 161mbs, sincewindows never listens anyhow, its really set ot like 16mb-3500 mb for a pagefile, although you might set it higher

One thing to keep in mind the bigger the page file, the more usage of you PC its going to need to use torun a big page file, so unless your using photshop and need 3 GB's of space, windows ironically is helping out by not holding up 3 GBs of open sectors. lol whats the chance windows actually good for you...lol

hartigan · 03-February-07, 08:14 AM

Thanks for the response!!

I understand what you're saying. And after looking at the screen a bit more I'm realizing that the System Monitor Window (In the System section on the right) does show a total Page File of 5527M (which is the sum of my Physical Memory + the two page files.)

Thank you for illuminating this for me.

-hartigan

02-February-07, 10:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
hartigan Apex Tech God Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 2,213	System Monitor doesn't see Page File . . . . From what I've read, most people suggest putting your page file on a physically separate drive from your system drive. I've also read that it's good to leave at least 64MB of page file on the system drive for some reason (I can't remember why at the moment). What I don't understand (and you can see this illustrated in the image below) is why the system monitor doesn't see the 3.5GB of pagefile that I've placed on a physically different drive (ORION in this case) In the Kernel Memory section, it's only showing 161MB total. Any ideas? Attached Thumbnails __________________

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s1ugh34d Apex Tech God Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 3,199	Re: System Monitor doesn't see Page File . . . . it varies on how much it needs to how much it uses im guessing that since it doesnt need 3 GB's its only alloting 161mbs, sincewindows never listens anyhow, its really set ot like 16mb-3500 mb for a pagefile, although you might set it higher One thing to keep in mind the bigger the page file, the more usage of you PC its going to need to use torun a big page file, so unless your using photshop and need 3 GB's of space, windows ironically is helping out by not holding up 3 GBs of open sectors. lol whats the chance windows actually good for you...lol __________________ http://www.distrowatch.com/ - http://www.tuxdistro.com Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with Windows. Finally Upgrading (and again) Intel Core 2 Duo E5200 (45nm) DFI Lanparty (still undecided) OCZ FleXLC DDR2 1150 EVGA 8800GT PCP&C 610w Silencer

03-February-07, 08:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
hartigan Apex Tech God Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 2,213	Re: System Monitor doesn't see Page File . . . . Thanks for the response!! I understand what you're saying. And after looking at the screen a bit more I'm realizing that the System Monitor Window (In the System section on the right) does show a total Page File of 5527M (which is the sum of my Physical Memory + the two page files.) Thank you for illuminating this for me. -hartigan __________________

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