H Han Solo Contributor Joined Feb 9, 2018 Posts 419 Jul 21, 2019 #1 I recently was able to clone my old HDD to a neww SSD and was wondering if I should delete the pagefile. I am trying save more disk space.
I recently was able to clone my old HDD to a neww SSD and was wondering if I should delete the pagefile. I am trying save more disk space.
plodr Sysnative Staff, Contributor Staff member Joined Sep 11, 2016 Posts 989 Location In front of a computer Jul 22, 2019 #2 Second post in this thread Do I need a paging file for SSD?
Digerati ModeratorHardware ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.) Staff member Joined Aug 28, 2012 Posts 4,907 Location Nebraska, USA Jul 22, 2019 #3 Han Solo said: I am trying save more disk space. Click to expand... Unless this is something like a 32GB SSD, don't worry about space. You should just leave the page file settings alone and let Windows manage it. Unless you are a true expert in virtual memory management, trust the Microsoft developers. They really do know what they are doing here. Do also note that SSDs are ideally suited for Page Files. See Support and Q&A for Solid-State Drives and scroll down to, "Frequently Asked Questions, Should the pagefile be placed on SSDs?" While the article is getting old, it applies even more so today since wear problems of early generation SSDs are no longer a problem and each new generation of SSD just keeps getting better and better.
Han Solo said: I am trying save more disk space. Click to expand... Unless this is something like a 32GB SSD, don't worry about space. You should just leave the page file settings alone and let Windows manage it. Unless you are a true expert in virtual memory management, trust the Microsoft developers. They really do know what they are doing here. Do also note that SSDs are ideally suited for Page Files. See Support and Q&A for Solid-State Drives and scroll down to, "Frequently Asked Questions, Should the pagefile be placed on SSDs?" While the article is getting old, it applies even more so today since wear problems of early generation SSDs are no longer a problem and each new generation of SSD just keeps getting better and better.
Digerati ModeratorHardware ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.) Staff member Joined Aug 28, 2012 Posts 4,907 Location Nebraska, USA Jul 24, 2019 #5 Then space should not be a problem unless you store a bunch of large static (non changing) files on it like photos, videos, or tunes. And in that case, if running low on free disk space, I would move those files to a hard drive.
Then space should not be a problem unless you store a bunch of large static (non changing) files on it like photos, videos, or tunes. And in that case, if running low on free disk space, I would move those files to a hard drive.