Windows Paging File is a special file in your computer root drive called pagefile.sys that stores modified pages that are still in use by
some process but not actively in the RAM. This file uses your hard drive as virtual memory storage location. The only time you need to delete this file is when it got corrupted.
This instructions shows you steps to take to delete your paging file:
1. Click
Start and right click
Computer then click
Properties
2. Click
Advance in the left panel
3. Under the
performance section, click
Settings
4. Click the
Advance in the
performance options window and then click on
Change under Virtual memory.
5. Clear the "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" check box and check
No paging file
6. Click
Set button next to No paging file and click
Yes to the warning message
7. Click
OK on all open windows and
restart your computer
8. Open the
Control Panel and click
Folder Options.
9. In the Folder Options window, click the
View tab and clear the check mark from
Hide protected operating system files
10. Click
Ok to exit out of Folder Options panel and close the Control Panel
11. Open up Windows Explorer and Navigate to the root of your system drive (C:)
12. Delete the
pagefile.sys file
13. Undo all the changes above to setup your Paging file back to its original state.
