Curley_Boy 0 Posted December 15, 2002 I have a 512Mb RAM system... do i still need the use of the pagefile? Is it possible to run XP without it? Share this post Link to post
Jerry Atrik 0 Posted December 15, 2002 tons of responses to this question on the forums here Share this post Link to post
DosFreak 2 Posted December 15, 2002 Yes, you still need the pagefile. Search the forums. Share this post Link to post
clutch 1 Posted December 15, 2002 It depends on the applications used, but in many cases you can get by without using one (hence having the ability to disable it). Share this post Link to post
sapiens74 0 Posted December 15, 2002 I jsut limit it to half my system ram. You might want to disable uneeded serivces as well Share this post Link to post
adamvjackson 0 Posted December 15, 2002 Quote: You might want to disable uneeded serivces as well Yes, and here's a great guide to what can be disabled. Share this post Link to post
Mr.Guvernment 0 Posted December 15, 2002 ^^^ yes look on this forum (search), there are MANY MANY MANY educated answers to this - it all revolves around WHAT u do with your computer really. Share this post Link to post
Champion_R 0 Posted December 15, 2002 IMHO 512MB isn't a huge amount with Windows XP. Share this post Link to post
ooops 0 Posted January 16, 2003 I'm using 768 meg in WinXP with no page file and haven't had problem one. Now I've read if your doing some heavy stuff like video editing ...etc you might need one. Share this post Link to post
Four and Twenty 0 Posted January 17, 2003 i have to have a pf to run photoshop Share this post Link to post
hydr0 0 Posted July 7, 2003 You only have 512MB of RAM, so no you SHOULD NOT disable the paging file. Think about this. Given a scenario where you have many things open at once, 512MB of RAM can be filled pretty quickly, with things such as Photoshop, Office, or even games and little old apps themselves can eat your memory and not give it back. I also have 512MB of RAM on BOTH of my machines and I always use a paging file of 512MB statically set, it seems to work the best for me. Note: Anytime I use diskeeper to defragment the paging file it never needs it...probably because 512MB of RAM is enough for most things, but then again....you never know. Better safe than sorry, having a paging file won't hurt you that bad. -hydro Share this post Link to post
xiaobai 0 Posted October 1, 2003 i have one gig, but still have a small 500meg page file just in case. BTW hydro that is the most unnecessarily long sig ever. Share this post Link to post