Deleting the Swap File
I have 2 physical drives. Drive C is boot and D is a new much faster IBM drive I added recently for music. "C" is partitioned into C,E,F,G.
I moved my swap file from "C" to "D" recently and that went fine. But, I noticed there is a swap file still left sitting on "G" drive. Odd. I never put it there, but had it on "C". Still, the swap file has been moved to "D".
1. Can I delete this swap file left on "G"? Will it cause a problem? Why do you suppose it's there?
2. If I delete an active swap file will it cause a problem or will Windows just rebuild it on the next boot?
Note: My swap file is set as a fixed size, 256MB.
I moved my swap file from "C" to "D" recently and that went fine. But, I noticed there is a swap file still left sitting on "G" drive. Odd. I never put it there, but had it on "C". Still, the swap file has been moved to "D".
1. Can I delete this swap file left on "G"? Will it cause a problem? Why do you suppose it's there?
2. If I delete an active swap file will it cause a problem or will Windows just rebuild it on the next boot?
Note: My swap file is set as a fixed size, 256MB.
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You can always move every swapfile (if it is not in use)...
if windows is restarted, the swapfile is created again.
I exclude my swapfile (512 Mb) from my backup, that makes the backup smaller and faster and i had never problems with restoring windows.
So get rid of it.
Regards.
if windows is restarted, the swapfile is created again.
I exclude my swapfile (512 Mb) from my backup, that makes the backup smaller and faster and i had never problems with restoring windows.
So get rid of it.
Regards.
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1. Virtual memory settings confirm it's been moved to drive "D". The time and date stamp of both files was a few days earlier. (Not the same date) The date of the "D" drive swap file was the date I moved it to "D" (which figures).
When I get home, I'll delete it.
Thanks.
1. Virtual memory settings confirm it's been moved to drive "D". The time and date stamp of both files was a few days earlier. (Not the same date) The date of the "D" drive swap file was the date I moved it to "D" (which figures).
When I get home, I'll delete it.
Thanks.
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2) Windows wouldn't allow you to delete the swap file while you are in Windows. You could do that from DOS. I am pretty sure WIndows will recreate the swapfile, but I have no proof ...:-(