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PageFile -2008 R2 64Bit

So..My Hard Drive is in dyer need of space, it only has 121mb left. The page File is 9gb and system managed. My server has 6Gb of Memory.

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I have alot of Data on the E:\ Drive. Whats the best way to change c:\ page file so that it resides on E:\? Does this erase or effect my data on E:\? Do i automatically reclaim the space on the c:\ after this is done? I was thinking of making the c:\ drive set statically at 2048MB and E:\ 9GB static? Thoughts & Solutions please.

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You CAN lower the size of the page file, but if the system recommends 9GB I would leave it at that size.  You CAN change the page file to be on the E: drive, it will just take up 9GB more space on the E: Drive.  It will not affect any of the data you have there now.  

I would go ahead and move the page file to the E: Drive.  You will need to reboot for it to take effect.  It will free up the space on C: if moved.
Are these seperate PHYSICAL drives?  Try getting rid of temp files and trash and such first.  The, look at programs that can be removed and re-installed on E:.  Windows LOVES the C:\ for the page file, don't know why, I think it is a throwback to the days of Win 95.
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Well I would keep the pagefile that size. You can move the pagefile to another partition which might be a good idea.

You can download this product to help you determine what is taking the space up as well. http://windirstat.info/ From here you can determine if you can move this data to another partition as well
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Same physical disk, does this matter.
In case memory usage of server less than 6GB.

you can simply disable paging file.

Remove the click from "Automatically manage paging  file for all drives"

Now select "No paging file"

This require reboot and paging file will remove automatically.
Yes.  Same disk means there is no real savings in performance.  You can still do it, but the performance gains will not be there.
Gajendra_Rathod...What are the repercussions from not having a pageFile?

 airborne1128....Not really looking at performance gains, just need more space on C:\ drive.
So if i resize the c:\pagefile to static 2500mb and e:\ to 9000mb, this doesnt do anything to the data that is residing on E:\drive does it? Do i get my reclaimed space back on c:\Drive?
You can see a performance hit without a page file
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You HAVE to have a pagefile.  Without it your machine will not run properly if at all.
By splitting it up....Will i reclaim some of my C:\ HD space?
Yes if you limit the size on C then the system will only use 2GB for example
Yes.  In fact, you only NEED 250MB on C:\.  That is for the dumpfile.
Paging file is use to increase RAM capacity.

In case you disable it , there will no issue until server utilization exceed 90% to 100%.


In case RAM utilization is more that 6GB then you should not change this setting.
Thanks  everyone for you input....Im super paranoid so sorry for all the silly questions, one more and i will award point. When i put the 9gb on the E: drive, it should do anything to my data that resides on the E:\drive right?
Correct.  Your data will be fine.  All the system will do is allocate 9GB for the page file.  I recommend defraging the drive FIRST.
it won't alter your existing data, it will just use up however much space you designate for that page file.. basically it just adds another file to the E:\ Drive.
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