Software Trouble Shooting: Increasing Paging File

Question 1

How can you increase your paging file on windows?

Answer 1

open the Control Panel and select System and Security and then select System. From the System settings page scroll down and click Advanced System Settings. On the System Properties box, select the Advanced tab and then select the Settings option in the Performance section. Within the Performance Options box, navigate to the Advanced tab which displays the current paging file size and provides you the option to change the file size.

Question 2

What are the implications of decreasing paging file size?

Answer 2

Decreasing the size of the page file will tend to degrade performance, not improve it, because there is less storage area available for the same amount of data.

A Windows startup file problem normally occurs when files, such as Boot.ini and Pagefile.sys, are found to be missing or corrupted. When any type of computer fails to boot, you should first try the obvious: check the display to make sure operating, check the power, and so on. If obvious problems are ruled out, this issue is usually caused in Windows when boot files are missing or corrupt. You should search the operating system’s log files that are located in the %SystemRoot% and %SystemRoot%\Debug folders. You should replace the missing or corrupt boot file if that is the problem.