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A swap file is space on a hard disk used as virtual memory. It is an extension of a computer's real memory (RAM). It allows the computer's operating system to have more RAM than you actually do.
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∙ 7y agoThe page file in many Windows versions that are NT-based is in C:\pagefile.sys.
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What is the swap file called in windows XP?
Paging File
What is the swap file called in Windows Vista xp?
the swap file is also called the page file
What is the name of the virtual memory file in Windows XP?
It is called Page File.It is created during widows xp installation & resides on the hard drive.It is measured in MB.By default,windows xp creates a page file approx. 1.5 times size of installed RAM.
Instead of a page file such as windows what type of partition does Linux use when it does not have enough memory to hold all the data that it is processing?
It uses the swap. The swap is a dedicated partition and not a file.
What is another term fo a page file?
Page file in windows is identical to swap memory in unix based systems. Microsoft gives a different name to all the terms and hence the page file.
What is the name of the folder on the Windows 2000xp CD where the installation files stored?
In A+ Guide to Managing & Maintaining Your PC Sixth Edition, Page 59 of Chapter 2 "What an Operating System Does" You will find it says: "The data is stored in a file on the hard drive called a SWAP file or PAGE file. The Windows 2000/XP swap file is Pagefile.sys, and the Windows 9x/Me swap file is Win386.swp."
What is the file name and default path of the Windows paging file used for virtual memory?
Windows virtual memory does not reside in any one file. Virtual mmeory is actually a system that virtualizes all access to memory and provides a consistent environment that is independent of the size of RAM. Paging occurs to many different files, not just the pagefile. By default the pagefile name is "pagefile.sys" and resides in the root of the system drive. Both the name and location can be changed. In A+ Guide to Managing & Maintaining Your PC Sixth Edition, Page 59 of Chapter 2 "What an Operating System Does" You will find it says: "The data is stored in a file on the hard drive called a SWAP file or PAGE file. The Windows 2000/XP swap file is Pagefile.sys, and the Windows 9x/Me swap file is Win386.swp."
How do you create a paging file on your D drive?
To do this, you have to tell Windows to put the file there. First go to System in the Control Panel. Or you can hold down the Windows key and press Pause as a shortcut to get there from anywhere. Then go to Advanced and to Performance Settings. In there, open the Advanced Tab. Then select Change under Virtual Memory. Then you tell it you want none on the C: drive and the desired custom size on D: drive. One good strategy is to choose the recommended maximum and using that as the minimum size too. The recommended size that Windows suggests varies with the version of Windows. Most prefer the same size swap file as you have physical memory. So if you have 4 Gb of memory, a 4 Gb swap file is recommended. Other versions like Windows 7 prefer 1.5 times the memory, so if you have 12 Gb, it will recommend an 18 Gb swap file.
A virtual memory file is called a?
Swap file
What is a common name for windows virtual memory?
Windows virtual memory is also known as a paging file, which is a great way to increase system performance and stability. Affordablekey is the best seller with up to 80% discount when you use coupon code XMAS22. Get the best deals today!
During the virtual memory process the operating system moves data into a temporary storage area on the hard drive called?
swap chip
Does virtual memory lie in CPU?
Virtual memory refers to the combination of your "physical memory" (RAM) and any available "swap file". A swap file is a chunk of your hard drive that the computer sets aside in case your RAM fills up and it needs somewhere to store some extra information temporarily (however swap files tend to be a bit slower as they use a hard drive rather than RAM). So if you had 2GB of RAM on your PC and Windows made a 2GB swap file, you would have 4GB of virtual memory.
