defaultluser
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So yeah, I recently upgraded my gaming computer from 4GB ram to 16GB, and I noticed recently while making space for Titanfall that my previously roomy 160GB SSD was looking very full. I totaled-up the used versus free, and came up NEARLY 30GB SHORT!
Turns out that Windows automatically allocates two files based on how much ram you have: suspend to disk, and page. For me, the swap file used the same size as ram (even if I didn't need it), and the suspend file used 3/4 the size of ram (again, even if you're not using the feature), so my total file size jumped from 6GB to 28GB when I upgraded my ram. That's just not something I can ignore!
If you're on a desktop you can disable the suspend to disk entirely, and you can tell Windows to grow the size of the page file on--demand (assuming you have more than enough ram). I used this guide here and set a range for the page file, but set the minimum to 1024MB so that Windows error reporting would still work:
http://techgage.com/article/disabling_windows_pagefile_hibernation_to_reclaim_ssd_space/
Turns out that Windows automatically allocates two files based on how much ram you have: suspend to disk, and page. For me, the swap file used the same size as ram (even if I didn't need it), and the suspend file used 3/4 the size of ram (again, even if you're not using the feature), so my total file size jumped from 6GB to 28GB when I upgraded my ram. That's just not something I can ignore!
If you're on a desktop you can disable the suspend to disk entirely, and you can tell Windows to grow the size of the page file on--demand (assuming you have more than enough ram). I used this guide here and set a range for the page file, but set the minimum to 1024MB so that Windows error reporting would still work:
http://techgage.com/article/disabling_windows_pagefile_hibernation_to_reclaim_ssd_space/