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Paging File What is it ?

In Windows XP, when you added more memory to your computer, you had to manually go and increase the size of your paging file to correctly match the amount of memory in your computer.

A paging file is a hidden files or files on your hard disk that Windows uses to hold parts of programs and data that do not fit in memory. Both the Paging File and physical memory (RAM), comprise Virtual Memory. Windows moves data from the paging file to memory as needed, and moves data from memory to the paging file to make room for new data. This is also known as a swap file.

To continue:, if you had a computer with 1GB of memory, your paging file would be roughly 1300mb, but if you add another 1GB of memory to your computer to make a total of 2GB, To adjust your settings on and off do this by right-clicking the Computer icon, clicking the Advanced System Settings link, then clicking the Settings button under Performance:

Click the Advanced tab, and you should see the current size of the paging file as in the first screenshot. Click the Change button, and you'll finally see the checkbox to "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives", or select your own preference. 