Missing pagefile.sys file

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stocktiki

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Hoping someone can help out. Been having an issue where programs will randomly stop responding.

First stop: Pagefile.sys. However, while the OS is on C:, can't locate a c:\pagefile.sys.

Some background:
1. Yes, hidden files are set to show in Folder Options.
2. Did a search for the file (including non-indexed locations) and can't find it.
3. Automatically manage paging file size for all drives is selected. C:[OS], System managed is displayed.

Is it possible that I don't have a pagefile.sys? Could that be why my system is hanging periodically?

Thanks!
 

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Hello Stocktiki, and welcome to Vista Forums.

C:\pagefile.sys is a hidden Protected Operating System file and not just a hidden system file. You will need to make sure that you have that to unhide as well. See the Tip box at the top of this tutorial for more details about this. You should have one there by default.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/132201-virtual-memory-paging-file-change.html


Your hanging could be caused by a number of things. Did you receive any specific error messages, or does this happen after any specifc thing that you do?

Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

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    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
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    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
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    Conexant ISST Audio
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    17.3" UHD IPS touch
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    3480 x 2160
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    512 GB M.2 SSD
Wow! Thanks for the rapid reply. Your tutorial was great and now I can see pagefile.sys. It is 3.3 GB -- on a Vista Home Premium PC with 4 GB of installed RAM.

Generally the freezing occurs when closing various applications. Usually occurs when closing IE7, Windows Movie Maker and Microsoft Money. Added 2 GB of RAM this week (only 3.1 of it is addressable) -- and the freezes have become less frequent but still happen pretty randomly.

Not sure if the fact the PC is used as somewhat of a home server matters. It streams music, photos and video to an Xbox 360. Noticed in Reliability and Performance monitor there is quite a bit of hard drive reading of various photo and video files.

Interestingly, applications will often report "not working" prematurely. The applications will usually close themselves naturally -- it just might take 6 seconds instead of the 2-3 seconds Vista seemingly expects.

Any ideas would be appreciated!
 

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If everything was running fine until you added the new RAM, then you might check to see if you have the latest BIOS installed for your motherboard to see if that can help.

Is the RAM that you just added the same type as the one you had before, or is it different. Mixxing RAM type can usually cause problems. If you have 1 GB sticks, then you might remove 1 to see how it runs with just 3 GB of RAM. You might also check to see if you may have a bad RAM stick by running the computer with only 1 stick at a time to see if only one of them causes this problem.


You might also look at your logs in Event Viewer and Reliability Monitor to see if anything stands out.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69535-reliabilty-monitor.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Hi. The freezing problem actually started happened before I installed the additional 2GB of RAM. My system was running on just 2GB of RAM -- and the memory usage % was pretty high (usually around 65% or so). I hoped the additional RAM might help fix the problem.

Since adding the new RAM, things are running better and the random "not responding" errors are less frequent. They still occur, though.

I'll start looking through event monitor for some clues.
 

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