This week I noticed some big files on my hard drive, namely pagefile.sys and hyberfile.sys. I had noticed them before, but I wasn’t aware of the fact that they could grow so big.
So I did some googling and found out that the pagefile.sys is actually a hidden file that is a key component of the Virtual Memory Management of Windows. The article I found told me that I could also free up some space on my C: drive by moving it to a different partition or even a totally different hard drive. The performance should benefit from this as well. More on how to change those settings can be found in this article:
http://windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/04/27/pagefile.html .
The other file I noticed was the hyberfile.sys. Just by switching off the hibernation in the power options of Windows XP, I freed up 3GB of space. I was amazed by my ignorance. The article I used was the following: http://www.softwarepatch.com/tips/hiberfil-sys-xp.html .
Tags: Cleanup