Windows 10 experiences crashes due to a full page file, while the actual physical RAM isn't being used.
Windows 10 experiences crashes due to a full page file, while the actual physical RAM isn't being used.
Welcome to Windows 10. It understands more than you think and will act as it should. This is one of the many reasons I choose not to use it. Yet that's neither clear nor important. There are solid reasons to keep the page file active. Let it stay on. Turning it off will lead to slow performance since the system was built to use it even with plenty of RAM.
This information is referenced in the system documentation. Screenshots are available for visual reference. Rammap displays application details, and the Task Manager shows a RAM page view. The system automatically manages the pagefile for optimal performance.
I dislike this operating system but I can't stop using Windows. I could easily adjust the page file managed by the system, but the problem keeps happening regardless—whether it's enabled or not. I don't want to boost the page file to unrealistic sizes just temporarily; I just want Windows to treat it as virtual RAM instead of regular physical RAM.
Looking for programs that use it? I don’t have enough details to pinpoint them. It might be a leak, so reinstalling Windows could help resolve the issue.
The setup involves four drives: one SSD running the OS and three HDDs for storage. I want the OS to store the page file on an HDD instead of the SSD, but even with automatic management, it doesn’t seem to fix the problem. During testing with Minecraft, background apps like Discord and Telegram Desktop were normal. I recorded a video to clarify the situation, as OBS struggled when everything crashed. The OS filled the page file (which I had disabled), causing crashes instead of using RAM. Video reference: video_2020-12-07_02-36-55.mp4
no you really want the page file on the ssd, its so much faster. Don't put a page file on a hdd. That could easily be a driver issue or something like that. Id reinstall windows cause im lazy, but there are tools that look at whats using the memory. SInce there is no disk io, it doesn't seem to be storing anything, just allocating virtual memory.