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Change your File Settings

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How to Optimize your SSD Boot Drive 2a Change your Page File Settings The primary purpose of your page file is to act as virtual memory. Windows 7 primarily uses it for a couple of things; first off it acts as a staging area for information the OS thinks it might need next (think cache) and as a backup in case you don't have enough physical memory (DRAM). Additionally some applications are written to utilize the page file and may refuse to work correctly without one being present. Here are the steps we followed in Windows 7 to change the page file settings: 1. Click on the Start button then right click on "My Computer" and choose "Properties". 2. In the left pane, click "Advanced" then click on "Settings" under "Performance".

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How to Optimize your SSD Boot Drive
2
a
Change your Page File Settings
The primary purpose of your page file is to act as virtual memory.
Windows
7 primarily uses it for a couple of things; first off it acts as a staging area for
information the OS thinks it might need next (think cache) and as a backup
in case you don’t have enough physical memory (DRAM).
Additionally
some applications are written to utilize the page file and may refuse to work
correctly without one being present.
Here are the steps we followed in Windows 7 to change the page file set-
tings:
1.
Click on the Start button then right click on “My Computer” and
choose “Properties”.
2.
In the left pane, click “Advanced” then click on “Settings” under
“Performance”.