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I'm using XP and I want to delete the file pagefile.sys enter image description here

It is covering 4GB of data and I want to delete it. I have installed treesize free software and deleted the pagefile.sys but after restart it come back again. I have gone to My computer > Properties > Advanced > startup and recovery > settings > write debugging information I have set to small memory dump (64KB). And also yet it show 4GB after restart. Is there any solution to delete it permanently so that I can free up the disk space?

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This answer assumes you know and accept the consequences of deleting the page file.

You can disable it by doing the following:

  1. Open the System Properties window
  2. Navigate to the "Advanced" tab.
  3. On the "Performance" section, choose the "Setting" button.
  4. On the "Performance Options" dialog box that opens, navigate to the "Advanced" tab.
  5. On the "Virtual Memory" section, click on "Change". It will open "Virtual Memory" window.
  6. Uncheck the option "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives"
  7. Select the drive where pagefile.sys file is situated.
  8. Select "No paging file" and click on "Set".
  9. Click on "OK".
  10. Restart your computer so that the change could take effect.

This will delete the pagefile.sys system file.

You might also consider leaving it at System Managed state, as suggested by Journeyman Geekā™¦:

see here

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