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Let's say I have two internal HDDs and configure Windows to place pagefiles on both of them. How do pagefile writes occur?

Are pagefile writes spread evenly across the disks?

Does Windows prefer accessing the higher-performing disk (perhaps measured through pagefile I/Os)?

Does Windows access them sequentially, starting on disk #1, and only proceeding to the pagefile on the second disk when the first is full?

Why I ask: If there are two disks with greatly different performance characteristics (a 5.4K HDD and 15K HDD, for example), it could potentially be a detriment to place a pagefile on both disks if the one on the higher-performing disk will never be accessed.

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