Clarification of Pagefile Use on WinPE

[Hysteresis]

Just wondered if you good folks could clarify the use of Pagefiles within WinPE.

1. The CHM indicates that for WinPE version 1.6 a pagefile will only be created if system RAM is below 64Mb. Where will this be created ? On a local disk ? Which disk ?

2. Can WinPE be forced to create a Pagefile at will during boot and if so how and how can the location/size be specified.

3. If when WinPE boots a Pagefile already exists on a local disk would WinPE use that (automagically).

Thanks for your help in advance.

[JuMz]

2. Can WinPE be forced to create a Pagefile at will during boot and if so how and how can the location/size be specified.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Answer File = Winbom.ini

WinbomType = WinPE

The [WinPe] section contains entries for identifying the configuration set and Windows operating system that you install. Unless you run the factory -winpe command, Setup ignores all entries in this section.

PageFilePath
Specifies the path to the paging file on computers with less than 64 MB of RAM.

Syntax PageFilePath = path_to_pagingfile 
Value path_to_pagingfile 
Default Value c:\pagefile.sys

Example c:\mypagefile.sys

WinbomType WinPE 
Comments The path to the paging file must be fully qualified. 

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PageFileSize
Specifies whether to create a paging file on computers with more than 64 MB of RAM.

Syntax PageFileSize = number_ of_megabytes 
Value number_ of_megabytes 
Optional.

Default Value 0 
Example PageFileSize = 360

WinbomType WinPE 
Comments On computers with 64 MB or less of RAM, the factory -winpe command automatically creates a 64-MB paging file to ensure that the computer does not run out of memory when installing the network or when users run programs that require a larger amount of memory than usual.

That's all I can answer for now...

[Hysteresis]

Thanks for your input. Anything on this topic is welcome. Wondered though if the default pagefile is configured to be on C:, then what happens if C: doesn't exist ?

[The008]

I think WinPE would try to create a pagefile in any disc, but he firts he finds is C:, so if you have a ram drive you can put your pagefile there, but I don't think you could do that if you have low RAM