How to remove pagefile.sys

As to the pagefile.sys that is in use by the virtual memory if you have plenty of ram you can turn off or at least reduce the amount set aside:

• click start
• right click my computer
• click properties
• click advanced (tab)
• under performance click settings
• click advanced (tab) under virtual memory click change

here you can change the space available for each drive by choosing the custom button then entering the amount you want
or if ya got lotsa ram choose the no paging file either way make sure to click the “set” button when you’re done

What is pagefile.sys

Pagefile.sys is a 'file' generated/used by W2K (NT) as 'virtual' memory; that part of the drive behaves as though it was RAM... When physical RAM is fully used and there is need for more, infomation/data not currently being accessed can be 'swaped' to that location and thus free physical RAM for immediate use. That same data can be transferred back if need be into physical RAM at any time. If the Page-file (Swap-file) is being overly accessed/used then one would normally add extra RAM; extra RAM is the simplest way (usually the cheapest too) to improve overall performance of a given system.

Without some area so defined (on the hard-drive) W2K (and also NT XP) will not run properly, especially when running applications that demand/use large areas of RAM. Size (and location) can be set by default or as you prefer. So it is not wise to remove it completely under normal circumstances.