How to Increase Swap Memory in Windows? [Duplicate]
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I bought a new system with 4 GB of RAM. I don't know how do I check how much swap memory I have allocated. I know that we can increase RAM physically. I want to increase swap memory on windows. How can I increase swap memory? Is that possible?
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Windows 8 and earlier
Taken directly from the documentation, which is the first Google result for "windows change swap space":
Open System by clicking the Start button, right-clicking Computer, and then clicking Properties.
In the left pane, click Advanced system settings. Administrator permission required If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
On the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Settings.
Click the Advanced tab, and then, under Virtual memory, click Change.
Clear the Automatically manage paging file size for all drives check box.
Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file you want to change.
Click Custom size, type a new size in megabytes in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, click Set, and then click OK.
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