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About the windows managed pagefile size
To address your question about whether it writes a full 16 GB when it doubles from 8 GB to 16 GB: the good news is that it doesn’t immediately write 16 GB of data to your SSD. It allocates that space, but the actual data usage only increases as it’s needed. But still, it’s like creating empty rooms in your virtual mansion. Good luck throwing a party in there without any guests!
To address your question about whether it writes a full 16 GB when it doubles from 8 GB to 16 GB: the good news is that it doesn’t immediately write 16 GB of data to your SSD. It allocates that space, but the actual data usage only increases as it’s needed. But still, it’s like creating empty rooms in your virtual mansion. Good luck throwing a party in there without any guests!