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wsophia
Feb 20, 2025Bronze Contributor
Check your page files for ones you didn't create...
When I was doing some routine backup for offsite I discovered that there was a 10GB page file on one of my non-boot NVMe s I went to Menu/System/Advanced and discovered that sure enough it was there...
ColoradoRiver
Feb 20, 2025Platinum Contributor
A page file (or swap file) is used by an operating system to swap out portions of RAM to disk when it runs low on memory. This allows your system to handle more applications or processes than it could otherwise fit into RAM alone. However, if it grows too large, it can eat into your available storage space.