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Author Does Drive Image 2002 image the PageFile.sys?
Dave

2004-07-09, 5:45 pm

Does Drive Image 2002 image the PageFile.sys? I know Ghost 7.5 does
not image the pagefile.sys

Thx
Michael Kimmer

2004-07-09, 5:45 pm

Dave wrote:
> Does Drive Image 2002 image the PageFile.sys? I know Ghost 7.5 does
> not image the pagefile.sys
>
> Thx


No, it would be a waste of space (and time). Since the pagefile sys denotes
an extension to the system's ram memory it is recorded as such in both the
MFT (Master File Table - NTFS) and FAT (File Allocation Table - FAT). An
image will not hold the pagefile as such...

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Howard Kaikow

2004-07-09, 5:45 pm

There's no need to do so.
You might be interested in
http://www.standards.com/VB/VBCode....ileUsageMonitor

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"Dave" <d_mancheno@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Does Drive Image 2002 image the PageFile.sys? I know Ghost 7.5 does
> not image the pagefile.sys
>
> Thx



Peter Hucker

2004-07-12, 5:45 pm

On 6 Jul 2004 18:51:27 -0700, Dave <d_mancheno@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Does Drive Image 2002 image the PageFile.sys? I know Ghost 7.5 does
> not image the pagefile.sys


Why would you need it?

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