Question on PAGE File

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Hi all,
In windows how a PAGE FILE is created?
Does a PAGE FILE is created for every partition or not?
How to Identify a PAGE FILE Write and the File LBA Range on the Disk?

Thanks,
Narendra.

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Page files are not necessarily created for every partition, on an
IRP_MJ_CREATE the flag SL_OPEN_PAGING_FILE is provided to indicate a
paging file. Once you have the paging file you can find its blocks with
FSCTL_QUERY_RETRIEVAL_POINTERS. To identify operations on the paging
file you will need to track the file object from the create and see if
it is provided for the operation.

Don Burn (MVP, Windows DKD)
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> Hi all,
> In windows how a PAGE FILE is created?
> Does a PAGE FILE is created for every partition or not?
> How to Identify a PAGE FILE Write and the File LBA Range on the Disk?
>
> Thanks,
> Narendra.

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> Does a PAGE FILE is created for every partition or not?

Governed by Control Panel/System.

How to Identify a PAGE FILE Write and the File LBA Range on the Disk?

I think there was a FO_xxx flag to look at the paging file.

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