Question

a system administrator boots a windows pc using a live linux cd/dvd and list the files on the system. one of the files is called pagefile.sys. what is this file used for? select all that apply.

Answer 1

Pagefile.sys is a system file denoting a section of a storage device used as virtual memory. Virtual memory is essentially a portion of a fixed storage medium (e.g., a hard drive, SSD, etc.) used as though it were typical RAM, though it is FAR slower than actual RAM due to the speed limitations of typical storage mediums vs a computer's RAM.