Swap file is not created on second partition

Because my system partition is not big enough, I want to use another partition, dedicated, to hold the swap file.

So I set up my system to use 800 MB on the system drive, and at least 10 GB on the other partition :

Screenshot of setup

However, as you can see, only 800 MB total is allocated. (Of course, I rebooted the whole computer many times).

Why can't I use the Swap partition? (FYI, this is not a removable drive).

My system drive (c:) is encrypted using bitlocker. Does it matter?

I'm running Windows 8 enterprise X64 with 16GB of Ram

Steve B

Posted 2013-07-05T12:09:38.410

Reputation: 1 580

Answers

By default, BitLocker enables the PagefileOnOSVolume key to protect your paging file contents from being stored unprotected on an insecure device.

David Schwartz

Posted 2013-07-05T12:09:38.410

Reputation: 58 310

Do you mean that I should also bitlock my swap partition? – Steve B – 2013-07-05T12:23:40.370

1If you did that, it would then be safe to disable PagefileOnOSVolume. Alternatively, you could keep the paging file only on your OS volume or decide your not that concerned and just disable PagefileonOSVolume. – David Schwartz – 2013-07-05T12:25:01.870

Thanks! I can then fill up again the computer with a lot of VM :) – Steve B – 2013-07-05T12:35:38.773