Does having your page file on decrease the life expectancy of your hard drive?
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If I have my page file turned on in Windows as opposed to having it turned off as shown below:
Would having the page file turned on decrease the life expectancy on my Hard Drive? If so, how much would the life decrease say with regular use? (4 hours a day)
I'm thinking it would decrease some just because there would be more writing to the hard drive, but I wasn't sure if it would be too negligible to even matter.
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