Comments on: savedump.exe and pagefile https://www.dumpanalysis.org/blog/index.php/2007/02/14/savedumpexe-and-pagefile/ Structural and Behavioral Patterns for Software Diagnostics, Forensics and Prognostics Tue, 05 May 2026 17:44:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Dmitry Vostokov https://www.dumpanalysis.org/blog/index.php/2007/02/14/savedumpexe-and-pagefile/#comment-34755 Dmitry Vostokov Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:41:35 +0000 https://www.dumpanalysis.org/blog/index.php/2007/02/14/savedumpexe-and-pagefile/#comment-34755 Interesting stuff. I put here the article about this where registry entries are specified at the end: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950858 Interesting stuff. I put here the article about this where registry entries are specified at the end:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950858

]]> By: stephc https://www.dumpanalysis.org/blog/index.php/2007/02/14/savedumpexe-and-pagefile/#comment-34737 stephc Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:14:35 +0000 https://www.dumpanalysis.org/blog/index.php/2007/02/14/savedumpexe-and-pagefile/#comment-34737 In addition to the standard W2K3 style saving of dumps, Vista and Server 2008 have a new DedicatedDumpFile option (configuarable in the registry) that allows a dump to be staged (ie temporarily saved during the crashing) to a dedicated dump file rather than the pagefile. Useful for biot from SAN scenerios where you want to use a local drive for handling the dump In addition to the standard W2K3 style saving of dumps, Vista and Server 2008 have a new DedicatedDumpFile option (configuarable in the registry) that allows a dump to be staged (ie temporarily saved during the crashing) to a dedicated dump file rather than the pagefile. Useful for biot from SAN scenerios where you want to use a local drive for handling the dump

]]>