text: is it possible to make a pagefile for virtual memory in a usb flash drive and use it like extra ram? i have an usb flash drive and i want to make windows create a pagefile in it. as usb flash drive is faster than hard disks i think it would do windows faster.  i tried to set the pagefile in the flash drive but windows always uses the hard disk.  any suggestion or advice? you may want to rethink that.  yes it can be done but, if you have any problems with the flash drive or forget and remove it while windows is operating you could cause the infamous bsod (blue screen of death) and you may not be able to recover from it without reloading your operating system.