Select the data that a virtual memory would store in a Windows-based system.

The correct answer is D. Running processes. Virtual memory (implemented as the pagefile, pagefile.sys, in Windows) acts as an overflow extension of physical RAM. When RAM is under pressure, the OS pages out memory from running processes to the pagefile on disk, and pages it back in when needed. The pagefile therefore…

Submitted by paula_co· Apr 18, 2026Disk Forensics

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AInformation or metadata of the files
BDocuments and other files
CApplication data
DRunning processes

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Virtual memory (implemented as the pagefile, pagefile.sys, in Windows) acts as an overflow extension of physical RAM. When RAM is under pressure, the OS pages out memory from running processes to the pagefile on disk, and pages it back in when needed. The pagefile therefore stores the memory pages of running processes. Documents, application data files, and file metadata are stored on disk in the regular file system, not in virtual memory.

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#Virtual Memory#Operating System Internals#Process Management#Windows OS

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