In computer science, thrashing occurs when a computer's virtual memory resources are overused, leading to a constant state of paging and page faults, inhibiting most application-level processing. This causes the performance of the computer to degrade or collapse.
How do I fix thrashing on my computer?
How to eliminate thrashing
- Increase the amount of RAM in the computer.
- Decrease the number of programs being run on the computer.
- Adjust the size of the swap file.
What do you mean by thrashing?
Thrashing in computing is an issue caused when virtual memory is in use. It occurs when the virtual memory of a computer is rapidly exchanging data for data on hard disk, to the exclusion of most application-level processing. ... The swapping causes a very high rate of hard disk access.
