How do I tell if my Windows server is swapping?

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Published on 2009-10-15T16:20:53Z Indexed on 2010/04/16 16:03 UTC
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I'm using Process Explorer to monitor my windows server while it reconstructs some data. It's primarily a CPU intensive process, but I want to make sure it's not swapping. How can I tell if it is using Process Explorer? My initial guess is in the System Information window, it's Paging File Write Delta. Yes? No? I'm an idiot?

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