Paging File Question...

crazyjw1971 · Post by **crazyjw1971** » Fri May 17, 2002 3:12 am

I want to move my paging file to my second hard drive (D). Can I do this by setting the C drive page file to zero and setting the page file on the D drive? Is it that simple or do I need to take more steps?

Thanks in advance...

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri May 17, 2002 8:53 am

It's that simple...yes.

Reason for moving it? No performance difference if you have the same hard drive, that is partitioned. But if your D drive is a faster physical drive than your C drive...yes a performance gain will be felt if you have minimal RAM and your swap file is used a lot.

Best thing for performance though...stuff enough RAM in your box so it doesn't use the swap file.

Susky · Post by **Susky** » Fri May 17, 2002 11:29 am

I remember reading that with 95/98/ME versions of Windows, there was a potential problem if you moved the swap file to a drive other than the one that contained the OS. I've grown accustomed to putting the OS on C:, and installing apps on other drives, if they're there.

Maybe MS wised up with 2000 and XP. (yeah...cough...)

crazyjw1971 · Post by **crazyjw1971** » Sat May 18, 2002 2:55 am

Originally posted by YeOldeStonecat
Best thing for performance though...stuff enough RAM in your box so it doesn't use the swap file.

I have 512 MB in it now. What would happen if I didnt run a page file at all? Would the damn the give me a bunch of BSOD's? I have 2 256MB Micro sticks it now.

crazyjw1971 · Post by **crazyjw1971** » Sat May 18, 2002 2:56 pm

^^^BUMP!!!^^^

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Sat May 18, 2002 8:20 pm

No there is no problem in running yer comp with no pagefile. Some programs don't like it though. Like Adobe Photoshop. It won't run without a pagefile.

poptom · Post by **poptom** » Mon May 20, 2002 12:19 am

See this thread:

https://www.speedguide.net/forums/ ... adid=77131