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Paging File Question...
Posted: Fri May 17, 2002 3:12 am
by crazyjw1971
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...
Posted: Fri May 17, 2002 8:53 am
by YeOldeStonecat
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.
Posted: Fri May 17, 2002 11:29 am
by Susky
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...)
Posted: Sat May 18, 2002 2:55 am
by crazyjw1971
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.
Posted: Sat May 18, 2002 2:56 pm
by crazyjw1971
^^^BUMP!!!^^^
Posted: Sat May 18, 2002 8:20 pm
by ScottE
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.
Posted: Mon May 20, 2002 12:19 am
by poptom