Re: Pagefile.sys
Placing the page file on a non-Windows partition when the same physical disk
has Windows on it will result in a reduction in performance. The rule of
thumb is:
A) Put it on the same partition as Windows OR
B) Put it on the most used partition on the least used disk if using two or
more physical disks
-Trevor
"Don" <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have two hard disks partitioned into multiple partitions on each. I used
>to put my swap file on the D: drive for better performance. If I try to do
>it now I get some message stating that if I remove it from the C: drive
>some logging might not be able to be performed or some future error may
>occur. Is this really a problem? BTW, using WinXP Pro SP2 with a gig of
>memory.
>
> --
> Don
>
> Spam is to the Internet as cholesterol is to the arteries.
>
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