Re: pagefile.sys on other partition (and possibly on other disk) ...

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:30:18 +0100 from Vladimir Stefanovic
<antivari@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Is there any real benefit of making another partition for
storing pagefile.sys (swap file)?

No.

Also, what about making such partition on another HD?

Yes.

Is making a fixed size swap, of 4GB for example, better
than "Let Windows to choose..." ?

Almost never.


For details, read Alex Nichols' excellent article at
<http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm>.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
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