Re: Pagefile.sys on PCMCIA I(PC-CARD) Drive

There is a filter driver on www.xpefiles.com that will allow a removable
drive to appear fixed.

If you get the page file on to your microdrive, be aware of the limits of
the drive. The ones we've looked at are not meant to run 24/7 and have a
limited number of head load/unload cycles. Check the specs.

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"Matt Kellner (MS)" <mattkell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O6PIV2CfFHA.268@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi MUGoofy. My guess as to why you can't install a pagefile on your
> PCMCIA device is because Windows requires that the pagefile reside on a
> fixed (non-removable) drive. The system identifies PCMCIA devices as
> removable drives by default - it is possible to "fool" the system into
> thinking a removable drive is a fixed drive, but I don't currently know
> how that is done. Hopefully another user in this group can help you
> further with that.
>
> Good luck! It sounds like an interesting problem, and I'd be very
> interested in seeing any solutions to it. =)
>
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> Matt Kellner (mattkell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> STE, Windows Embedded Group
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> "MUGoofy" <MUGoofy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:D4F18DC4-F079-4FD3-AFB3-63639ABAD7EB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I've been got a 1 GB CF with EWF enabled and it works great. We've
>> recently
>> added some addtional functionality to our application, which utilizes all
>> of
>> our 256MB of RAM. I'd like to implement a pagefile.
>>
>> I've sourced a toshiba 1.8" 5GB rotating PC Card (PCMCIA slot) for the
>> main
>> purpose of placing a pagefile on it. For the better part of a week, I've
>> been chasing discussion threads under the assumption that this problem
>> had
>> something to do with EWF / CF.
>>
>> Am I looking in the wrong place? Is it possible to put a swap drive on a
>> PCMCIA type drive?
>>
>> Is there an issue with when the drive becomes active with respect to when
>> the pagefile becomes active that is totally killing me?
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mike
>
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