Re: Swap file / PartitionMagic 8.0 question!

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From: Terry (F1ComNOSPAM_at_pobox.com)
Date: 11/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:48:57 -0800

On 11-16-2004 7:29 AM On a whim, Bill pounded out on the keyboard

> Yesterday I installed Norton's PartitionMagic 8.0 on my PC, then I
> created a D: drive partition on my hard disk. I then reassigned my
> swap file to this drive and since I have 1 GB of RAM, I made the swap
> file a fixed length of 2 GB.
>
> This all went without a hitch and seems to be working fine. Then this
> morning I discovered that I have 4 new files in my C:\Windows
> directory. These files are named 0, 2, S, and Y, and each is 1.6 GB
> long!! I have more than enough space to store these files so there is
> no problem there. But these files have doubled the time it takes to
> backup my hard drive. I've told my backup program to ignore the
> files, and backup has returned to a reasonable length of time.
>
> My questions are: 1) What are these files? and 2) Do they need to be
> backed up or can I continue to skip them during backup?
>
> Thanks, Bill
>

When were they created? After you made the changes? I would try to
rename the files and wait a few days to see if they are re-created. If
not and no program cries about it, delete them. 

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Terry
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