Re: Running without a swap file
- From: "Twayne" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:58:23 -0400
HerbF@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I'm building a new computer with 4Gb ram. With all apps running, I'm
only using about 1.5Gb. I want 'instantaneous' access to the
minimized apps, so it's preferable to use ram and not a hard drive.
Can I disable the swap file and let the system use only ram? Will
there be a performance hit?
Herb
XP cannot run without a pagefile. Even if you turn it off, XP will
still create one to use for dumps etc.; it's by design.
The pagefile won't get used unless you need it beyond that. So set
one up and if you're not sure, get a free pagefile monitor and watch it
to see if it gets used. Unless you're doing some pretty elegant
computing like huge graphics or video rendering/editing, it won't get
used. But if you are doing that, even with your 4 Gig (actually less),
you're still going to need a pagefile. Just set it to system managed
size and forget it. Then grab a free monitor and watch the pagefile.
E.g. mine stays right around 150 - 200 Meg at all times; unless I do
video work. You simply can't fit a full hour's video file into 3.x Gig
of RAM; no way.
HTH,
Twayne`
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