Re: pagefile
- From: "Hugh Sutherland" <hsutherland@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:32:21 -0400
ok I have WIN XP and a C: pagefile of Initial 2 and Max 50 and a 2nd HD of
initial 3072 & max 4096 (cause thats as big as a page file can get). By the
way I have 2Gig of DDR memory & a 160GIG C: drive partitioned C: & D and the
2nd HD is FAT32 E: where the other page file is.
Should both page files be system managed or custome managed? and shoukld
the big page file be on a fat32 or NTFS partition?
Hugh
"R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, Hugh.
Good to see you here. ;^} But you still didn't mention your operating
system. Since you are using OE 6, you apparently are running WinXP.
All the read/write heads on a physical hard drive are locked together in a
"gang" and all move in unison. So to move from wherever they are working
to a page file on the same HDD, the whole gang has to move, then come back
to the original workplace. When you have a second HD, you have a second
set of heads. One set can be reading on Disk 0 while the second is
writing on Disk 1. So, yes, putting your page file on the second HD makes
a lot of sense. Unless, of course, you are running an app on the same HD
where the page file is. It's very hard to organize around this problem
completely, but overall, you should get some speed increase from the
arrangement.
No matter where you put the bulk of the page file, though, at least a
small part of it should remain on you system drive to hold the error log
in case of a blue-screen failure. As it says in that article I gave you
the link for earlier (Virtual Memory in Windows XP;
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm), go to Control Panel | System | Advanced
and set your preferences. WinXP (and Vista) are much better at managing
the page file than previous Windows versions, so I always set it to System
Managed.
There are those who debate the merits of a dedicated partition, but I
believe the consensus is that it seldom is necessary or helpful. And if
it is a hidden partition with no drive letter, how will WinXP find it and
use it?
RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
"Hugh Sutherland" <hsutherland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I want to put my pagefile(swapfile) on a second hard drive. Should that
pagefile be on a NTFS or FAT32 partition? also would it make sense to
make
a hidden partition (no drive letter) say max 4096MB atthe staert or the
end
of the second harddrive?
Hugh
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