At 02:24 PM 6/3/01 -0400, Viveca Park wrote the following:
>After reading some information on this list regarding swap files with larger
>amounts of RAM, I went to the link and it seemed so complex and time
>consuming. Is there a good rule of thumb of how much swap file space you
>should set?
>
>I have a Win98 with 224 MB of RAM with a newer 20 GB hard drive. Can anyone
>tell me what to set my swap file too? I have noticed at various times that
>a software program I have comes up and tells me my system resources are
>under 19! On the whole, my system doesn't usually crash, but occasionally
>it does. I usually go and turn off as much as I can in my systerm tray, but
>that doesn't seem to make a big difference. I also have gone in and taken
>out many things so that they don't load at start up in the system tray.
>
>Thank for any advice someone can give me or links to go and find out more
>information myself.
Swap file changes are unnecessary in Windows 95 and Windows 98 if you let
Windows manage your virtual memory settings (the default setting).
MyComputer -- Control Panel -- System -- Performance tab
Click Virtual Memory tab
Make sure "Let windows manage my virtual memory settings." is selected
From the help file:
Uses the default setting for the amount of hard disk space that your
computer can use as extra memory. Whenever possible, you should use this
option.
Windows chooses the default setting based on the amount of free hard disk
space. The swap file then shrinks and grows dynamically based on actual
memory usage. If you use this option, the minimum size is zero and the
maximum size can be as much as the available space on your hard disk.
--
Gerry Boyd
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