XP can see up to 4gb of memory so if you have it then you might as well use it. Also with a large amount of ram installed you might want to increase your performance by locking the kernel in the ram. Open regedit and drill down to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management", Highlight DisablePagingExecutive in the right pane. Then go to on Edit / Modify and enter the value 1. Click OK, close Regedit, and reboot.
MS has some things to say about the partitioning idea's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314482 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314482
Plus other sites http://www.techadvice.com/win2000/p/page-file_w2k.htm
Have fun!
Peter Kaulback
In the hour of 03:41 AM 08/03/2003 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke this:
That goes against everything I've ever heard about swap files (at lease with '98). If you know, please elaborate on how a swap file on each partition can slow XP down, I'm very interested in knowing about that. (I formatted using NTFS). I would think that with each partition using it's OWN swap file, would help performance. Also, I've heard that placing the SF on a separate partition and formatting it as FAT16 is good. That must be only on '98. ? I currently use 512mb DDR, but since (from what I have read) XP can see more, I'll probably go with 1024mb total. If you know of a definitive website on this matter, that would be great. Thanks Peter, -Clint
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kaulback" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In the hour of 04:08 AM 06/03/2003 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke this: >Does anyone know how to MOVE the virtual memory swap file in >XP Pro? I was able to do this in '98 & ME, but in XP Pro, you >don't appear to be able to put your swap file on a separate >partition. Now I have a useless "swap file" partition. > >Looking at that area, I see that only the C: drive (windows >partition) has a swap file (page file). Is it advantageous to >add a swap file to each partition? I have C=windows, D=(now >useless) swap file, E=Program files, F=temp net files, >G=Storage. If it is advantageous, should you let windows >manage it or make it custom size which IS advantageous on ME & >'98? >Thanks, >-Clint
Clint, you can have a swap or paging file on each partition, provided each partition is on it's own drive. If each partition is on one drive then this will slow down your system. XP and win2k both effectively handle the page file far better than win9x ever did or could. And with the large amounts of memory being installed on win2k and XP you can safely allow the OS to manage the page file.
Peter Kaulback
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