My mistake. The computer regards the two slots as both CardBus, no mention of CF anywhere in System or ThinkVantage.
So I tested this theory with an available 2GB CF card. In System I forbade the swap file on C: and set one up using 90+% of the CF-drive. I was required to reboot. Everything looks correct in System, but the reality is that there's still a pagefile.sys on C: and none on the CF drive. So a Higher Power than the user / administrator is preventing this. >After looking up your machine, you don't have an Express-anything slot. You >do have a CompactFlash slot. Your best bet is probably a CFast card. > >See http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/flash_storage/compactflash_cfast > >- Alex >-- >Smart is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wise is knowing better than to >put one in a fruit salad. > > >On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Jonathan Berry <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I don't see any CF ( = CompactFlash) cards (which is what fits in >> an Express-thingie slot) marketed as SSD, though maybe I'm >> missing something. I do see 600x = 90MB/s cards marketed as >> being suitable for high-speed digital cameras. >> >> >As long as you get something sold as an SSD, you should be fine. They >> >generally have much better wear levelling than flash storage drives. >> >> > >> >> I've seen even crummy USB2 memory sticks touted as >> >> Readyboost devices for modern computers. >> >> >> >> So I'm wondering if putting say a 4 GB memory card in >> >> the Express-thingie slot of my X32, and assigning it >> >> as the Swap partition under XP, might speed things up >> >> and reduce access to hard drive. Yes, it's still a >> >> mechanical drive. >> >> >> >> I *never* use the Express-thingie slot for anything >> >> else. >> >> >> >> Other considerations might include: hiding the new swap >> >> partition, not assigning it a letter, how fast would swap- >> >> filing kill the card?, what's the minimum speed / brand of >> >> card that would make this a speed improvement over the >> >> status quo, using the mechanical drive for swapping? >> >> >> >> Anybody tried such a thing? >> >> >> >> >> -- happy Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
