Marc, Just being picky - unless you are sure that the majority of swap file usage is when reading data files, I would put the swap/paging file on the partition nearest the start of the drive.
That is because the time taken to read/write data to the swap/paging file is on average half the rotation time + the time for the data to pass under the heads, plus the time taken to move the heads from wherever they were to the data location, - and then add in that movement time for the heads to be put back to where they were needed to read/write the data, or program file Also having a permanent swap file saves the system time that would be required to access and update the allocation tables as the swapfile space is increases by the small increments required during processing. Additionally, having the swap file on the boot partition means you can boot with just that partition rather than needing to have the two partitions properly setup, and assigned the expected letters C: and E: JimB. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MARC SIMS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 11:58 AM Subject: Re: Software: A look at Longhorn Part II In Longhorn the ability to change the partition sizes "on the fly" would be a very nice feature to have built into the OS. Then if that were the case you may not even need a separate partition management utility like either Symantec's Partition Magic (formerly owned by PowerQuest) or Vcom's Partition Commander 9.01 of which I use now to manage my own partitions. I've just signed up for the Windows 2003 Enterprise Server RC2 and downloaded it and installed it on my machine which is running Windows XP PRO SP2. I have a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 200GB HD of which is partitioned with C:\ 26GB partition, D:\ 74GB and E:\ 93GB. I place my primary OS (Windows XP Pro ) and system utilities on the C: partition; all applications and Windows 2003 Server on the D:\ and data, pictures, windows system swap file and video and E:\. This way if any if the primary partitions should get corrupted I can backup all the data from the E: partition. Marc Sims Technician I Technology Services Prince George's Community College 301 Largo Rd. Largo, MD 20774-2199 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, May 16, 2005 >>> At 05/16/2005, MARC SIMS wrote: >Check out the Start Menu and Explorer I realy think that they are >the real improvements that everyone wants on this list. I'm still using the Classic Start menu; I think the thing I find most annoying about the XP Start menu is "All Programs" shows everything all the time instead of paring the list down to the things I've used recently. That's probably the biggest reason I've stuck with the Classic menu. Having a graphic display of disk space without having to open the drive's properties will be nice for some, I guess. Any chance of it including the ability to change partition sizes on the fly? That would be a nice feature to have when you figure out after everything is set up that you probably over allocated the system drive and short-changed your data and programs drives. - -- ---------------------------------------- ALL messages to the list MUST include a descriptive subject. To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. -- ---------------------------------------- ALL messages to the list MUST include a descriptive subject. To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
