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Swap File?
Name: Nirav Date: August 13, 2002 at 13:01:56 Pacific
Comment:
HI, what is a Swap File? i dont have any idea about that file. actually what it does? whats the importance of that file?
Name: Jim Date: August 13, 2002 at 13:07:57 Pacific
Reply:
It is a file that an operating system uses to simulate RAM. This is called virtual memory. Whenever the OS needs more memory than you have in your machine, it stores information in this file.
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Response Number 2
Name: Adam Date: August 13, 2002 at 13:50:21 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
I don't know much about this file but I've done some experiments in my years with this file that maybe you should know about. First off, you can never move or delete the swap file while Windows is running. Second, one time I had this weird problem where my animated cursors wouldn't animate and I deleted the swap file and on the next reboot Windows generated a new (much smaller) swap file and the animated cursors were animated again.
-Adam
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Response Number 3
Name: Nirav Date: August 13, 2002 at 13:54:20 Pacific
Reply:
THank You all but where can i find swap file in my computer?
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Response Number 4
Name: Mohamed Date: August 13, 2002 at 14:40:55 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, The name of the swap file is win386.swp and it is located in c:\windows and throug the GUI goto mycomputer/properties/performances/virtual memory Hope this helped.
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