Hi, i've just installed another 512mb of ram to make 1GB all together, should I do something to the swap file to maximise my computer's performance? Its set to 768mb at the moment. Cheers Alex

Just reset your system to let Windows handle your swapfile - setting your own limits on it is only really useful if you have 'limited' RAM, otherwise let the system sort itself out. The idea of not having a swap file at all would be nice, but pointless. "I know that I'm mad - I've always been mad..."

What they always say is to make it at least 1.5 times the size of ram in your case 1.5GB swap file. Another little trick if you have a second hard drive put it on the secondary IDE controller and put the swap file on there. It won't make a huge difference but it does increase the performance a bit. Good luck.

Removing the SwapFile should be Ok unless your working with large video files & such. The idea is try it & see! You should know within a day or so if you can eliminate it "untill you do work with Video & such". 808

With 1gb of RAM, you normally won't need a swap file. I have no idea why johnr thinks that concept is pointless?!?! -=Bryan=-

Neither do I Brian. I have run over a year with no pagefile and XP boots faster and run better. Folks out there seem to have bought into this idea that paging to the drive is a GOOD thing. It is NOT. Ram operates in billionths and a drive operates in thousandths. Which would any reasonable person think is faster? Ram of course. Folks before you recommend "let the system sort itself out" answer this question. Why in XP does MS provide you with a 3rd choice of NO PAGING FILE? If this isn't something you should or could do why would they provide the mechanism to do it? It is just common sense to have as little or no paging file as possible.

I've got 512 RAM, and didn't have a swap file for quite a while. When I started ripping from vinyl and installed some music processing programs, I had to put it back. I think with a gig of RAM you should get rid of the swapfile.