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Windows swap file

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This is in reference to the pagefile.sys file that Windows creates as part of the swap file. Can I tell XP to create this file in another drive, as we could with Win 98?

Name: fred
Date: November 7, 2001 at 21:30:02 Pacific

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certainly can right click my comp/advanced/settings/ advanced/virtual memory

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