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XP swap/page file location HELP
Name: prosys Date: February 21, 2003 at 19:57:24 Pacific OS: Xp Pro CPU/Ram: p4
Comment:
Installing XP and cannot find the option to change the swapfile (pagefile.sys) location. It does NOT appear under performance settings. Only the min/max and a few other settings are shown for each partition. Want to have the swapfile on the system partition only. Currently I have 2, one on the system and one on the boot partition. Windows is using the boot partition. Want to specify it to use the system partition. Anyone know how to specify the location of the swap file?
Name: prosys Date: February 21, 2003 at 20:22:43 Pacific
Reply:
thanks chuck. I already tried before posting that but after the reboot its all back the way it was again. Now I have just tried it in safe mode and it worked! I did not get the following message as indicated in that MS articale tho: "If the pagefile on volume C: has an initial size of less than 126 megabytes, then the system may not be able to create a debugging information file if a STOP error occurs. Continue anyway? " but maybe that is because I already had another pagefile on the system partition so there was already more than 126Mb total pagefile size? Anyway, now I have what I want, one pagefile on the system partition and no others. Any idea why this procedure would only work in safe mode for me?
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Response Number 3
Name: prosys Date: February 22, 2003 at 15:04:05 Pacific
Summary: fitzy209: This might not solve your problem, but it's a fast and easy way to defrag your swap/page file, should you decide to use one. It's called Pagedfrg 2.21. I've set it on my PC to defrag the swa...
Summary: One of the optimization techniques with the page file is to move it to a different disk than the one the OS is on. You are correct that moving it to the 20gig will be better. I would not recommend 1.5...
Summary: Hi. I'm having a problem with my computer and I was wondering if anyone can help me. Recently my computer has been having this recurring problem. It will be working fine one minute, then suddenly sl...
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