Summary: Would setting my swap-file smaller force my computer to rely more on RAM? In theory, the RAM is faster and preferable. I have a gigabyte of RAM. Bet...
Summary: As I tend to use a lot of softwares at the same time, I noticed this pblm: I have a 700mb swap file on my hard disk, and most of the time its nearly c...
Summary: I don't know a great deal about setting up and configuring my XP, but I have read quite a bit about the subject over the last few days. My first impre...
Summary: 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? I...
Summary: Please don't hurt me because this question has been asked so many times before. LOL. I have in fact reviewed the previous threads on virtual memory,...
Summary: I have read various things about swap file and size. Exacly what does a swap file do, how large should it be, what happens if it is to small and what ...
Summary: Hello, I have 512mb of RAM. And am I encouraged to disable the SWAP file or Virtual Memory in Win98se,XP and 2000. If 512mb is not enough, I will add ...
Summary: I run on a PC having 1000 mb. And even if peoples tells that Windows crash badly without swap files, Windows crash badly anyway when it does. So can a...
Summary: A few years ago there used to be much (sometimes heated) discussion about the 'optimum' size of the XP swap file. I vaguely recall that the widely-quo...
Summary: I just got another 512 stick of ram and want to create a 300-400 MB swap file on my Ramdrive since xp is so inefficient with RAM. I also want to creat...
Summary: Looking for all email files in the filing cabinet of AOL software. The original folder would be a gold mine, but I will recognize the individual files...
Summary: But with 2 GB RAM you can make the Windows system files NOT use the swap file, thus speeding up your system: it involves a registry tweak: regedit HKE...
Summary: Understanding Page file. A key to improving your PC's performance is the page file (also called the swap file and/or virtual memory). A page file is...
Summary: I have a drive that is split with the OS, in this case XP, on a small partition and the rest of the drive for program and data files. Was reading an...
Summary: Nowadays Swap file is called Paging file. I presume trying to read one is like trying to read what is in the RAM Memory. http://support.microsoft.com/...
Summary: 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 w...
Summary: I am a new user of WinXP. This is a new machine and it has plenty of hard drive space so 'wasted' space is currently not the issue. If I had 512 Mb RA...
Summary: Hi, I've an 80GB SATA HDD, a 320GB SATA HDD and a 200GB IDE HDD. WinXP is installed on the 80GB. Now, I've defined for windows to use all three of the...
Summary: I have 2 60gb hard drives and was wondering if i should have each drive use there own swap file. there seems to be alot of variables on how to set it ...
Summary: I currently am running windows xp version 2600 professional. I regularly run a defrag program mainly disk keeper 7.0. only one problem. does anyone kn...
Summary: First off, the common idea is the swap file should be double your ram. Wrong! In theory that means a person with 128mb of ram only needs 256mb of swap...
Summary: I have 2 partitions: C:/ and D:/ C:/ is NTFS while D:/ is FAT32 FAT32 is faster than NTFS. Will my system perform faster if I move the swap file to D...
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