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30-04-2005, 06:21 PM
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virtual memory in xp
here a good question to get peoples minds working
virtual memory has diable it self from harddrive page files has been put up but the swape files doesn't seem to be working, its been showing that 98% of virtual memory is being used, even when seting are changed and computer shuts down it doesn't always show virtual memory enble can someone tell me how to find out what can be done please and thank you
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30-04-2005, 10:30 PM
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not sure whether i've had one to many beers but that doesn't a whole lot of sense.
First of "Virtual Memory" and "Page File" are the same thing. Assuming your using Windows XP, go to the control panel and open system, click advanced then performance options then advanced, click change. Take a screen shot and post it here. then open task manager, select the performance tab and take another screen grab. Are you receiving error messages regarding virtual memory or have you just noticed that 98% is in use? if so where have you seen that 98% is in use? J
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30-04-2005, 10:44 PM
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....er...yeah, i think i must have had one too many even for me (and I consume a lot)...the message is a little garbled. Follow techy's advice, but also make sure your swap file (also known as page file) is not on your main system drive if possible. If you have a single drive, create a partition just for the swap file, and if you have more than two, create a partition on one of the drives that your system file isn't on. Also, make sure your swap file is no more than 2.5 times your RAM (i.e. if you have 512MB RAM, make sure your swap file is no more than 1280MB (2.5x512) (Techy...that make sense m8 or am I talkin bollix m8 - only I've had a few tonight  )
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30-04-2005, 10:57 PM
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The calculations are a bit iffy
 I think your making this more complicated than necessary. it's true that placing your page file onto a separate hard disk increases performance. but that is irrelant at this stage. According to Microsoft a Page file should be 1.5x Physical RAM, i have never had an issue with this configuration. So i have no reason to question it. J Now, where's bottle of Grolsch gone ???
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30-04-2005, 11:46 PM
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2.5 times the Ram was applicable to earlier Windows 98, with XP 1.5 times is good enough. What is also interesting is that if the min and max size is same the file does not get fragmented due to dynamic expansion which is common to all windows. I always use a fixed file size.
My laptop has 512 mb memory and the page file size min 768 and max 768.
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02-05-2005, 12:29 PM
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You may well be right there my friend  However, I have 2Gb of RAM and based on a few friends with similar setups I went with 2.5 times...so i have a 5GB swap file...I'm sure i could do perfectly well with less (In fact I'm sure I don't need all that memory in the first place...but hey, I just like to know it's there )
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03-05-2005, 03:27 AM
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Cheers Quad for that. I never knew that using fixed size page file prevented fragmentation of it. When defragging my drive I always used to disable my VM, restart, defrag, re-enable VM, and restart again, as the page file was all over the drive. I will change my VM settings now. 
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17-09-2005, 05:44 PM
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my pc virtual memory is too low how do you put it up
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17-09-2005, 05:48 PM
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how much RAM do you have and how much HD space ?
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17-09-2005, 06:04 PM
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