Flash Memory - Swap File

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I was just wondering. Could I place my swap file onto a USB flash drive?

I was thinking that the flash drive holds all other files just fine for me
and was wondering if it would work for the swap file too?
 
No. It is an unsupported scenario, the pagefile cannot be placed on
removable drives.

John
 
Black Wolf Standing said:
I was just wondering. Could I place my swap file onto a USB flash drive?

I was thinking that the flash drive holds all other files just fine for me
and was wondering if it would work for the swap file too?
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The swap file cannot be located on removeable media, it is an intentional
system limitation. Even if it were possible, it would be a terrible idea.
The swap file should be located on the fastest drive available. Putting it
on a relatively slow FLASH memory drive would vastly slow down the operation
of your PC. Also: what do you suppose would happen if if you diconnected it
mid session?
 
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