Flash Memory - Swap File

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Guest

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?
 
J

John John

No. It is an unsupported scenario, the pagefile cannot be placed on
removable drives.

John
 
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M.I.5¾

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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