| George
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| Why would you put the pagefile in the System Volume Information folder?
Hello Gerry!
To put it away from my sight.
| Why does the path concern you?
S:\ is the largest volume on my computer. It is on a physical disk other
than the system. It is a perfect place for a page file. On the other hand,
the S:\<root> is designed to be my prymary workspace folder, so the less
items to distract me, the better. Show all files is enabled for better
security.
I also have a page file on the system volume.
| The Article in this link contains a very detailed explanation of Virtual
| Memory:
|
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm
I just finished reading it. I learned a lot!
| On most computers the Windows Operating System is placed on the C drive
| along with the pagefile. You can however, place the page file on another
| drive, or if you wish have a page file on all or some other hard drives
| or partitions of a drive. To ascertain where your pagefile is located
| select right click on your My Computer icon on your Desktop and select
| Properties, Advanced, Performance Settings, Advanced, Virtual Memory,
| Change. The first partition on a second drive is a favoured location.
| Howver, you need to keep a minimum 50 mb partition on C. A dedicated
| pagefile partition without other folders and files intermingled is the
| best solution.
|
| Separate pagefiles are a controversial topic so be prepared for others
| to chip in with differing views.
1 GB RAM is never enough these days. Windows is hungry for more and more
after every service pack!
| Hope this helps.
Yes!
You replay is suited better for an average user, but I found new knowledge
too!
The link lead me to a very good topic!
Thank You Gery!
PS:
Oh, by the way Kerry Brown showed me how to move the page file to custom
path:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237740
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| Gerry
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| George Valkov wrote:
| > How do I tell Vista and XP to create "pagefile.sys" on another
| > location. For example these paths are all acceptable for me:
| > C:\WINDOWS\pagefile.sys
| > C:\System Volume Information\pagefile.sys
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