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Chris Barnabo
My system is a laptop, and it's docked about 75% of the time. The
docking station contains a 60GB IDE drive that I normally use for just
large working files and backups - i.e. fairly low usage. What I'd like
to do is setup the paging so that when the system is docked paging takes
place to this external drive, and when the system is undocked paging
takes place to the internal drive in the laptop.
I've configured myself thusly:
Primary drive (in laptop) (100GB 5400rpm):
C: NTFS partition (WINXP, programs, etc.)
P: FAT32 partition (pagefile, more-or-less centered on drive)
D: NTFS partition (Docs+Settings, data files, etc.)
Secondary drive (in dock) (60GB 7200rpm):
L: NTFS partition (pagefile + large data files)
In the virtual memory settings, both L: and P: have a 2048-4096MB
pagefile defined. No pagefiles on any other drives or partitions.
Given this config, will Windows "favor" the L: pagefile when it's
present automatically, or do I need to do something to force it to give
that pagefile priority over the one on the P: partition?
Thanks!
-- Chris
________*________ Chris Barnabo, (e-mail address removed)
____________ \_______________/ http://www.spagnet.com
\__________/ / /
__\ \_______/ /__ "The heck with the Prime Directive,
\_______________/(- let's destroy something!"
docking station contains a 60GB IDE drive that I normally use for just
large working files and backups - i.e. fairly low usage. What I'd like
to do is setup the paging so that when the system is docked paging takes
place to this external drive, and when the system is undocked paging
takes place to the internal drive in the laptop.
I've configured myself thusly:
Primary drive (in laptop) (100GB 5400rpm):
C: NTFS partition (WINXP, programs, etc.)
P: FAT32 partition (pagefile, more-or-less centered on drive)
D: NTFS partition (Docs+Settings, data files, etc.)
Secondary drive (in dock) (60GB 7200rpm):
L: NTFS partition (pagefile + large data files)
In the virtual memory settings, both L: and P: have a 2048-4096MB
pagefile defined. No pagefiles on any other drives or partitions.
Given this config, will Windows "favor" the L: pagefile when it's
present automatically, or do I need to do something to force it to give
that pagefile priority over the one on the P: partition?
Thanks!
-- Chris
________*________ Chris Barnabo, (e-mail address removed)
____________ \_______________/ http://www.spagnet.com
\__________/ / /
__\ \_______/ /__ "The heck with the Prime Directive,
\_______________/(- let's destroy something!"