A seperate Partition for your swapfile worthwhile ?

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Scott Backular

Just thinking of doing this with my new drive ?

If i lock the size how big would like this method better its a 120 gig
drive so the swapfile size is not a prob how big if i lock it ?

If i make windows choose the size and change it on the fly how big
shoudl the partition be ?

Thanks for you help.

Just want to get my new drive up and running as quick as possible and
runnign fast.

Thanks.
 
Just thinking of doing this with my new drive ?

If i lock the size how big would like this method better its a 120 gig
drive so the swapfile size is not a prob how big if i lock it ?

If i make windows choose the size and change it on the fly how big
shoudl the partition be ?

Thanks for you help.

Just want to get my new drive up and running as quick as possible and
runnign fast.

Thanks.
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Scott,

I setup my system with:
C: 4G System only (I moved profiles to E:). (Total used right now is just
over 3G, including hibernation and system restore).
D: 8G Applications and Pagefile. (Total used right now is under 4G).
E: 48G Data and profiles.

Defragging C: and D: now just takes a few minutes. Defragging E: a bit longer,
but doesn't impact system performance when defragging, or when needing to be
defragged.

If you've got 120G to play with, having a fourth partition to dedicate to the
pagefile would make even more sense. Just make it as large as twice the amount
of physical memory you ever plan to get for the computer. Windows actually
recommends IIRC 1.5 x amount of memory for the file itself. Always leave a
small pagefile on C: for diagnostic dumps.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Why pagefile on C:\ and how small ?


Scott,

I setup my system with:
C: 4G System only (I moved profiles to E:). (Total used right now is just
over 3G, including hibernation and system restore).
D: 8G Applications and Pagefile. (Total used right now is under 4G).
E: 48G Data and profiles.

Defragging C: and D: now just takes a few minutes. Defragging E: a bit longer,
but doesn't impact system performance when defragging, or when needing to be
defragged.

If you've got 120G to play with, having a fourth partition to dedicate to the
pagefile would make even more sense. Just make it as large as twice the amount
of physical memory you ever plan to get for the computer. Windows actually
recommends IIRC 1.5 x amount of memory for the file itself. Always leave a
small pagefile on C: for diagnostic dumps.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
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Why pagefile on C:\ and how small ?
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Scott,

You need a pagefile on C: to capture a Memory.dmp file if the computer
experiences a kernel mode Stop Error. The article states a minimum size of 126M
on C:, in addition to the main pagefile on the other partition.
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=314482>
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=307886>

BTW, Scott, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a
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Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
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