Can WinME and WinMX point to same partition for swapfile?

[Guest]

With a double boot setup is there any reason why Win ME and Win XP can't use the same 3 GB partition as a location for a swapfile?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Yes, Windows XP needs to have its own page file installed on
the same partition as the Windows XP O/S.

Virtual Memory in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

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[Jack Benimble]

Actually, that's incorrect. Windows XP's page file can be configured
to reside on any drive on the system. And if that drive happens to be
FAT32, the page file can be shared with Windows Me/98/95b.

If your WinXP page file is on a FAT32 drive and you want to use it for
Windows Me, edit your Windows Me System.ini file, usually located at
X:\Windows\System.ini - where X: is the drive where your Windows Me
system is located.

Under the [386Enh] in System.ini, enter the following, using the
system file editor, or Notepad:

PagingFile=x:\pagefile.sys

replace x:\ with the drive your WinXP page file is on.

Jack

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Actually, that's incorrect. Windows XP's page file can be configured
to reside on any drive on the system. And if that drive happens to be
FAT32, the page file can be shared with Windows Me/98/95b.

If your WinXP page file is on a FAT32 drive and you want to use it for
Windows Me, edit your Windows Me System.ini file, usually located at
X:\Windows\System.ini - where X: is the drive where your Windows Me
system is located.

Under the [386Enh] in System.ini, enter the following, using the
system file editor, or Notepad:

PagingFile=x:\pagefile.sys

replace x:\ with the drive your WinXP page file is on.

Jack

Spot on!