Changing the paging file to another partition.

[Guest]

I have a single hard drive with 3 partitions, C: (apps), D: (data), and S:
(swap).

Can I simply reconfigure the swap by simply setting C: to zero, and S: to
the max size of the S: partition?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Yes but unless you're running out of space this does nothing for you.

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:
|I have a single hard drive with 3 partitions, C: (apps), D: (data), and S:
| (swap).
|
| Can I simply reconfigure the swap by simply setting C: to zero, and S: to
| the max size of the S: partition?
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| Thanks,
|
| Netfirst

 

[Guest]

Dave,

Thanks for the reply. I'm duplicating an environment on my laptop; maybe
the original server was low on space.

What prompted the question was when I set swap on C: to zero, I rec'd a
warning that "...if the initial size is less than 1022 MB, the system may not
be able to create a debugging information file if a STOP error occurs...". I
proceeded, but wasn't able to tell if that was going to be a problem.

Since I'm on the same physical drive, will it or won't it create the
debugging information file (and should I be concerned)?

As an aside, if I check the free space on the swap partition right after
boot up, I find that the space is almost completely used. Is is reasonable
to assume that it's simply been allocated per the configuration in
'Performance Options, Virtual Memory'?

thanks!

 

[Dave Patrick]

:
| Dave,
|
| Thanks for the reply. I'm duplicating an environment on my laptop; maybe
| the original server was low on space.
|
| What prompted the question was when I set swap on C: to zero, I rec'd a
| warning that "...if the initial size is less than 1022 MB, the system may
not
| be able to create a debugging information file if a STOP error occurs...".
I
| proceeded, but wasn't able to tell if that was going to be a problem.
* It means the operating system won't be able to create blue to create a
memory.dmp file for trouble shooting in the event your computer experiences
a blue screen stop error.

| Since I'm on the same physical drive, will it or won't it create the
| debugging information file (and should I be concerned)?
* No, must be the %systemdrive%
To be able to see the blue screen stop message; Control
Panel|System|Advanced|Startup and Recovery, I usually like to uncheck
"Automatically reboot" this way you get a chance to read the stop error.

| As an aside, if I check the free space on the swap partition right after
| boot up, I find that the space is almost completely used. Is is
reasonable
| to assume that it's simply been allocated per the configuration in
| 'Performance Options, Virtual Memory'?
* Check to see what is on the drive. If you find pagefile.sys consuming the
entire space then yes.


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[Guest]

The entire partition is used by pagefile.sys (had to unhide protected OS
files from windows explorer to see it).

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome.

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| The entire partition is used by pagefile.sys (had to unhide protected OS
| files from windows explorer to see it).
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| thanks!