| Dennis McCunney wrote:
| > Beemer wrote:
| >> Using My Computer/performance/advanced I have set the following
| >> pagefiles:
| >>
| >> (a) Disc C: 5-50MB pagefile.sys
| >> (b) Disc D: no pagefile.sys
| >> (c) Disk G: volume "Scratch disc" no pagefile .sys
| >> (d) Disc H: volume "pagefile disc" 50-1500MB pagefile.sys
| >>
| >> If I use Search I see pagefile.sys in H: but not in C: why is this?
| >
| > Possibly because there *is* no page file on drive C:? Windows only
| > uses one page file.
|
| That is contrary to what I've read and some personal experience. The
| pagefile, AFAIK, must exist on C (or the system drive) though it can be
| small and a fixed size when you want to use another drive for it.
| My Pagefile is on drive E, my second physical drive (SATA). If I set
the
| pagefile on C to none, and E has the pagefile set to let windows manage
it,
| then windows complains. Put a small pagefile on C though, and XP will hum
| along merrily.
| Perhaps you could clarify/explain in a bit more detail? XP Pro SP2+.
|
| Thanks,
|
| Pop`
|
| That defaults to being placed on the boot drive.
| > You can tell Windows to place it elsewhere, and I think your
| > definition for drive H: is being taken as the default location,
| > overriding drive C.
| >
| > The usual reason to put the page file elsewhere is performance, by
| > spreading disk access across more than one drive. If this is done,
| > the page file needs to be on a seperate physical drive, not just a
| > seperate partition, and the drive should be on a different IDE
| > connector.
| >
| > Why were you trying to define the page file in multiple locations?
| >
| >> Beemer
| > ______
| > Dennis
Dennis,
Three SATA hard discs, XP SP2, Hidden and systems files not hidden.
(a) Disc C: 5-50MB pagefile.sys (cannot see this in explore
(b) Disc D: no pagefile.sys
(c) Disk G: volume "Scratch disc" no pagefile .sys
(d) Disc H: volume "pagefile disc" 50-1500MB pagefile.sys
I just wanted to make sure that the small pagefile Pagefile.sys in C:
existed and is working. It is only seen in the My
Computer/Performance/Advanced when I set it up but not elsewhere.
Beemer