How can I put the pagefile.sys on an external usb hard disk?

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Guest

XP Pof. ignores the settings and put it on internal hard disk. I have not
boot from internal hard disk. C: is a primary and the active partition on the
external storage but XP put the pagefile.sys on D:. This is the first
partition of my internal hard disk.
I want sent the internal storage back to the vendor, so it would be great if
there is a possibility.
 
T

themeanies

mikeemil said:
XP Pof. ignores the settings and put it on internal hard disk. I have not
boot from internal hard disk. C: is a primary and the active partition on the
external storage but XP put the pagefile.sys on D:. This is the first
partition of my internal hard disk.
I want sent the internal storage back to the vendor, so it would be great if
there is a possibility.
Click to expand...

You don't have to have a pf. In Properties of My Computer Advanced Tab
Performance Group, Settings Button, Advanced Tab, Virtual Memory Group,
Change Button. You can set no pagefile, or move it to a different disk.

tM
 
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Yves Leclerc

XP Pof. ignores the settings and put it on internal hard disk. I have not
boot from internal hard disk. C: is a primary and the active partition on the
external storage but XP put the pagefile.sys on D:. This is the first
partition of my internal hard disk.
I want sent the internal storage back to the vendor, so it would be great if
there is a possibility.
Click to expand...

The pagefile needs to always have access to a storage system and usually must
follow where XP is installed. Since you can not install XP onto a USB or
Firewire drive, then NO, you can not place the pagefile on an external USB
drive.
 
G

Guest

Yves Leclerc said:
The pagefile needs to always have access to a storage system and usually must
follow where XP is installed. Since you can not install XP onto a USB or
Firewire drive, then NO, you can not place the pagefile on an external USB
drive.
Click to expand...
It is possible! It was not esay, because of the usb driver, but I run XP
from an external usb drive. But until now I have only the possibilties to
have the pagefile onto internal drive or if I remove it, then I have no
pagefile and get an errormessage.
If then the main storrage is full, the computer crashes :(.
 

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