Optimum Swap file location?

[BillL]

Hello all

Ok, I have winXP installed on a Maxtor SATA 300GB HD and a PATA 120 GB HD in
an external Firewire enclosure. Would I get any benefit from setting the
windows swap file on either one HD or the other or should I just let WinXP
manage the swap file?

TIA

BillL

AMD64 3200+, Gigabyte NF4 -SLI, 1 GB RAM, Leadtek 6600GT, DVD-ROM, DVD RW.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Bill,

Look here for the answer you seek.
Virtual Memory in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Bert

Can you place a pagefile on a hard drive in an external Firewire
enclosure?

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Regards.

Gerry

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Hi Bill,

Look here for the answer you seek.
Virtual Memory in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

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Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Hello all

Ok, I have winXP installed on a Maxtor SATA 300GB HD and
a PATA 120 GB HD in an external Firewire enclosure. Would
I get any benefit from setting the windows swap file on
either one HD or the other or should I just let WinXP
manage the swap file?
TIA

BillL

AMD64 3200+, Gigabyte NF4 -SLI, 1 GB RAM, Leadtek 6600GT,
DVD-ROM, DVD RW.

 

[BillL]

Seems to work fine as far as I can tell ;o)

BillL

Bert

Can you place a pagefile on a hard drive in an external Firewire
enclosure?

--


Regards.

Gerry

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FCA

Stourport, Worcs, England
Enquire, plan and execute.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Bill,

Look here for the answer you seek.
Virtual Memory in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Hello all

Ok, I have winXP installed on a Maxtor SATA 300GB HD and
a PATA 120 GB HD in an external Firewire enclosure. Would
I get any benefit from setting the windows swap file on
either one HD or the other or should I just let WinXP
manage the swap file?
TIA

BillL

AMD64 3200+, Gigabyte NF4 -SLI, 1 GB RAM, Leadtek 6600GT,
DVD-ROM, DVD RW.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Gerry,

I have never tried it, so I can't stay.
I leave mine in C:\ anyway.

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Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Bert

Can you place a pagefile on a hard drive in an external
Firewire enclosure?

Hi Bill,

Look here for the answer you seek.
Virtual Memory in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Hello all

Ok, I have winXP installed on a Maxtor SATA 300GB HD and
a PATA 120 GB HD in an external Firewire enclosure.
Would I get any benefit from setting the windows swap
file on either one HD or the other or should I just let
WinXP manage the swap file?
TIA

BillL

AMD64 3200+, Gigabyte NF4 -SLI, 1 GB RAM, Leadtek
6600GT, DVD-ROM, DVD RW.

 

[Admiral Q]

I've got 2 external USB 2.0 Maxtor drives, and even though it will let me
set min/max or system manage a "pagefile.sys" to them, it never creates the
files - as I believe it knows they are external and removable. Think about
it, the OS is not going to let you "attempt" to commit suicide - if you put
a pagefile on an external removable drive, then the OS pages something to it
(especially important kernel information/code), you remove the drive, then
the OS needs that data back, what's going to happen - you guessed it a big
BSOD.

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Bert

Can you place a pagefile on a hard drive in an external Firewire
enclosure?

--


Regards.

Gerry

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FCA

Stourport, Worcs, England
Enquire, plan and execute.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Bill,

Look here for the answer you seek.
Virtual Memory in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Hello all

Ok, I have winXP installed on a Maxtor SATA 300GB HD and
a PATA 120 GB HD in an external Firewire enclosure. Would
I get any benefit from setting the windows swap file on
either one HD or the other or should I just let WinXP
manage the swap file?
TIA

BillL

AMD64 3200+, Gigabyte NF4 -SLI, 1 GB RAM, Leadtek 6600GT,
DVD-ROM, DVD RW.