Page File Management

[Bluehills]

‘From Windows Vista Inside and Out’:
Apparently it’s a nice performance tweak to move your Page file form the
hard drive with Windows on it to your other internal drive. Is this just a
cut from c: to paste to d: job? Assuming a normal letter configuration here.

It goes on to say “Using multiple page files split over two or more physical
disks is an even better idea.â€

That made me think maybe its better to copy to the second drive. But maybe
they were thinking of two spare drives without Windows on them here?

Also I can’t seem to see it in C:, what is it actually called?

 

[Victek]

‘From Windows Vista Inside and Out’:

Apparently it’s a nice performance tweak to move your Page file form the
hard drive with Windows on it to your other internal drive. Is this just a
cut from c: to paste to d: job? Assuming a normal letter configuration
here.

It goes on to say “Using multiple page files split over two or more
physical
disks is an even better idea.â€

That made me think maybe its better to copy to the second drive. But maybe
they were thinking of two spare drives without Windows on them here?

Also I can’t seem to see it in C:, what is it actually called?

There's an option to configure Virtual Memory settings in:

Advanced System Settings\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory
Settings

There you can move the page file to a different drive. You will still need
to keep a page file on C: but it can be much smaller. Mine is 200 megs
which Vista recommended as a minimum for crash dumps. By the way, after
changing settings don't forget to click the SET button - if you don't all
the changes are lost.