Page File setting

[Guest]

I have 1.43 gigs of memory, A 512 stick and a 1 g stick and am running XP
Pro. I have a Presario sr1030nx. I have Virtual PC with Windows 2003 running
in it which I run on my extra hard drive that is 200 gb that I have split in
half. M drive has the virtual PC on it and V has the page files set on it. I
have the page file set at "system Managed" Then on the c drive that has the
operating system, I set the page file at "custom" 20- 120. In task manager, I
have never seen my page file go above 540. my computer has slowed down quit a
bit and has improved a little when I upgraded the memory from 512 to 1 g1 .
Any sugestions on what I should set my page file too, and am I wrong to
have the custom setting on my C drive? Th.....Vinceanks

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

I have 1.43 gigs of memory, A 512 stick and a 1 g stick and am running XP
Pro. I have a Presario sr1030nx. I have Virtual PC with Windows 2003 running
in it which I run on my extra hard drive that is 200 gb that I have split in
half. M drive has the virtual PC on it and V has the page files set on it. I
have the page file set at "system Managed" Then on the c drive that has the
operating system, I set the page file at "custom" 20- 120. In task manager, I
have never seen my page file go above 540. my computer has slowed down quit a
bit and has improved a little when I upgraded the memory from 512 to 1 g1 .
Any sugestions on what I should set my page file too, and am I wrong to
have the custom setting on my C drive? Th.....Vinceanks

See "How to Configure Paging Files for Optimization and Recovery in
Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314482).

 

[Harry Ohrn]

The late Alex Nichol has a page on virtual memory here that you should take
a read through http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

 

[Ron Martell]

I have 1.43 gigs of memory, A 512 stick and a 1 g stick and am running XP
Pro. I have a Presario sr1030nx. I have Virtual PC with Windows 2003 running
in it which I run on my extra hard drive that is 200 gb that I have split in
half. M drive has the virtual PC on it and V has the page files set on it. I
have the page file set at "system Managed" Then on the c drive that has the
operating system, I set the page file at "custom" 20- 120. In task manager, I
have never seen my page file go above 540. my computer has slowed down quit a
bit and has improved a little when I upgraded the memory from 512 to 1 g1 .
Any sugestions on what I should set my page file too, and am I wrong to
have the custom setting on my C drive? Th.....Vinceanks

From what you have said it appears that you have done things right,
especially with regards to the small page file on the boot drive (C
and the larger one on a different physical drive.

The Alex Nichol article that Harry Ohrn referred you to is the best
available resource for accurate information about the page file.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
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In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
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