Speeding up xp

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omozali

Hi,

I was just wondering if placeing the page file (virtual memory) of
windows on a usb drive or SD memory card would speed up things in
windows XP. I think it might but I haven't tried it yet.

any thought?
 
omozali said:
Hi,

I was just wondering if placeing the page file (virtual memory) of
windows on a usb drive or SD memory card would speed up things in
windows XP. I think it might but I haven't tried it yet.

any thought?
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No. Nay. Never.

To start with, Windows XP does not allow the page file to be located
on a removable drive/device.

The ultimate answer to performance related issues involving the page
file is to have sufficient physical RAM so as to eliminate, or at
least reduce as much as possible, the need for Windows to relocate
active memory content from RAM to the page file.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
omozali said:
I was just wondering if placeing the page file (virtual memory) of
windows on a usb drive or SD memory card would speed up things in
windows XP. I think it might but I haven't tried it yet.
Click to expand...

No. It wont speed it up.
 
Ron Martell said:
The ultimate answer to performance related issues involving the page
file is to have sufficient physical RAM so as to eliminate, or at
least reduce as much as possible, the need for Windows to relocate
active memory content from RAM to the page file.
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Actually, this is pretty much the answer to virtually all XP performance
issues, period. And this is easy to track using Task Manager.

Ken
 
Ken Gardner said:
Actually, this is pretty much the answer to virtually all XP performance
issues, period.
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Correct in most instances, but CPU intensive apps can bog down XP as
well, and adding more RAM will not help with these.
And this is easy to track using Task Manager.
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That part I have issues with, because Task Manager includes "phantom"
usage (e.g. unused portions of memory allocation requests) in the
reported PF Usage total.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
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