Windows XP swap file on USB Flash drive

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No, you cannot relocate the swap file to a USB flash drive.
Your system would slow down tremendously due to increased seek time.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com> wrote in message:
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| Has anyone ever tried to move the XP swap file onto a USB flash drive.
| People always recommend placing the swap file on the fastest drive you have
| installed. Does that include USB flash drives (they are the fastest
| drives?)
|
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| Y.
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I have internal USB hot-swap ports.

"Mike" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> And if the flash drive is removed....
>
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <mrxp2004@nospamyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eGscnmHLEHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > No, you cannot relocate the swap file to a USB flash drive.
> > Your system would slow down tremendously due to increased seek time.
> >
> > --
> > Carey Frisch
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows XP - Shell/User
> >
> > Be Smart! Protect your PC!
> > http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
> >
>
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> >
> > "Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com> wrote in message:
> > news:%23R3HREHLEHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >
> > | Has anyone ever tried to move the XP swap file onto a USB flash drive.
> > | People always recommend placing the swap file on the fastest drive you
> have
> > | installed. Does that include USB flash drives (they are the fastest
> > | drives?)
> > |
> > | --
> > | Y.
> > |
> > |
>
>

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"Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone ever tried to move the XP swap file onto a USB flash drive.
> People always recommend placing the swap file on the fastest drive you
have
> installed. Does that include USB flash drives (they are the fastest
> drives?)

The bandwidth of USB is modest but ok compared to most current HDs. The
advanatge would be in the seek time. Try it and tell us all how it works.
Big iron servers use solid-state disks for swap and temp drives to great
advantage so why not a USB solid-state disk.