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NathanMD   11-09-2006 at 12:33:55 AM

What is the default page file size range for a clean install of WXP on a computer with 2GB of RAM? Is it different than for a clean install of WXP on a computer with 1GB of RAM? Just asking so that I know how large to make the page file partition prior to installation.

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fattony   11-09-2006 at 02:23:54 AM
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http://forumz.tomshardware.com/sof [...] 32795.html

check the last reply i had, some links in there which explain it
windows will set a dynamic size depending on your amount of physical ram, this value will most likely be 1.5 times greather than the ram

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NathanMD   11-09-2006 at 03:41:26 PM
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FatTony, I read your thread before posting. I appreciate the reply, but I was hoping that someone out there who has WXP/W2K installed on a computer with 2GB of RAM could look in My Computer> Properties> Advanced [tab]> Performance Options> Change [button]> and tell me exactly what WXP set as the default Paging File Size range for their computer. Anyone?

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sturm   11-09-2006 at 07:41:54 PM
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What do you use the computer for?
Unless your running memory hogging programs like video editing and such, make a 2 gig partition and set the page file to start at 512 min and 1.8 gig max.
My friend has 2gigs of memory and this is what I did on his. No problems at all.

Also might check out these links. Partitions and Page file

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fattony   11-12-2006 at 09:02:19 AM
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i don't recommend dynamic paging file size, static is usually the best since the system won't be responsible for increasing and decreasing the file size all the time

i don't know the default values windows would give for a 2gb ram pf size, let's see if anyone else posts that

i would recommend you just give it the maximum amount that windows allows for a pagefile and never look back at it: 4096 initial and 4096 maximum

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