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I have a Spare Computer... Ram Disk as Swap??

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JOOJOO1234   07-31-2009 at 08:47:42 PM

I am curious about linking a spare dual processor computer and use the 2GB of ram on that xp home computer as my swap disk (making a ram disk out of it) and saving my ram on my computer.... is this possible? Probably won't do it... but I am curious if anyone knows if this could be done. I have realized that with my 4gb xp pro system I am starting to hit the swap file and would like not to.... yes I should go 64bit rather than this idea but I am waiting for Windows 7 and more driver and software compatibility in this area.... would this ram swap file idea work?

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JOOJOO1234   07-31-2009 at 09:00:48 PM
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Found that it cannot be done. Swap file has to be on the same computer as OS. So consider this issue closed..

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