Does Windows XP need a seperate swap file?

[Cane1992]

Using Windows XP (Pro) is it a good idea to make a seperate partition for the swap file? Will this help performance? And if so how large of a swap file/partition?

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[ytoledano]

It is recommended to put the swap file on a different physical drive than the one the OS is installed on. You won't gain much from making a partition for it on the same drive as the OS is on.

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[sturm]

You wont gain any performance increase by having it on any seperate partition or on the main one. The big advantage to having it on a seperate partition byitself is to reduce fragmentation.
Most people will suggest to set it to 2.5 times the installed memory. It depends alot on what you do. I have 512 and mainly play games. My swap file is set at 800 megs. although ive never seen it go above 200.