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In news:1brjd1p9f3v08ph8cge70l9k7c7pkde4kh@4ax.com,
Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> typed:
> "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
>> In news:ddchd1le4sielq2jo9gdspivjn691vhs47@4ax.com,
>> Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> typed:
>>
>>> My pagefile.sys is 767MB and is on my main system drive C.
>>> That
>>> is now
>>> getting a bit tight on space (due to so much stuff in
>>> \Windows
>>> !)
>>> Can I just move pagefile.sys to say D, the second partition
>>> on
>>> my HD,
>>> which has more room?
>>
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>
>>> Will there be any performance issues please?
>>
>>
>> Maybe. In general, this puts the page file on a location on
>> the
>> hard drive distant from the other frequently-used data on the
>> drive. The result is that every time Windows needs to use the
>> page file, the time to get to it and back from it is
>> increased.
>>
>> Putting the swap file on a second *physical* drive is a good
>> idea, since it decreases head movement, but not to a second
>> partition on a single drive. A good rule of thumb is that the
>> page file should be on the most-used partition of the
>> least-used
>> physical drive. For almost everyone with a single drive,
>> that's
>> C:.
>> How much of a performance issue that will be depends on how
>> much
>> you use the page file and how much RAM you have. If you have
>> enough RAM, the penalty for doing what you've done may be
>> slight,
>> since you won't use the page file much.
>
> Thanks for those helpful replies. I do in fact have an
> identical
> second physical HD, partitioned like the first into E (15 GB)
> and F
> (45 GB). I didn't mention it mainly in case it muddied the
> water, but
> also because I'd assumed the swap file should be 'where the
> action
> is', which is certainly C and D.
>
> But from your reply, Ken, E looks a good candidate, as it's
> almost
> never used. (It's currently a 'copy' of an old version of C, to
> serve
> as an emergency OS environment.)
You're welcome, Terry. Again, though, depending on how much use
the page file gets, you may or may not see a measurable
performance improvement.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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>
> I've just made these changes:
> - For C, checked No page file
> - For E, checked System managed
> and left D and F as No page file.
>
> I will reboot in a minute, so I'll soon know, but does that
> sound OK
> please? The aspect I'm still a little unsure of (after reading
> those
> articles) is whether I still need some *minimum* on C as well?
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