Swap File question.

If you take look at the screen shoot you see that my page file is scattered all over the c: partition. Will I get any performance boost by placing the page file either in the start of the partition or in the end of the partition?

Norton Speed Disk says that files that are not modified and infrequently modifies may cause less fragmentation if placed in the end. But the program doesn’t say what files should/could take advantage of being placed in the beginning of the partition.

The fastest place of my hard drive should be the fist part of the “C: partition” right? If I use Norton Speed Disk to place my swap file that is fixed to 1 Gb in the very beginning of c: I would have chosen the optimal solution right?

P.S. How can I certain that the swap file indeed is placed in the fastest part of my hard drive? D.S.




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You could try disabling the swap file if you have enough memory (recommand 512MB+)
I have 384MB SDRAM installed on mine, page file disabled.

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I don't see the point of disabling the swapfile. I have 512 Ram and I still use swapfile. I have set it to 512 MB. Maybe too much but i'd rather be safe than sorry.

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that sounds good in theory but it doesnt give much of a performance gain, putting the swap on another hard drive is the best way to go. you can even kick it up a knotch and mod that drive so it has a window : )

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