page files on multiple partitions on the same hard drive. This kind of set-up can significantly degrade system performance because when Windows writes to these page files, the disk arm of the hard drive is forced to swing back and forth across the disk rather...

to use > the other hard disk for its buffering. I'm using OS X, but the same should > apply on Windows, for the same reasons. I have it on my primary drive because it's a SATA drive, but I'm thinking I'll switch it onto my old EIDE drive and see how...

Fast Ethernet PCI NET Cable modem, over 3.5 megabit per second --- DRIVES: *20gb Maxtor - 1 20gb NTFS Partition (C:\, Windows Drive) - IDE 1, Device 0 *250gb Western Digital - 1 250gb Partition (D:\, Storage + my only Pagefile) - IDE 1, Device...

DOCUMENTS folder to another drive. • Recently the C drive began to fill up and I was down to 1 GB of free space. I deleted some old files and removed some old software and it is up to 2.3 GB now. • The page file was set to 1500MB for both the minimum...

it. So with a single drive, you want the page file close to the other frequently-used files on the drive, and that should be the partition with Windows on it. For the same reason, if you have more than one drive, it's best to put the page file on...

drive - if you are paging to a mapped drive, it would show exactly these symptoms. Hibernation uses hiberfil.sys (as paging uses pagefile.sys) and should also be on a local drive. If they are on a local drive, make sure that by some weird twist of fate...

no page file. In the end I created a dedicated page file partition of 5Gb on my second hard disk and created a maximum size 4096Mb page file in it. I disabled XP recovery mode on that partition. the evidence was that having no page file made no appreciable...

and was only ever able to use it by saving the ghosted file to the hard drive and then copying it to a backup drive. That pre-supposes that you have half the drive free (which I haven't got). In fact all I have free is a few 2 gig Jaz drives Is this...

just get an adapter to connect the 50 pin scsi devices to the 3400s—any ideas or comments? (2) Hard Drive and DVD/Cd IDE Drive Placement: --I’m really lost here. Where should I put the 5 IDE Devices (4 DVD/CD drives and the hard Drive)? The hard drive...

understand why it slows so much. She is not a power user and she rarely > creates or deletes files. The hard drive is partitioned and she has the hard>drive from her old computer piggybacked in there somehow (I don't know the > specs or other details...