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Hi :D
Windows uses its page file as a temporary workspace, and if this workspace is to small Windows will run slowly the optimum size is about one and a half times of memory in your PC (Ram), so if you have 512MB of Ram your page file should be at least 768MB within C: and that’s room you could use also Windows will work faster if the page file is on a different drive to Windows (a different HDD).
To execute this in Windows XP SP2
Click the start button, right-click My Computer and select Properties from the menu. Go to the Advanced tab and click the Settings button under Performance. Select the Advanced tab in the next window and click the Change button under Virtual Memory, all drives and partitions can now be seen. Set drive C: to no page file choose the second drive/ first partition and enter its values as before on C:, i increased mine by 70MB and of equal amounts (this will stop de fragmentation within the page file) (reboot to initialize). You now have more room on your C: drive and your PC will work faster. Be aware that you can sometimes have problems if you have no page file on the system drive ( C: ). A minimum page file should be left in place on the boot partition it is used in various circumstances by the system. Memory/crash dumps being the most important. IMHO set the page file on C: (or boot partition) to the minimum 2MB and maximum 50MB as well as creating a separate page file on a separate physical HDD Placing the page file on a separate HDD, not on the boot drive is a recognized way of improving system performance. However by how much, as from my own experience may not be all that noticeable, but all Computers are different.Note moving the page file to a seperate partition on the boot drive can cause problems.
Fizz :D
@fizz wrote:
Hi :D
Windows uses its page file as a temporary workspace, and if this workspace is to small Windows will run slowly the optimum size is about one and a half times of memory in your PC (Ram), so if you have 512MB of Ram your page file should be at least 768MB within C: and that’s room you could use also Windows will work faster if the page file is on a different drive to Windows (a different HDD).
To execute this in Windows XP SP2
Click the start button, right-click My Computer and select Properties from the menu. Go to the Advanced tab and click the Settings button under Performance. Select the Advanced tab in the next window and click the Change button under Virtual Memory, all drives and partitions can now be seen. Set drive C: to no page file choose the second drive/ first partition and enter its values as before on C:, i increased mine by 70MB and of equal amounts (this will stop de fragmentation within the page file) (reboot to initialize). You now have more room on your C: drive and your PC will work faster. Be aware that you can sometimes have problems if you have no page file on the system drive ( C: ). A minimum page file should be left in place on the boot partition it is used in various circumstances by the system. Memory/crash dumps being the most important. IMHO set the page file on C: (or boot partition) to the minimum 2MB and maximum 50MB as well as creating a separate page file on a separate physical HDD Placing the page file on a separate HDD, not on the boot drive is a recognized way of improving system performance. However by how much, as from my own experience may not be all that noticeable, but all Computers are different.Note moving the page file to a seperate partition on the boot drive can cause problems.
Fizz :D
Good post, also good to point out that its best to keep your system drive (usually C drive) defragged to prevent ‘thrashing’ (thats overworking your hard drive, you’ll notice this if the hard drive activity light never seems to go out) or you’ll need to install extra memory
Hope you didn’t mind the intrusion Fizz :wink:
Not at all thanks Druid :D the more info the better
Fizz X.
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