Thanks Peter. Those pages are rather contradictory; one says don't put a page file on the Windows partition, the MS XP site says to not remove the pagefile from the Windows partition, and to put another on the dedicated partition (that I made). However one is for win2k, the other for XP, so I guess that's the reason for the discrepancy.
With 512mb of RAM, I set my min to 766 and max to 1536 (on: C:, and a dedicated PF partition, and on a separate HD), will see how that works. XP site said you should not remove the PF from the C: part. due to not being able to perform a system core dump. For other users, FYI; XP knows which drive or partition to use for the PF by algorithm. It will automatically use the PF on the partition or HD that is less frequently used. In my case, that would be the dedicated partition I have just for the PF. It also stated to put a page file on any separate HD's you use. Thanks for the links, -Clint God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner Want to exchange links with us? http://OrpheusComputing.com � ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kaulback" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In the hour of 03:58 AM 10/03/2003 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke this: >Thanks for the info & links Peter. I've already done that >registry tweak a few days ago. So, how is the swap filed >CHANGED from one area to another? If I disable it on C:, and >place the pagefile on another drive, will it use it >automatically? It knows to look for it on the other HD, or >another partition? I know where that area is via device >manager for changing VM settings, but from the looks of it, >since from that area you can put a pagefile on each drive or >partition, it doesn't look like it 'knows' to use the pagefile >for ALL drives or for all partitions. >-Clint > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Peter Kaulback" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Also with a large amount of ram installed you might want >to increase >your performance by locking the kernel in the ram. Open >regedit and drill >down to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ >SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session >Manager\Memory Management", Highlight DisablePagingExecutive >in the right >pane. Then go to on Edit / Modify and enter the value 1. Click >OK, close >Regedit, and reboot. > > MS has some things to say about the partitioning idea's: > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314482 > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314482 > >Plus other sites > http://www.techadvice.com/win2000/p/page-file_w2k.htm > >Have fun! > >Peter Kaulback ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
