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Sorry to be such a newb, but could someone be so kind as to explain what page file is, weather I should have it on or off, or at 1.5x my ram?
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Page file?
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your page file is basically exrta memory on your system in case your system ram runs out
Widows then uses harddrive space for ram and stores data on the HD - this is why your system crawls when it uses the sytem file / virtual memory.
most people if they have 512mb of system ram can turn it off - if u have problems - u can turn it back on.
performace gains are min. if the pagefile is off if u never actually use it, but there usualyl are some sligh gains, but nothing to get excited abaout.
a search on google:
Widows then uses harddrive space for ram and stores data on the HD - this is why your system crawls when it uses the sytem file / virtual memory.
most people if they have 512mb of system ram can turn it off - if u have problems - u can turn it back on.
performace gains are min. if the pagefile is off if u never actually use it, but there usualyl are some sligh gains, but nothing to get excited abaout.
a search on google:
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Ahhh i know a little about Vmem, but didnt connect it, that makes sense now. ewww memory offa the HDD -.-
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You may want to take a look at Black Vipers website and read his virtual memory tips.
Also, Vopt XP is a handy (and fast) file defragmenter that has a page file optimization utility built in.
Also, Vopt XP is a handy (and fast) file defragmenter that has a page file optimization utility built in.
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Hmmm, if im going to install xp on a raptor, should i put the vdrive on the seperate 7200rpm deskstar or on the raptor?
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get 2 raptors and run em raid 0...nothing like installing windows in 12 minutes
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Tyberius - 73.4 GB just seems low to me 
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K_King said:
A seperate partition on the same disk won't improve performance.
And to the original poster, depend on how much RAM you have you don't need the default of 1.5x RAM. I have 512MB or RAM and set mine to 512MB.
To improve performance make the max and min size of the pagefile the same. This will avoid fragmentation.
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^^^ true on the drfrag part
and yes - putting your page file ona sperate hard drive helps - on the same drive - seprate partition - same thing really.
also doing thing like putting your temp inet files on a seprate drive helkps as well - less work your main c drive has to do.
here i am going to try a networked temp inet files foldd- that about 8 computers will liekly access - since it will access such small amounts of data - it should not hit performance at all.
and yes - putting your page file ona sperate hard drive helps - on the same drive - seprate partition - same thing really.
also doing thing like putting your temp inet files on a seprate drive helkps as well - less work your main c drive has to do.
here i am going to try a networked temp inet files foldd- that about 8 computers will liekly access - since it will access such small amounts of data - it should not hit performance at all.
