‘From Windows Vista Inside and Out’:
Apparently it’s a nice performance tweak to move your Page file form the
hard drive with Windows on it to your other internal drive. Is this just a
cut from c: to paste to d: job? Assuming a normal letter configuration here.

It goes on to say “Using multiple page files split over two or more physical
disks is an even better idea.�

That made me think maybe its better to copy to the second drive. But maybe
they were thinking of two spare drives without Windows on them here?

Also I can’t seem to see it in C:, what is it actually called?

Bluehills;680114 Wrote:
‘From Windows Vista Inside and Out’:
Apparently it’s a nice performance tweak to move your Page file form
the
hard drive with Windows on it to your other internal drive. Is this
just a
cut from c: to paste to d: job? Assuming a normal letter configuration
here.

It goes on to say “Using multiple page files split over two or more
physical
disks is an even better idea.�

That made me think maybe its better to copy to the second drive. But
maybe
they were thinking of two spare drives without Windows on them here?

Also I can’t seem to see it in C:, what is it actually called?

Look he 'How to move the paging file in Windows XP'
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886/en-us) it explain how to move
Paging Files for XP, for Vista must be similar. You must do it on a
different HDD, keep a exclisive partition for it, leaving enough space
on this partition (from 1.5 to 3 times the total of fisical RAM you have
installed. For example for my XP I make first partition of my second HDD
12GB because I have 4 GB RAM. I read that Paging File partition is
better if it's on first partition of second Drive and its own.
I did it with my XP and the gain in Fastness was really notable.


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‘From Windows Vista Inside and Out’:
Apparently it’s a nice performance tweak to move your Page file form the
hard drive with Windows on it to your other internal drive. Is this just a
cut from c: to paste to d: job? Assuming a normal letter configuration
here.

It goes on to say “Using multiple page files split over two or more
physical
disks is an even better idea.�

That made me think maybe its better to copy to the second drive. But maybe
they were thinking of two spare drives without Windows on them here?

Also I can’t seem to see it in C:, what is it actually called?

There's an option to configure Virtual Memory settings in:

Advanced System Settings\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory
Settings

There you can move the page file to a different drive. You will still need
to keep a page file on C: but it can be much smaller. Mine is 200 megs
which Vista recommended as a minimum for crash dumps. By the way, after
changing settings don't forget to click the SET button - if you don't all
the changes are lost.

Bluehills;680114 Wrote:
‘From Windows Vista Inside and Out’:
Apparently it’s a nice performance tweak to move your Page file form
the
hard drive with Windows on it to your other internal drive. Is this
just a
cut from c: to paste to d: job? Assuming a normal letter configuration
here.

It goes on to say “Using multiple page files split over two or more
physical
disks is an even better idea.�

That made me think maybe its better to copy to the second drive. But
maybe
they were thinking of two spare drives without Windows on them here?

Also I can’t seem to see it in C:, what is it actually called?

Hi Bluehills,

This tutoral will show you how to change and move the "Virtual Memory
Paging File". It is best to have it in a separate hard drive and not a
separate partition to get the most out of it.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/13...le-change.html

Shawn


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