Craig,
I have done this for years. When I set up a new system I
do the following:
1) disable virtual memory
2) run defrag
3) turn virtual memory back on and create a fixed swap file
between 256 and 512 MB (usually twice the size of the
physical RAM)
This procedure creates a permanent swap file that does not
grow/shrink and the operating system doesn't have to spend
time assigning/freeing/moving space on the hard drive. The
swap file is also in one piece so access is more efficient.
The only thing I can't do any more (that I did regularly
with Windows 3.1) is force the swap file to the very front
of the disk. However, with modern (fast) disks, having the
swap file back a bit on the drive doesn't seem to be much
of a penalty.
73,
... Joe, K4IK
PS. I don't know if this works with XP since Windows 2000
would ignore the maximum swap file size setting if
it needed to do so (may have been fixed in a service pack).
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of K4IA@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 11:35 PM
> To: writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] CW problems and the Swap file
>
>
> Submitted for you computer gurus to comment -- from June 2002 PC World
> magazine. Would this help?
>
> Keep a Stable Swap File
> The swap file Windows places on my hard drive to run programs
> that can't fit
> in RAM grows and shrinks as needed. Can I improve my PC's performance by
> keeping the swap file one size?
>
> Yes. If you set the minimum and maximum sizes the same, your system won't
> slow down to resize this file. >>TIP Set both to 384MB, because--with the
> size of today's hard drives--you're unlikely to run out of
> storage at that
> setting.
>
> In Windows 9 x and Me, right-click My Computer and select
> Properties. Click
> the Performance tab and then the Virtual Memory button. Select
> Let me specify
> my own virtual memory settings, and enter 384 for both the
> minimum size and
> the maximum size. Click OK, then Yes, and finally Close. Reboot
> now or later.
>
>
> In Windows XP, click Start, right-click My Computer, and select
> Properties.
> Click the Advanced tab. In the Performance box, click Settings.
> Choose the
> Performance Options box's Advanced tab, and in the 'Virtual memory' box,
> click Change. Select Custom size and enter 384 for both the
> initial size and
> the maximum size. Choose Set, and then click OK three times.
>
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