Pagefiling

steloide

Hi, I have a quick question. Will i benefit much if i partition my hdd and use that partition for pagrfiling or could I make virtual drive for that pagefile? I'm more curious as to how to do it rather than, if its worth it. I have 500GB HDD 4GB RAM i5 processor laptop. Could anyone please give me a quick how to guide. Im studying CompTIA A+ and its coming up. Thanks.
Sorry if this is in the wrong place!

Wossack

No benefit imo, and may even be of detriment (guess depending how smart the HD is - it could confuse read aheads, caching or the like I'd imagine). If you were to place the pagefile on a seperate physical drive to the OS, then yes, beneficial

microsoft blurb on the config of it - believe its more or less the same across most all win OS's

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sysdm_advancd_perform_change_vmpagefile.mspx?mfr=true


performance wise, its good to fully allocate it (as in custom size, initial 4092, maximum 4092 etc), though this is at the cost of HD space

ED E

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