pagefile

[Hugh Sutherland]

this may not be the best newsgroup for this but here goes

I want to put my pagefile(swapfile) on a second hard drive. Should that
pagefile be on a NTFS or FAT32 partition? also would it make sense to make
a hidden partition (no drive letter) say max 4096MB atthe staert or the end
of the second harddrive?

Hugh

[R. C. White]

Hi, Hugh.

You're right. This is NOT the best newsgroup for your problem for at least
two reasons. First, as you know, the group is practically defunct and
almost nobody is likely to see it here. :>(

The second reason is that your problem is nowhere near unique to EPoX
motherboards. You'd be much more likely to find help in one of the many
Microsoft public newsgroups, which are free and do not require you to log
in. Try this one:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.file_system

Be sure to mention your OS version (WinXP Pro SP3?), since that NG is not
OS-specific and you may get advice for Win9x or Vista. It would also be a
good idea to give a quick description of your hard drive configuration: How
many? What interface (SCSI, IDE, SATA)? How partitioned? Etc.

But you may be best off to just skim through messages there before asking
again the same old questions that get asked - and answered - a couple of
times a month or more. Or Google for "page file". Or read this article,
which is a couple of years old because the author (MVP Alex Nichol) died in
2005, but still is one of the best explanations on the subject of virtual
memory:
Virtual Memory in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
r...@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 on EPoX MF570sli)

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