How to get Virtual Memory Paging File Size over 200MB?

[Dave]

I have a single P6 processor on a dual board with 128MB of RAM. I am
running NT4.01 S3. I have partitioned my 4.3GB hard drive into C:/
with 1GB D:/ with 2GB and E:/ with 100 MB. The rest is currently
unpartitioned. In the System Icon under Performance my Virtual Memory
is listed at 200MB. After selecting the Change button it shows that
my Paging File Size for C:/ = 75-275 with 296MB available. My Paging
File Size for D:/ = 75-1000 with 1857MB available and my Paging File
Size for E:/ = 50-75 with 101MB available (I have yet to use my E:
drive).

For the Total Paging File Size for All Drives it says:
Minimum Allowed: 2MB
Recommended: 139MB
Currently Allocatated: 200MB

How can I get the Currently Allocated Size higher? Since my Sizes for
my C:/ and D:/ have the room why doesn't it 'recognize' this?

BTW, I have rebooted since I changed these settings to reflect the
above values.

Thanks,

Dave d...@mindspring.com

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[Ted Stathakis]

Dave
I was also confuded by this. I believe that the value for the total
paging file size is the sum of the minumum values, 75+75+50=200. i
have a similar set up.
Ted

[AAD]

Two points:
1- it is bad for performance to allocate swap file to different
partitions on the same harddisk; create one swap on the system
partition.
2-I think that setting the min and max values for swap file to be
the same is good, NT wont have to think about expanding or shrinking
the file, it just uses one size, one location. Also setting min and max
different may induce fragmentation as the swap file grows and shrinks.

[Steve Kim]

Hi,

As a side note, if you only have one physical hard drive, it's not
efficient
to split the pagefile over all the partitions. This technique is used
when you
have more than one physical hard drive.

Also, you won't see your pagefile size increase unless your programs
actually
use the memory.