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February 17, 2010
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Is there a possibility of choosing the on which drive to run Virtual Memory? (XP)
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August 9, 2011
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Absolutely!!
If you have more than one internal HDD, you can allocate the paging file (virtual memory) to any drive of your choosing. In fact, it is generally acknowledged that having the paging file on a separate drive to the operating system makes for improved performance (that is; on a separate drive, not a separate partition).
Cheers....Jim
February 17, 2010
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Could be allocated to a flash card?
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August 9, 2011
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No, I don't believe XP supports pagefiles on removable devices.
February 17, 2010
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Thanks Dave.
I have 2 additional internal drives. I'll allocate to one.
August 9, 2011
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Hey CT - It's Jim mate, not Dave.
Conventional wisdom also suggests, even though the primary paging file will be on a secondary internal hard drive, it is best to still allocate [i:2a8mr11f]some[/i:2a8mr11f] space on the main (C) drive for paging file.......300MB seems to be the amount most recommend.
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