Stmason Posted March 30, 2003 Posted March 30, 2003 Or tell me where a guide is to do this? I would like something preferably simple(for my simple mind but anything would be of some help, . . also, does the benefit of doing this outway any difficulties? I have xp pro installed on 40 gb w/ pentium 3. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukmike02 Posted March 31, 2003 Posted March 31, 2003 Firstly I have never tried it with windows XP, nor do I think it works? But with linux to get the best performance you put the linux swap file on a seperate drive. Ok, ok seems silly to have a 200/300+ MB partition, but I have windows XP on one disk with the swap file, cos XP wont be running when linux is, and linux on the other hard disk. To get the best performance put it on a seperate disk. I dont think putting it on a seperate partition will give you mega gains, maybe none. Give it a try and post back? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3bruts1d Posted March 31, 2003 Posted March 31, 2003 Putting the swap file on a different partition doesn't help much as far as preformance. Mainly because it's still writing to the same HDD/IDE Chain as the OS and other apps. If you are looking to increase preformance, go get a very small (2G) HDD, and put it on the secondary IDE chain, and use that HDD for your swap file. Either way, to chanse the location of the swap file, do this: - Right Click on "My Computer" - Select "Properties" - Select the "Advanced" tab - Click the "Settings" button under "Performance" - Select the "Advanced" tab - Under "Virtual Memory" click Change - Select the drive you want to put the swap on - Select the radial button next to "Custom size" - Enter the min and max ammount (recomend both as the same number 1.5x Total RAM) - Any partitions you don't want the swap on, select "No paging file" - Click "ok", then "ok", then "ok" That should be it. You may be required to reboot, I don't remember. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stmason Posted April 1, 2003 Posted April 1, 2003 thank you both! exactly what I was looking for, I'll let you know how it goes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_Webmaster Posted April 5, 2003 Posted April 5, 2003 On my comoputer, all my HDD's have swap files, even if they have been partitioned off. see the attached image Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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