Can someone recommend virtual memory settings for my pc?


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It is recommended by Microsoft (if you have two HD's) that you keep the page file on a drive which does not have Windows installed on it, as MxxCon has said.

I too have 640MB RAM and a 180MB pagefile is more than enough for me.

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Put a PERMANENT swap file on your NON-SYSTEM hard drive. This WILL improve your performance, even if you don?t notice it much.

However, the size of the swap file is another matter. If you are a normal PC user (browsing, a little image editing, word processing and some gaming) I would recommend a permanent swap file between 256Mb and 512Mb. If you use some special program that requires big files to be processed, you should reconsider these values.

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Originally posted by SniperWulf

I have 2 hard drives, a 60 gig and a 40 gig. They are both 7400 rpm. I also have 640 megs of ram. What should my virtual memory settings be?

thanks!

Leave it as it is dude. Windows XP is more than capable of handling that for you. If you were running Windows Me or 98 then the story would be different.

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Originally posted by SniperWulf

I decided to use a system managed file on my 2nd hd and the hd with Windows no page file.

Sounds good to me, what size did you set it at?

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you don't need any virtual ram. If you have more than 512MB and ram and don't use any programs that use v-ram then i suggest turning it off. Adobe Photoshop uses it and couple more programs so if you don't use those then just turn it off..

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