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From: Ken Blake, MVP on 29 Jan 2010 19:04 On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:55:42 -0500, John Callaway <jcalla(a)erols.com> wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:26:00 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP" > <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote: > > >On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:53:54 -0500, John Callaway <jcalla(a)erols.com> > >wrote: > > > >> I have XP SP2, 2 Gig on my laptop. My 80 Gig HD is partitioned 32/48 > >> for C & D respectively. I am satisfied with the performance, however I > >> would like to increase efficiency if practical. > >> My question is: Would setting up another partition dedicated for > >> the page file only be worth the effort or do I run the risk of > >> creating more problems than necessary? > > > > > >That's not at all a good idea, but the reason is performance, not > >problems. It puts the page file farther from the other data on the > >drive, so the drive heads have to travel farther to get to and from > >the page file. That will slow you down rather than improve > >performance. > > > >However, how much it slows you down depends on how much the page file > >is used, and that depends on how much RAM you have. The more RAM, the > >less page file use, and for many people these days, the difference in > >performance is so slight as to be unnoticeable. > > Thanks for all the info! I guess I will well enough alone. You're welcome. Glad to help. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |