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The page file size and location can be set in any Windows version. The page file
aka "swap file" in the older Windows is an area on disk to which the OS offloads
contents of memory when memory demand exceeds physical memory - a simplistic but
adequate explanation. In older machines, when you pressed Alt+Tab to switch
programs, you could literally watch entire running programs get swapped to/from
the swap file. In NT, the page files settings are accessed from
Settings>ControlPanel>System>Performance>VirtualMemory>Change and I believe this
is similar in Win95 and not much different in the old Windows. The settings
allow you to specify allocation by drive with multiple allocations on different
drives being supported. Only way to guarantee the page file is at the beginning
of the disk is to format the drive and put the swap file there before putting
anything else on the drive.
Yea, 640k was enough for everyone but Bill and his bloated software.
Earl
-----Original Message-----
From: steinbr@xxxxxxxxxxxx <steinbr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 11:26 AM
Subject: SCSI vs IDE
>Just what is the OS page file?
>How can I move this file to another drive?
>How can I specify it to be at the beginning of the drive?
>Is this something that can only be done with NT or can it be done with WIN95?
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> "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not
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> "640K ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates - 1981
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