Pagefile question?

Reza · 29-May-06, 03:51 PM

Just a quick question, if I turn the windows page file off will it force windows to load all that crap into the ram or not?
Should i increase the pagefile to its maximum or minimum or turn it off?

Hibiki · 30-May-06, 02:00 AM

Leave it on automatic, some programs will refuse to work without a page file.

THRiLL KiLL · 30-May-06, 02:48 PM

automatic is good.. but cane be a nightmare... if for some reason you get a bad sector on the hdd and its in the part where the page file resides... it can cause a assload of issues... and its hard to track down..

what i would recommend... make the page file 2.5x times bigger then the amount of memory... and make the min size and max size the same...

Reza · 30-May-06, 02:59 PM

Thanks for the advice guys, i'll set it up how you suggested.

hartigan · 30-May-06, 03:00 PM

and if available, locate your pagefile on a separate physical drive from the one on which you installed Windows.

IE: Windows is installed on drive c:\ and you have another physical drive called d:\. Clear the pagefile from c:\ and place it all (2.5x physical memory) on drive d:\

ONLY do this if another PHYSICAL drive is available, not just another partition.

Google for more detailed directions for Pagefile Optimization.

-hartigan

Reza · 30-May-06, 04:31 PM

Thats a mighy good idea but unfortunatley I only have 1 drive and a couple of external hard disks so the USB bandwidth would be a major limiting factor.

Cheers for the info though!

Sn0wMan · 30-May-06, 05:45 PM

This might be helpful... http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm

The Dragon Reborn · 31-May-06, 02:15 PM

I use Tweak XP Pro to "tweak" my "system cache"... If you have 1GB or more of memory it really
pays off to have a program like this "auto load" certain key parts of Windows XP into the ram.....
can't really determine what it does..(which parts it loads into the memory)... and...it takes up a bit of time when loading Windows, of course, but when you multitask a lot, it really pays off, imho.... in my case it sure works out well!

Since this is a commercial program... you need to ask yourself if you'd rather buy this or put your
"pagefile" on some super speedy "Raptor".... it doesn't need to be big... just fast....

TDR

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Reza Apex Elite Expert Tech	Pagefile question? Just a quick question, if I turn the windows page file off will it force windows to load all that crap into the ram or not? Should i increase the pagefile to its maximum or minimum or turn it off?

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30-May-06, 02:00 AM		#2 (permalink)
Hibiki Apex Tech Maniac Supreme	Leave it on automatic, some programs will refuse to work without a page file.

30-May-06, 02:48 PM		#3 (permalink)
THRiLL KiLL PcApEX's PuNK ROckER	automatic is good.. but cane be a nightmare... if for some reason you get a bad sector on the hdd and its in the part where the page file resides... it can cause a assload of issues... and its hard to track down.. what i would recommend... make the page file 2.5x times bigger then the amount of memory... and make the min size and max size the same...

30-May-06, 02:59 PM		#4 (permalink)
Reza Apex Elite Expert Tech	Thanks for the advice guys, i'll set it up how you suggested.

30-May-06, 03:00 PM		#5 (permalink)
hartigan Apex Tech God	and if available, locate your pagefile on a separate physical drive from the one on which you installed Windows. IE: Windows is installed on drive c:\ and you have another physical drive called d:\. Clear the pagefile from c:\ and place it all (2.5x physical memory) on drive d:\ ONLY do this if another PHYSICAL drive is available, not just another partition. Google for more detailed directions for Pagefile Optimization. -hartigan

30-May-06, 04:31 PM		#6 (permalink)
Reza Apex Elite Expert Tech	Thats a mighy good idea but unfortunatley I only have 1 drive and a couple of external hard disks so the USB bandwidth would be a major limiting factor. Cheers for the info though!

30-May-06, 05:45 PM		#7 (permalink)
Sn0wMan Apex Tech Demi-God	This might be helpful... http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm

31-May-06, 02:15 PM		#8 (permalink)
The Dragon Reborn Apex Elite Expert Tech	I use Tweak XP Pro to "tweak" my "system cache"... If you have 1GB or more of memory it really pays off to have a program like this "auto load" certain key parts of Windows XP into the ram..... can't really determine what it does..(which parts it loads into the memory)... and...it takes up a bit of time when loading Windows, of course, but when you multitask a lot, it really pays off, imho.... in my case it sure works out well! Since this is a commercial program... you need to ask yourself if you'd rather buy this or put your "pagefile" on some super speedy "Raptor".... it doesn't need to be big... just fast.... TDR