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Forum : Windows XP Support
Pagefile and dual boot
From: ralph Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 10:12:35 -0400 This is a dual boot system with Windows XP Pro installed on both bootable partitions. There is one hard drive with five partitions. Both operating systems use the same letter designations. The two operating systems use volumes C and D. Volumes E, F and G contain data. Volume E is seldom accessed. Currently volumes C and D have their own page files (on the same volume as each opeating systems). In order to save some space on C and D, I I would like to remove the page files from C and D and create a page file on E. If I do this, may I use the same page file for both operating systems? I find this to a bit confusing and I would very much appreciate detailed instructions for doing this. thanks.....ralph See in-line below. ralph wrote: Yes. Just set the pagefile for each operating system in the usual manner: System Properties>Advanced>Performance>Advanced>Virtual Memory. It's usually best to keep a small pagefile on the system partition, this pagefile is needed to capture memory dumps on system failure. Having the pagefile on a partition other than the system partition on the same disk is usually not a recommended practice, it would be best to move it to a different hard disk. You may see a performance hit when you do this, how much of a hit you see will depend on how much memory you have in the computer and how you use your computer. If you have lots of RAM or if you only do light work with the computer the hit may not be noticeable or hardly noticeable at all. John |
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