I have upgraded my RAM, and have a fixed paging file. When I made my page file a fixed size, I used the RAM as a reference for how large my page file should be. Now I have done another upgrade, should I leave the page file alone [it's almost 2GB's min and max], or should I make it larger? For me, I like the fixed page file.

Also, should my slave drives have page files of their own? Confused? I am!:rofl:
Orphelia

Originally Posted by Orphelia

I have upgraded my RAM, and have a fixed paging file. When I made my page file a fixed size, I used the RAM as a reference for how large my page file should be. Now I have done another upgrade, should I leave the page file alone [it's almost 2GB's min and max], or should I make it larger? For me, I like the fixed page file.

Also, should my slave drives have page files of their own? Confused? I am!:rofl:
Orphelia

you can leave it alone for now, the amount of ram you have should diminish the need for a larger one. if your other drives just store data, you dont need a seperate page file for them, though you CAN create one if the need arises.

Originally Posted by jazzman

you can leave it alone for now, the amount of ram you have should diminish the need for a larger one. if your other drives just store data, you dont need a seperate page file for them, though you CAN create one if the need arises.

Thank you Mr Jazzman, and how would I know if the need arises? You know how I like to know everything???? If I put CS2 on one of the partitions, should I put a page file with it? I don't like Photoshop on my main drive.:roll:

Thank you for the quick answer....

Originally Posted by Orphelia

Thank you Mr Jazzman, and how would I know if the need arises? You know how I like to know everything???? If I put CS2 on one of the partitions, should I put a page file with it? I don't like Photoshop on my main drive.:roll:

Thank you for the quick answer....

you would know if you see significant decreases in performance when running the app, try going without creating a page drive for the drive with Photoshop on it first, if it hangs or is slow, then go ahead and create on for that drive. :P

Originally Posted by jazzman

you would know if you see significant decreases in performance when running the app, try going without creating a page drive for the drive with Photoshop on it first, if it hangs or is slow, then go ahead and create on for that drive. :P

Thank you......:wave:

Originally Posted by Orphelia

Thank you......:wave:

anything for you cherie'

Here's a good read about ram and paging files Orphelia.http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php