Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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I was wondering if there was a performance gain by placing the swap file on a seperate partition on the same HDD as the O/S? I was reading an article on MS, http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314482
And it states
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To enhance performance, it is good practice to put the paging file on a different partition and on a different physical hard disk drive. That way, Windows can handle multiple I/O requests more quickly. When the paging file is on the boot partition, Windows must perform disk reading and writing requests on both the system folder and the paging file. When the paging file is moved to a different partition, there is less competition between reading and writing requests.
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Worth it?
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Ian
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You only get the speed increase if you use two physical drives. Two partitions on the same drive won't be any faster.
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John
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I've never noticed any difference even on different drives.
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
You only get the speed increase if you use two physical drives. Two partitions on the same drive won't be any faster.
Ian, the quoted area, does that make sense at all? says it is quicker as the drive does not have to jump about so much in the system partition when read-writing
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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you wont notice any difference
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Cybermonkey
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What if i run the VTEC software? will it get faster once i hit 6000rpm?
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Steve
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no, your pc will blow up and this may happen
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Cybermonkey
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LOL
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BlueCorsa
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Just upgrade to Vista and use ReadyBoost to move your swap file to a USB memory key 
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by BlueCorsa
Just upgrade to Vista and use ReadyBoost to move your swap file to a USB memory key
WTF for?
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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So that the memory can corrupt and bugger all your data in the arsehole with a 4ft black dildo.
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Cybermonkey
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