Well that seem to clear it up once and for all ! Its always nice to understand why not to do something (use a partition), because that then empowers you to ignore the advice where applicable. I think this is certainly an option in my case and I will implement it right away. anyhow the most regular stress this system is likely to get is a bit of powerpoint presentations, some occasional gaming and graphics but not much of either. and it has 500 meg of ram anyhow. so I will set a minimim on C drive and a large one on the data partition Thanks again (now I just have to get this damn network printer working lol) At 10:59 AM 7/07/2004, you wrote: >In a message dated 7/6/04 4:57:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > >>In a previouis message it was suggested to not move the swapfile to another >>partition. I only have one physical drive with 3 partitions. Id quite like >>to move the swapfile to the data partition but now im not sure if its ok to >>do that. > > ><http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=move+XP+pagefile+to+another+partition>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=move+XP+pagefile+to+another+partition > >Where is the page file? > >The page file in XP is a hidden file called pagefile.sys. It is >regenerated at each boot there is no need to include it in a backup. To >see itt you need to have Folder Options | View set to âShow Hidden and >System filesâ, and not to âHide Protected mode System filesâ.In >earlier NT systems it was usual to have such a file on each hard drive >partition, if there were more than one partition, with the idea of having >the file as near as possible to the âactionâ on the disk. In XP the >optimisation implied by this has been found not to justify the overhead, >and normally there is only a single page file in the first instance. >Where do I set the placing and size of the page file? > >At Control Panel | System | Advanced, click Settings in the >âPerformanceâ Section. On the Advanced page of the result, the current >total physical size of all page files that may be in existence is shown. >Click Change to make settings for the Virtual memory operation. Here you >can select any drive partition and set either âCustomâ; âSystem >Managedâ or âNo page fileâ; then always click Set before going on to >the next partition. >Should the file be left on Drive C:? > >The slowest aspect of getting at a file on a hard disk is in head movement >(âseekingâ). If you have only one physical drive then the file is best >left where the heads are most likely to be, so where most activity is >going on on drive C:. If you have a second physical drive, it is in >principle better to put the file there, because it is then less likely >that the heads will have moved away from it. If, though, you have a modern >large size of RAM, actual traffic on the file is likely to be low, even if >programs are rolled out to it, inactive, so the point becomes an academic >one. If you do put the file elsewhere, you should leave a small amount on >C: an initial size of 2MB with a Maximum of 50 is suitable so it >can be used in emergency. Without this, the system is inclined to ignore >the settings and either have no page file at all (and complain) or make a >very large one indeed on C: > >It seems to me that it is an option that will provide the additional space >you need on C:\ ........... and for the price of a possible minor decrease >in performance. Space or Performance... which do you need most ??? > > > > > > > > > > Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com