----- Original Message -----
Brad Loomis:


> For my Windows partitions, I would like to hear what
> people have to say about setting up the swap file partition. I presently
> have 64MB RAM. So listers, what do you suggest I make my swap file
partition
> size? Presently I have a 160MB D: on the one SCSI drive in the system
(the
> IBM). It boots off the IDE, C:. What would be the recommended size should
I
> go to 128MB?
> Thanks


Hi, the method I've borrowed from Microsoft's Direct Access Tech
Support is:
   Total Ram x 2.5 = minimum and maximum
In your case:
              64 x 2.5 = 160MB
The reason I stated minimum and maximum, apparently, the fact Windows
constantly resizes its swap file also leads to numerous other small
problems.
By forcing an "ideal" size based on your ram, fragmenting caused by the
virtual memory resizing will be reduced. If you're familiar with editing
your
Sys.ini file you can allocate a min/max paging file for your boot drive as
well.
           In the file sys.ini locate the header [386Enh] and add the
following
at the end:
              MinPagingFileSize=16384
              MaxPagingFileSize=16384

By default windows does not set a limit on the hard drive paging file and
tends to allocate more than needed. This paging file uses your ram instead
of your hard drive. 16384 (16MB) is an "ideal" size for non-servers. Of
course, you must have at least 16MB ram to make this entry and preferably
64MB or more to benefit. 16MB was calculated as follows:
             (Total ram) divided by 4 = min/max paging file size
                                 (64MB / 4   =  16MB) x 1024 = 16384

CAUTION:

     Depending on how many programs use virtual memory as startup
programs can slightly increase a chance of a program not loading
correctly after changing the swap file size (virtual memory). If this
happens simply remove/disable your startup programs in your
startup folders or using the MSCONFIG utility, reboot and then
re-enable your startup programs. This is very rare but can happen
on boot drives with little free space.
     Also, if you're not familiar with backing up and editing your
sys.in you should leave this process to someone experienced.

hope this isn't to confusing
-yui shin

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