I agree with Jim. This is the biggest reason I set my swap file size. If
you let windows manage the size then it will write it wherever it wishes on
the C drive. When you defrag such a C drive it takes forever.

You can also increase performance by putting the swap file on it's own
partition. The best solution is to put the swap file on the first partition
of the second physical hard drive running as a master on the secondary
channel of your controller. This will allow both the operating system files
and the swap file to be accessed simultaneously. Will you notice a
performance difference? On a modern PC with 64 megs of ram or more probably
not. But try this on a older Pentium or better yet 486 and you will notice
a difference.

Still I recommend at the very least setting your swap file size to a fixed
amount for housekeeping purposes.

Mark Rode
The NoSpin Group


>The big advantage to setting a fixed size swap file is that
>it does not shrink or grow.  Therefore.... once you defrag
>the disk, the swap file will remain in one location and only that
>one location.  Much more efficient this way.
>
>Jim Meagher
>
>From: "Hal Trachtenberg" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > Hi Richard,
> > First let me ask you why would you want to change your swap file setting?
> > But if you do intend to do it then the swap file should be 2.5 times the
> > amount of Ram you have.

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