The new drive can be configured to either C: or D: Since I'm reloading the OS, I can do whatever I want with these drives. I just want to optimize for using Office. I've never worked with files so big before and of course, Office, as with all MS products is a resource hog whatever app you use. =20 -----Original Message----- From: Paul Winkfield [mailto:paladin007@xxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 5:17 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Office Advice Opps! I didn't ask if the '10' was still the C drive...if so I'd follow Dian's advice, but I'll move the swap file to new drive and since you'll have 512 ram, make swap 800-1gig static. you can use the system to monitor swap to fine tune. Use minimum of resources for display or set for best performance, and turn unneeded services to manual or disable, that'll help your multi-tasking. <paul> /g said: The new drive is 7200. The "old" 10gb is about 2 years old and is 7200 as well. ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************