I just upgraded to windows xp but I am not happy with the= performance of it. seems like its much slower than my original setup with win98se. I have 152mb RAM and 30gig of hardisk space (partitioned c: 20gig and d: 10gig). should I repartition the= 20gig c: drive for faster setup? what is the recommended swapfile for= this setup? thanks gratchie > >2. If you don't have much RAM installed, consider adding more= (I >suggest a >total of 2-3 times the amount recommended on the Windows retail= box >if you >want to prevent additional programs from bogging down the= system). >If you >decide you're unable to do that for any reason (cost, lack of >available >memory slots, etc.), consider setting up a second partition just= for >your >swapfile to prevent it from ever becoming fragmented. In most >cases, I >recommend setting up this partition to be 3 times the amount of= RAM >you have >installed, since there are a number of variables, get in touch before >following this advice and we'll figure out the best size for= your >system). >Once the OS is installed, let me know and I'll show you how to= move >the >swapfile to this new partition. > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/