-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Partitioning
- From: Don <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:30:39 -0400
Having problems creating new partitions for the page files. After
shrinking each partition I tried to merge the two so I could then split
it into the sizes I wanted. One partition was marked as unallocated and
the other as a logical drive. they would not merge. Not with
anything... XP disk manager, Vista disk manager or Acronis disk
Director. They got formatted, deleted created and everything else I had
access to in the menus but nada!
I put them back into the partitions they came out of and will try
something different.... just don't know what yet.
Don
Gman wrote:
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> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
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>> OK... finally had time to go exploring for the pagefiles...
>>
>> When booted to XP Pro the pagefile is located on the XP Pro drive and
>> sized 2046 to 4092 MB. Total paging file for all drives: Min 2MB,
>> Recommended 4413 MB, and currently allocated 2046.
>>
>> When booted to Vista x64 the pagefile is located on the Vista drive and
>> sized as system managed. Total paging file for all drives: Min 16MB,
>> Recommended 9019 MB, and currently allocated 6313.
>>
>> I think I will take a total of 25GB from the two drives and create two
>> partitions of 10GB and 15GB for XP and Vista respectively. That will
>> give a little extra head room for both "just in case".
>>
>> I would just make a single partition but I don't know if the two would
>> coexist peacefully on the same partition.
>>
>
>
> It can be done using separate folders for the two files, but that will
> remove some of the advantages (i.e. fragmentation would increase)
>
>
>
>> IIRC I saw a setting somewhere that would allow me to tell the system
>> NOT to display selected drives in the explorer folder tree. I will set
>> those two to not be displayed.
>>
>
>
> TweakUI 2.10 has this feature. I don't know if the non-MS TweakUI's have
> it.
>
>
>
>> Because the Data drive has all my data and program files folder on it I
>> don't think there would be any performance advantage to putting the
>> pagefiles there since it will be busy enough with a pagefile to worry
>> about. Plus, with separate smaller partitions defrag will be quicker on
>> main drives and probably seldom need defragging themselves.
>>
>
>
> Correct. The ideal is for the pagefile to be on its own partition on a
> separate physical drive (separate the seeking on info). Barring separate
> drives, the next best thing is to have it by itself on it's own partition.
> Barring that, avoid combining it on a partition with anything that is often
> accessed (again, to keep down fragmentation). Smaller partitions always
> lend themselves to faster AV, AM, CHKDSK, Defrag and 'other' scans.
>
>
>
>> As to recycle bin size, I will have to go look for the setting and
>> minimize it. But since I will never have anything there to toss into
>> the bin will it not always be its minimum size anyway? Or does the
>> pagefile delete it self at some point?
>>
>
>
> I believe the RB won't allow individual partitions to have a 0MB size unless
> you remove it for ALL volumes. That means you'll be stuck with the smallest
> size allowed, even if you prefer 0MB for that volume. The pagefile does not
> delete itself, so that volume's RB will likely never be put to use.
>
>
>
>> Turn off System Restore? I thought that was a system setting not a
>> drive setting. Wouldn't the Restore files stay on the system drive?
>>
>
>
> Go into Control Panel's System Properties and you'll see a System Restore
> tab that lets you turn off SR for individual volumes. Turn it off for the
> pagefile drive(s), but leave it on the ones you still wish to protect.
>
>
>
>> Don
>>
>
>
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