-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Partitioning
- From: dsw32952 <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:06:24 -0400
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
Don
Gman wrote:
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>> Oooops. I confused two computers. The third drive is in the Dell, not
>> the HP.
>>
>> Anyway, the settings currently show a green dot for drive C (vista boot
>> partition) and drive D (data drive) in the No Page File radio button and
>> no green dot in the button for drive E (XP Pro boot partition). If I
>> understand correctly that means the page file is currently located on
>> the XP partition. (drive C and E are partitions on one drive and D is a
>> separate drive)
>>
>
>
> The two OS's will likely have different locations for their respective
> pagefiles. Be sure to investigate the settings for each individual OS to be
> sure where each one os storing their pagefiles before making plans. XP's
> pagefile will likely be stored on the C: volume and Vista will likely store
> its copy on the D: drive. Since the D: volume is on a separate physical
> drive, Vista may instead be storing it elsewhere.
>
>
>
>> I think I might take about 5GB from the XP partition for a partition to
>> move the pagefile to. Currently the page file size is 2096MB to 4092
>> MB. Recommended size is 4413 MB.
>>
>
>
> Not a bad idea if you can afford the space.
>
>
>
>> IIRC you said the performance gain in moving the file is minimal
>> especially if moved to a drive that sees a lot of use. But using a
>> separate partition on the same drive would save time during defrag. I
>> gotta go back and find exactly what you said.
>>
>
>
> If it's on the same physical drive, there will be little to no difference in
> performance. However, if it's stored on its own dedicated volume, it will
> not become overly fragmented anywhere near as quickly. The only competition
> for space will be the Recycle Bin and System Restore areas. System Restore
> should be turned off and the Recycle Bin should be set to the absolute
> minimum size allowed for that partition within BOTH operating systems.
>
>
>
>> Again, IIRC at some point somebody said that it would be a good idea to
>> set your minimum file size to the same number as your maximum file
>> size.... apparently this would sharply reduce fragmentation of the file
>> without any performance loss.
>>
>
>
> It will force the pagefile to always remain the same size while will nearly
> eliminate fragmentation. However, it will also have your system performing
> less than optimally more often than it would otherwise. This advice was
> really valid back in the days of Win9x, but not so much within the NT world.
> NT-based OS's handle the pagefile much better than 9x handled its swapfiles.
>
>
>
>> Don
>>
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