moving swap/hibernate file to improve performance

flez

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can i move the swap and hibernate files to another physical drive?

well ok i know the swap will, but i am having problems trying to move the hibernate one.
 

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As far as I know the hibernate file has to be on the same hard drive and partition as the OS itself...the page file (like you found out) can go anywhere
 

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Moving the hibernate file is not going to improve performance. Unlike the page file it is not used until you go into hibernation.
 

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