page file only on system drive. is it okay?

[Julio Andretti]

is it okay to activate page file only on C: drive? what's the disadvantage?

 

[Orbital Shark]

The page file will work fine on C drive. The advantages of having it on another drive is to reduce disk access when using applications.

 

[swarfega]

Its ok, but not ideal.

If you have the pagefile set with variable min/max settings then it will likely cause fragmentation of the drive slowing the access times up after a while. Ideally you want the pagefile on its own hard drive if you can afford that or on a dedicated partition on a second hard drive.

Ive moved both pagefile and indexing off c: drive to help alleviate useage of c:.

 

[Julio Andretti]

thanks, so I better put a pagefile on each partition right?

 

[Orbital Shark]

You only need 1 page file if you boot from just the 1 hard drive.

 

[swarfega]

You only need one pagefile and it can be anywhere you desire.

 

[Julio Andretti]

okay, I just put one pagefile on C: which is in my Seagate80GB(contains C: & D: )
and another one on I: which is in my Seagate160GB(contains I: & J: ). That's what u guys mean, isn't it?

 

[r00o9huy]

Pagefile on a second partition on the same HDD is no advantage. Then let it on your C: partition.

If you have a second HDD it is a small advantage to put it there.... if u don t have two HDDs... let it on C: :sarc:

 

[Julio Andretti]

okay, I get it, thank u guys.

 

[swarfega]

yeah put it on i: or j:

 

[bloke]

hey i am getting this issue with 7100 fresh install, the pagefile is set up exactly how i had it on 7057 but i get this error whenever booted into 7.

my laptop has 7057 and that has the same error as well? no sure what is causing it as i said it is the same setup i had in 7057 without problems.

 

[bilbat]

[img=http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/5363/drivescheme.jpg]
gives these speeds:
http://www.sevenforums.com/performa...-your-hard-drive-performance-9.html#post68760

 

[weh]

Some guidelines for your pagefile:

See: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/7434-page-file-question.html#post73481

 

[marttie]

I made a 3.4 gig partition in my second Phys. hdd only for the page file (2048-2048) , 4096 Phys. noticed slight imrovement like ~250MB..

Should i shrink it below 3gb or leave it as it is ?
thanks in advance :sarc:

 

[bloke]

I made a 3.4 gig partition in my second Phys. hdd only for the page file (2048-2048) , 4096 Phys. noticed slight imrovement like ~250MB..

Should i shrink it below 3gb or leave it as it is ?
thanks in advance :sarc:

some people think the rule of thumb is 1.5 time your physical ram size.

 

[marttie]

some people think the rule of thumb is 1.5 time your physical ram size.

Thanks mon it went even better dividing it to 1.5

 

[DJG]

Never mind this comment, already covered .

 

[swarfega]

You dont devide it you multiply it: ram * 1.5 = result

 

[bloke]

yeh what he said.

so am i right in saying i have 4gb ram using that theory i would use a p/f of 6gb?

 

[weh]

yeh what he said.

so am i right in saying i have 4gb ram using that theory i would use a p/f of 6gb?

Yes, that's the 'safe' choice that covers most situations fairly well.

There are a number of ways to fine tune your page file setting, but they require a little understanding of how windows and your applications work and how you use your machine. If you want to delve further, see the link in my post earlier in this thread to another thread on page files.