Originally posted by XtremeMorph
Swapping file cause your disk to be badly fragmanted.
this is an obsolete notion, and has been definattively proven incorrect...do not lower your page file, do not set your page file to a static size, do not alter the default.
as has been discussed, windows is an excellant manager of all memory, this is most important with the page file.
The page file does not fragment... an old notion... well proven incorrect...the page file does not prevent the usage of ram...the page file simply makes disc space available, it doesn't use the space it makes available unless it needs to, and then it's ready and speeds your os.
Skip that old notion of static page file...it's a wives tail in xp. Some experts actually know it's a wives tail, but continue to endorce the tweak for pridefull reasons.
Here's what most people don't understand...xp is under the impression that if you have a bunch of ram, you will need a bunch of ram...now that's true, otherwise why did you get a bunch of ram?...it therefore expects that the day will come, when you are going to need xp to put this ram somewhere, so it is always ready for that day...if you tryto circumvent the effort, xp will say "tough luck" , and it will page somewhere else besides the page file, and that'll be a performance hit...if you are not short on disc space, let the os decide what's best for the os
the page file will be defaulted at the recomended 1.5 of the ram, and will not change, unless you are in need of a bigger page file, so why on earth would you change that very usefull safety net, it will not become dynamic, unless it needs to, in order to keep you from freezing or crashing...all discussed
here