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There seems to be some disagreement on whether or not you need a pagefile in XP if your system has large amounts of RAM.
Microsoft says they don't advise the disabling of the pagefile (the no pagefile setting). However according to their formula your pagefile should be 1.5 X your installed RAM. This, to me, makes no sense - that means someone with 128megs RAM - pagefile should be 192, and someone with 768megs - pagefile should be 1152. Now common sense dictates that the person with 128 RAM needs a larger pagefile than the person with 768 RAM.
I personally have 768megs of RAM and have had pagefile disabled right from the start, (XP recommends 1150 pagefile - right in line with the above formula) I have had NO problems whats so ever with it disabled. For more info on WinXP pagefile and other memory issues check here:
http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/memory-winxp/
Microsoft says they don't advise the disabling of the pagefile (the no pagefile setting). However according to their formula your pagefile should be 1.5 X your installed RAM. This, to me, makes no sense - that means someone with 128megs RAM - pagefile should be 192, and someone with 768megs - pagefile should be 1152. Now common sense dictates that the person with 128 RAM needs a larger pagefile than the person with 768 RAM.
I personally have 768megs of RAM and have had pagefile disabled right from the start, (XP recommends 1150 pagefile - right in line with the above formula) I have had NO problems whats so ever with it disabled. For more info on WinXP pagefile and other memory issues check here:
http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/memory-winxp/