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    swap file partition

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by greenleaf9, Jul 29, 2010.

  1. greenleaf9

    greenleaf9 Newbie

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    Are there any benefits in using a separate partition for the swap file when you only have one physical hard drive?
     
    greenleaf9, Jul 29, 2010
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Nope. (filler to hit 10 chars per post)
     
    Greg, Jul 29, 2010
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    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    There is one VERY small advantage, if you use imaging software to backup your primary partition. It reduces the size of the image a bit. I have two partitions, one for the OS and APPS and a second for data. The C: partition is backed up via imaging software. The D: (data) partition is backed up by syncing files to an external drive. I put the pagefile on the D: drive to reduce the size of the image file and exclude the pagefile from the sync process.

    I would NOT recommend creating a second partition just to house the pagefile. There is no performance advantage at all.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Jul 29, 2010
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    pstrisik Notebook Evangelist

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    A second (small) advantage is that you can keep an unfragmented swap file if you use a fixed size the same size as the partition.

    Of course, you can defrag the page file on the main disk and, if it is a fixed size, I don't think it will get fragmented anyway.
     
    pstrisik, Jul 30, 2010
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