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yogi1771

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is it better to have ur virtual memory in a different partition than where ur operating system(win xp) is installed what r the advantages
 
Having it on another partition could possobly prevent fragmenting of the PF....

If its on its own partition, access to the PF will also be faster :)

If you have 2 hdd's set it on both, if you do the VMM (virtual memory manager) will choose which hdd is least busy when writing/accessing PF
 
On windows, it may be better to keep a fixed swap file on your most used partition. If the file is on its own partition, the hard drive needle would have to continuously move back and forth from different sectors on the hard drive. But then a seperate swap partition has its advantages, perhaps you could try and see which suits your usage.
 
If its on its own partition, access to the PF will also be faster
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Only if the partition is on a separate harddrive from the one most in use.
Eg you can put windows and pagefile on one harddrive (physical) and apps on another.
Framkly, with modern harddrives, there is very little to gain or lose. HDDs no longer wear out so fast, and OSes are designed such that thrashing etc rarely occurs anyway, so seek time is not much of an issue.
Just try, and keep whatever suits your individual config.
 
i always keep the PF on a different physical drive..have noticed very little performance boost, but its there nonetheless.
 
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