To disable the prefetcher:
Start > run >regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \
Control \ SessionManager \ Memory Management \
PrefetchParameters
Double-click the EnablePrefetcher value (remember the value
that EnablePrefetcher is set to!)
Change the Value data to 0 to disable the prefetcher, 1 to
prefetch applications only, 2 prefetch boot only, 3 is
default and does both
Close the registry editor and reboot the computer for the
changes to take effect
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<Rfdjr1@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:18vc409995f9irp6iu9hmdl9tpfbm1mn7m@4ax.com...
| Thanks. I have 1Gb of RAM. Where would I disable page
filing in
| Windows XP if I wanted to try that?? I have a 120Gb hard
drive in two
| equal partitions. Is this a folder I should look for and
maybe move to
| the partition that doesn't have the operating system on
it? Or does
| that only help if I have as you mentioned, two physical
drives?
|
| >On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 09:22:43 -0500, Rfdjr1@optonline.net
wrote:
| >
| >>What is PF Usage that I see in the Performance tab of
Task Manager? I
| >>tried a Googles search but other than a lot of people
discussing what
| >>their PF Usage is, I can't find a definition. Mine is
running about
| >>173Mb right now. Thanks.
| >
| >PF refers to the Windows swap file, also known as the
paging file.
| >This is a file space on your hard drive which is
allocated to be used as virtual memory by the operating
system.
| >Virtual memory functions as RAM, but uses hard drive
space instead of standard RAM. Virtual memory is markedly
slower
| >than RAM.
| >Depending on how much physical RAM you have, you may want
to try running Windows without a paging file altogether. Not
| >recommended for less than 1024 MB of memory, however.
| >
| >Ideally, you would want the paging file on its own
separate partition, placed at the beginning of the drive.
This
| >improves seek times and guards against fragmentation. If
you have two or more hard drives, place the paging file on a
| >separate partition, at the beginning of the drive, and on
the non-system physical drive. This will greatly improve
| >performance as the system can utilize both drives at the
same time for different functions.
|
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