- pagefile.sys on maxtor usb disk ?
- Posted by srp@lycos.co.uk on November 5th, 2005
I had this working the other day , I'm sure , however at the moment
Windows Xp does not seem to want to create a pagefile.sys on my USB
drive, despite my settings . Can someone help ?
Simon
- Posted by David H. Lipman on November 5th, 2005
From: <srp@lycos.co.uk>
| I had this working the other day , I'm sure , however at the moment
| Windows Xp does not seem to want to create a pagefile.sys on my USB
| drive, despite my settings . Can someone help ?
|
| Simon
You should NOT create a Virual Memory swap file on a removable media as a USB hard disk.
Only internal hard drives.
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Dave
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http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
- Posted by Richard Urban on November 5th, 2005
Placing a pagefile on a USB drive will have an adverse impact on your
computer performance.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
<srp@lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I had this working the other day , I'm sure , however at the moment
> Windows Xp does not seem to want to create a pagefile.sys on my USB
> drive, despite my settings . Can someone help ?
>
> Simon
>
- Posted by Ron Martell on November 7th, 2005
srp@lycos.co.uk wrote:
>I had this working the other day , I'm sure , however at the moment
>Windows Xp does not seem to want to create a pagefile.sys on my USB
>drive, despite my settings . Can someone help ?
>
>Simon
Windows XP does not support the use of a page file on a removable
drive. Period.
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
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In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
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