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Date:	Sun, 14 Nov 2004 21:15:03 PST8
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: OT: W2K pagefile.sys

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Jeffrey Race wrote:

> Setting up a test W2K partition on my TP, I find it puts pagefile.sys,
> apparently a swapfile, on a FAT32 partition created by the IBM
> recovery disk.
>
> It is taking up 905 mb, which is too much and I don't want any FAT32
> partitions anyway.
>
> Can I get some wisdom on how small I could make this file, and whether
> I can convert the partition to FAT? (Problem is it messes up the
> drive letters).

Hi Jeffrey,

I run W2K, but am far from learned in it. If memory serves, MS wants the
swapfile for this OS to be 1.5 x installed memory. I don't know exactly
how much smaller one can make it, but I believe there is a No Swapfile
option, though this isn't recommended. You do have considerable
discretion as to *where* you locate the Pagefile (which partition).
Pushing it into a regular FAT partition is -- I'm reasonably sure -- going
to be a bad idea . . . though I couldn't tell you why. W2K and XP work
best with NTFS.

HTH.

Jordan

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