NTFS or FAT32 for pagefile drive. 3

[ballbearing]

I have 2 HDs - 1 with XP using NTFS system. Does it matter if the other drive uses NTFS or FAT32 for it's pagefile?

BTW..I've just re-installed XP using NTFS for the first time. I've noticed that unless I let Windows manage the pagefile on the second drive, and specify NO pagefile for drive C: everything is fine. But, if I SPECIFY a min and max for drive 2, doesn't work. It invariably will put a pagefile.sys on C: drive and none on drive 2, even though it shows correctly in control panel. In other words, Strange to me.

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[wolluf]

Is second hard drive JUST a pagefile? (just your post makes it sound like that). If so, is it an older, smaller, SLOWER drive (don't put pagefile on it if this is case - just use it as spare capacity - or don't use it at all -it wil slow your system down).

NTFS is more reliable filestore than fat32.

 

[ballbearing]

Have to admit..hadn't thought about that. Actually the second drive is partitioned into 2 drives...8 or so gigs of backup stuff and left 1 gig for pagefile only. I'm sure you can see, judging from the capacity, it is not a new drive. Maybe I'll just reclaim it and put more "stuff" on it. (c:

Thanks for the tip.

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[Jasen]

Keeping the page file on a second drive will definitely speed up access times when paging memory. I'd suggest using NTFS, set the cluster(block) size to 64k when you format it (especially if you have it on it's own partition), and manually set the min and max size of the page file to the same amount, the max size you want page file to be.
That's about as speed optimized as you'll get it, without putting it on a RAID.
I always keep my page file on a secondary drive.

 

[ballbearing]

I do have a RAID but no slots for it now. (Suppose I could remove the SantaCruz sound card and use the ESS built-in sound card.) Do you suppose it would be worth my efforts to use the RAID card?

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[linney]

An excellent article by Daniel Petri may help you.

How can I optimize the Windows 2000/XP/2003 virtual memory (Pagefile)?

http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm

 

[Jasen]

I do have a RAID but no slots for it now. (Suppose I could remove the SantaCruz sound card and use the ESS built-in sound card.) Do you suppose it would be worth my efforts to use the RAID card?

eh, really not worth all that effort just for the page file. Won't increase speed enough. Especially if you have enough RAM.

 

[ballbearing]

Thanks for the tip, Jason. I have 512mb (dinosaur by today standards) but I figure if I keep messing with it, it'll only go downhill from here. (experience talking, here).

You're right, linney ..that IS a good article. Thanks all.

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