Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 swap file note Message-ID: Date: 12 Jun 90 23:17:22 GMT References: <25913@cc.usu.edu> <31502@ut-emx.UUCP> Sender: news@seri.gov (news [NO CHARGE]) Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 42 allred@ut-emx.UUCP (Kevin L. Allred) writes: >In article <25913@cc.usu.edu>, JRD@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik) writes: >> >> Has anyone else noticed that the large swap file created by Windows >> 3.0 installation is a (large) fraction of the contiguous free space on drive >> C, but that it can be changed? I created a contiguous file on another drive, >> named it the same as the original hidden swap file and deleted the original. >> Windows continued to work. That also means one can create a swap file of >> any desired size by manual means (programming, copy with concatenation, >> subtrafuge with Norton's Utilities on an old unneeded file, etc). You can create one as large as the largest contiguous block of free space, but Windows will only use 16 MB. >Has any one tried to make a separate partition for just the swap file? >If you put it right after the C: partition the head wouldn't have to >move far to find it, and it never would get fragmented or possibly >damaged by other files. This would of course require a complete >backup and new trip through FDISK, but I wonder if it wouldn't be >worth the trouble to isolate the swaping file. Two points. The swapfile never moves and will never get fragmented. Also, if you get FASTTRAX, you can say where you want any files to be physically located on the drive. You can put it right next to the FAT. With FASTTRAX, you won't need to reformat your disk and you'll get a great disk optimizer to boot. It is also a hidden, system file, so it is unlikely to get messed with. Oops. I guess that was three things. Well, I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition. 8-) Now that I think about it, when the manual says don't move it, they may mean don't move it physically in addition to putting it in a different directory. If that is the case, use FASTTRAX to create a large free space at the beginning of the disk. Then windows will select it for the swapfile when you create it. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Engineer VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future