Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ub!ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu!v027ef3u From: v027ef3u@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Thomas L Daniels) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Best place for swapfiles Message-ID: <50067@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Date: 9 Dec 90 08:01:55 GMT Sender: news@acsu.Buffalo.EDU Reply-To: v027ef3u@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu Organization: University at Buffalo Lines: 14 Nntp-Posting-Host: ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS V1.3-4.4 Couple of questions concerning the best time and place to creat swapfiles: 1) should they be on the same drive as data and other things which change and possibly fragment or should I stick it on my program partitions (80 meg drive split into 1 meg dos, 50 program 29 data)? 2) I seem to remember someone recommending installing windows and swapfile before anything else and then using Speed Disk to compact the whole thing followed by installing the rest of the programs. 3) Will any of this make a noticable difference or am I just being anal about it all? Tomas v027ef3u@ubvms My views are my own. I especially like this view out the kitchen window.