C:/ Too Small

[99shassan]

I recently had about 356mb on my harddrive. My swap file used to be around 127mb. After I installed my hp printer, I only have like maximum of around 60mb on my harddrive. My swap file is now a whopping 344mb! How do I cut the space down?

[ilw]

in XP:
control panel -> system (in classic view) -> Advanced -> PErformance -> Advanced -> Page file

Other versions of windows should (optimistically) be similar, btw 344 doesn't sound huge to me

[hungrylilboy]

whats the "rule" for memory to page file size? something to something?

[cwctv]

3 times the size of system (ram) memory you have.

[hungrylilboy]

thanks

[clocker]

Originally posted by hungrylilboy@28 June 2004 - 14:33
whats the "rule" for memory to page file size? something to something?
Depends on who you ask.
I've read everything from zero ( assuming physical RAM in excess of 512MB) to 1.5x RAM.
Try what you like and see what happens.

[Peerzy]

What do you gain by upping it? I as far as i know have never bother altering it.

[tesco]

I like to use around half my ram size for a pagefile size on my computer.

On my other ones, it is just a bit more than the total amount of ram.

They are all set to 300mb....

edit: Oh yeah, and use the same number as min and max, it stops fragmentation, which means it can be read faster, and makes system performance faster.

[XxKrNxStyLeZxX]

i dun get this whole thing...can someone please explain all this page hard drive stuff to me?? thx

[tesco]

Originally posted by XxKrNxStyLeZxX@28 June 2004 - 17:32
i dun get this whole thing...can someone please explain all this page hard drive stuff to me?? thx
It is explained the best I could do in my pinned guide (link in sig). :)

[XxKrNxStyLeZxX]

hmm....im still confused....i have 1 gb of ram, how should i change my page file or whatever? does this help make yor computer faster?? thx for the help

[foot loose]

turn off system restore this frees up more space

[XxKrNxStyLeZxX]

if I turn it off, does that mean i cant make a restore point or restore it to an early point? cuz i sometimes need that...oh and can someone tell me how to set up my page file thing?

[clocker]

The size and configuration of the page file is the subject of heated debate.
EVERYONE will tell you the "best way " to manage it, problem is, they will tell you different things.

Try whatever seems most logical to you and then change as necessary.
It's not going to make a huge ( or even noticable) difference anyway...as long as the system doesn't start griping about low memory, you'll never tell.