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29-Sep-2005, 03:11 AM #1
Question Program/file/memory Allocation Between Hard Drives???
Hello everyone,

I am basically a novice I would like to seek advice from all of you knowledgeable members.

I have to disc drives (C: & D. The free space availalble is pretty lob-sided with C: only 48% free space but D: over 90%.

Qestions:
a. Does this effect my PC's performance by being so lop-sided?... is it better to balance the free space out?

b. recommendations on what should be on C: and what should be on D:?

c: I've tried to change the Virtual Memory to be on D: drive... is this OK? (it was originally on C:

Thank you in advance for your time


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29-Sep-2005, 02:22 PM #2
It won't change your performance, 48% free is just fine.

Moving the paging file won't help your performance, if that's what you're trying to accomplish.
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29-Sep-2005, 05:23 PM #3
Noted... thank you.

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01-Oct-2005, 08:26 PM #4
Actually changing the Drive your paging file is on CAN improve your performance. it all depends on what you're doing. If the files you are accessing are primarily on the C Drive, and you toss the paging file onto the D Drive (assuming that they are actually separate PHYSICALLY, and not merely a single drive partitioned into two), then you won't hit the slow down (albeit it isn't MUCH of a performance hit usually) of your HDD reading/writing to the page file, WHILE reading/writing the data you're messing with.

Course if you're like me you just disable your paging file alltogether. Things are a lot nicer that way ^_^
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01-Oct-2005, 10:09 PM #5
Well, I strongly suspect that this case is a single partitioned drive. In any case, with any reasonable amount of memory, any performance gains by placing the paging file on a separate spindle would have to be measured with a microscope.
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02-Oct-2005, 12:10 AM #6
In some cases. But you also have to consider, if you're squeezing every last bit of RAM, and every last tiny little hert out of your machine, those negligible gains add up quick.
^_^

Course on the downside, when you're like me and you disable your paging file without bothering to actually tweak your system, after playing WoW for a few hours.... well..... Let's just say that running around in IF isn't a good idea if you intend to keep playing. My system is gross with how much junk I let run in the background. I'm about to say to heck with it, format, tweak out my system, grab a decent firewall that take up almost no resources, and call it good. Screw all this paranoia protection junk, not like I really need it anyway. I don't really do anything to put myself at that kind of risk. All I need is something monitoring network traffic, and I'm good.

Problem is I'm just lazy LOL.
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