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12-24-10, 02:23 AM | #106 | ||||
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Then in the course of doing more searching regarding speeding up response times in general, I saw something in a thread here about the power management settings and a lightbulb went on over my head. I checked and sure enough it was set to power down the hard drives after 20 minutes of inactivity. So I'd find and run a setup file saved on the external drive, and by the time I finished getting the reinstalled program up and running to spec on the C drive and went back to look for something else on the backup drive, it would've powered down again. I changed the settings and it's been a LOT better since. Quote:
Oh and that bit at the bottom of the Virtual Memory settings, where it gives "total paging size file for all drives" - does that mean it's the Minimum and Recommended size allotted across all disks on the system? Is it recommending 9214 MB total split between all disks that have a page file on them if there's more than one? That always confuses me. Do those numbers really matter all that much (aside from the minimum allowed)? |
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12-24-10, 02:57 AM | #107 |
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Well like the document advises, a page file 1.5x the RAM should be enough, especially in a system like yours where avalable RAM is not an issue. It's the recommended total, so all page files added up/total virtual memory, no matter how you spread them/it out.
What I've done now is make a set page file on a separate drive in a dedicated partition, like I mentioned before, and set it to system managed for C:. The document seems to indicate Windows will prefer the set-size one on the other disk, since that doesn't contain boot/system files and sees less traffic as a result. That way Win always has 2 options to work with and the chance of running out of space is essentialy non-existent, while allowing it to use the less-used disk at that moment for the paging. Think that'll work out nicely. It even worked perfectly without the bit on C:, but maybe now that it has another option things will be even smoother.
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12-24-10, 03:20 AM | #108 |
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That makes sense as far as setting up the files on both drives, but if you want the total page file size to equal a particular amount (1.5xRAM, or the OS's recommendation, whatever) how do you arrive at a size for the one you customize if the system is managing the other? When you select that option for C: does it give you a size so you can adjust the file on the other drive accordingly to come to the desired total?
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12-24-10, 03:26 AM | #109 |
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Mam,is this tread sticky,
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You can either ignore it or subtract that from the total desired amount. I'm just going to ignore it. From what I understand the custom one will be the one used normally, while the system-managed one on C: will only play a role for a memory dump in the event of a crash, and perhaps when you set the system to suspend or the other drive is just too busy to accomodate read/write to the drive. To avoid fragmentation, you could manually set the one on C: to match your amount of RAM, plus a little breathing room, setting min and max the same so it doesn't expand. (it's actually 4.01GB here)
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12-24-10, 03:59 AM | #111 |
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I just reset it to system-managed on C: and it allocated 6 GB, so it looks like it does go by how much RAM is installed.
I think I will set it a bit higher just for the breathing room, lol, and then go ahead and set up another page file on a separate partition on the other drive and see what happens. Glad to know I can also use that drive just for game installations too - I definitely want to get in the habit of NOT installing them in Program files! |
12-24-10, 04:14 AM | #112 |
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Good habit, at the very least you'll get around any permission issues with UAC.
The way i have it now is 64GB C: and 532GB D: partition on primary 640GB drive. C: houses OS and programs, D: houses data that is accessed rarely (installers, back-ups, etc). 2nd 640GB drive has 10GB P: partition for page file only and G: is 586GB for games. 3rd drive is single 931GB (1TB) E: partition for media. So if it's playing back music or video, it shouldn't interfere with OS and game activity.
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12-24-10, 04:35 AM | #113 | |
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12-24-10, 04:41 AM | #114 |
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Yep, got everything in storage. Driver packages for this board, the previous one and any I ever worked with, basically. If anyone ever comes back with trouble, everything's handy. Plus installers for just about anything I ever used and every image/save-file/what-have-you (and since forgot about).
Though I usually end up re-downloading to make sure it's up to date, but should internet ever fail it's not an issue. So much space going to waste though.
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I took the plunge and moved to 64-bit (dual boot), expecting a whole heap of problems. Had no problem at all. A lot of my hardware doesn't have specific 64-bit drivers but they worked fine. Just make sure your proc and motherboard support 64-bit. Your processor does alright.
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01-12-11, 10:41 AM | #119 |
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What I need to think of is something Discworld related, in tribute to the fact that I used to call one of my drives HEX, except I've named the computer HEX, so I need something else. I need to read up on Hex again and see if I can come up with something. Last edited by frau kaleun; 01-12-11 at 10:54 AM. |
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