Page File Size?
I have 1GB RAM. When setting a custom page file size what should I set the inital size and the maximum size to? (XP Home Edition and this is my system specs)
Roo
I have 1GB RAM. When setting a custom page file size what should I set the inital size and the maximum size to? (XP Home Edition and this is my system specs)
Roo
AndrewP posted this at 16:10 — 19th March 2007.
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Microsoft suggest that this is set at a minimum of 1.5 times the amount of memory on your computer.
As you have 1024Mb of memory on your machine then you should set this at a minimum of 1536Mb.
The maximum recommended is 3 times the amount of RAM. This would be 3072Mb.
Therefore try starting off at 1536Mb and set it higher if you feel the need to
Hope this helps
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jv16 posted this at 13:54 — 6th May 2007.
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On the other hand, if you allow the page file to be resized by the system it can cause a lot of hard disk fragmentation. To avoid this, you can set the same value as the minimum and maximum.
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