assign a drive to windows swap file

sucur.m · 03-15-2009, 03:13 AM

How can I assign a drive to Windows swap file? I would like to make a USB Flash drive do the swapping.

**lorjack** · 03-15-2009, 11:21 AM

Right click my computer select properties > click advanced tab > click settings under performance > click advanced tab > click change button. Here you can modify your virtual memory settings

**djaburg** · 03-16-2009, 09:27 AM

You do realize that putting your swap file on a usb drive will effectively slow your system down due to the limited bandwidth, right?

sucur.m · 03-18-2009, 05:41 AM

Actually, I stumbled upon another problem I did not expect, it is that USB drives do not seem to be capable of giving the signal necessary to switch the computer off (when swap file resides on them).
As for the bandwidth, I should think the hard disk bottleneck, having to perform I/O "simultaneously" in order to swap, would be a greater obstacle.

**lorjack** · 03-18-2009, 10:16 AM

It depends what type of hard drives and flash drives that you are using

03-15-2009, 03:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
sucur.m Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Win 2000	assign a drive to windows swap file How can I assign a drive to Windows swap file? I would like to make a USB Flash drive do the swapping.

03-15-2009, 11:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
lorjack TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,205 OS: Windows 2K, XP Pro sp3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu	Re: assign a drive to windows swap file Right click my computer select properties > click advanced tab > click settings under performance > click advanced tab > click change button. Here you can modify your virtual memory settings

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djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,321 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: assign a drive to windows swap file You do realize that putting your swap file on a usb drive will effectively slow your system down due to the limited bandwidth, right? __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.

03-18-2009, 05:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
sucur.m Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Win 2000	Re: assign a drive to windows swap file Actually, I stumbled upon another problem I did not expect, it is that USB drives do not seem to be capable of giving the signal necessary to switch the computer off (when swap file resides on them). As for the bandwidth, I should think the hard disk bottleneck, having to perform I/O "simultaneously" in order to swap, would be a greater obstacle.

03-18-2009, 10:16 AM	#5 (permalink)
lorjack TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,205 OS: Windows 2K, XP Pro sp3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu	Re: assign a drive to windows swap file It depends what type of hard drives and flash drives that you are using