Swap Partition/drive in Windows

[USSEnterprise]

I know that when you set up a Linux system, it has you dedicate a whole partition of your drive to swap file. Can the same be done in Windows, or could you actually dedicate a seperate drive to swap?

[_Iz-]

Yes, you can do the same in windows. Just create the new partition and move the swap file into it.


[Create Windows Managed Pagefile(s)]
Start menu, Settings, Control Panel, System applet, Advanced tab,
Performance - Settings button, Advanced tab, Change button, on the Virtual
Memory dialogue, first select a drive from the list, then click the
radio-button 'System managed size', press the Set button. select the next
drive from the list, System managed size, press Set, and so on. when you're
done, press OK, OK, OK. a restart will likely be required.

TIP - do NOT forget to press the SET button after configuring the pagefile
for each drive, (many people forget to press SET)

[coasternuts]

Just out of curiosity, how big is your page file?

192MB here.  I run lots of apps though, and I think this might be a tad small.

[USSEnterprise]

800MB

[quarterback]

The swapfile is called PAGEFILE.SYS, right?

Mine is set for my C-drive, but I can't find it anywhere   Where is it?  I figured it'd just be in the root or C:/windows/