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Windows Forum / Windows XP / General Topics 2 / May 2008Use installed memory first
Is there a sure way to set your computer to use installed memory before using the page file on the hard drive in XP? Thank you, David > Is there a sure way to set your computer to use installed memory before > using the page file on the hard drive in XP? > > Thank you, > David Isn't XP supposed to use the RAM in preference to the pagefile? I have read of times where this is not the case, but those are rare. Jim >> Is there a sure way to set your computer to use installed memory before >> using the page file on the hard drive in XP? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > of times where this is not the case, but those are rare. > Jim My vote is Ram before drive. It does use RAM first. > Is there a sure way to set your computer to use installed memory before > using the page file on the hard drive in XP? > > Thank you, > David > Is there a sure way to set your computer to use installed memory before > using the page file on the hard drive in XP? It already works that way, and there's nothing to set. What makes you think otherwise? Be sure you are not confusing page file *allocation* with page file use. Windows *does* allocate page file space in anticipation of possibly needing to use it, but that's very different from page file use. That pre-allocation saves you time if it turns out that it needs to use it, but costs you next to nothing if you don't need it.  SignatureKen Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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