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swap file setting in wind98se.

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by pscraja

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I have a system with celeron 1.1mhz,256mb ram, 80gb hard disk, working on windows 98se. Frequently I was getting resources low problem.

I had recently reinstalled 98se in a new hard disk and I tried to change the virtual memory settings. In spite of changing the setting, the new settings donot take place. Earlier I was able to do.

Will someone suggest how to avoid resetting of the virtual memory setting after setting to the new values. and also suggest the values I should put.

I have in memory the antivirus and popup killer programs as I used to have earlier when I didn't face this problem.

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by hal 9000

Set a Ninimum Swap File Size and then aq Maxinum Swap File size. Most people just go to the Max size and forget about the Minimum side.

M$ recomed that the minimum size should be 1.5 - 2 times that actual memory installed and the Max size should be something in excess of 2.5 times the actual memory installed or biggger depending on what is required.

I hope this helps you.

Incidently if you where to post thsi in the Q & A section you would get an automatic e-mail responce whenever someone posts an answer so it is generally much faster for you as you get people in you're time zone answering you're questions instead of someone half way around the world and anything up to 20 hours different.

Col

by thechas

There are 2 good articles on page file (virtual memory settings.

The more detailed is at www.aumha.org

A brief article is on a link at www.bootdisk.com

2 other things come to mind that can effect your problem:

First, if you have more than 511MB of RAM installed, reduce the amount of RAM.
There is a bug in the W9X core code that can cause a number of resource issues with more than 511MB of RAM.

Second, Windows 98 can have issues with drives that are larger than 32GB.
I personally would partition an 80GB drive into a minimum of 3 drives for a Windows 98 system.
Then, you could dedicate say a 2GB partition to the page file and allow Windows to control the settings on it's own.

Like Colin said, you will usually get more and faster responses to technical questions if they are posted in the Technical Q&A section.

Chas

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