Using USB drive for virtual memory

[John Smith]

I have a spare 1 GB USB drive. Is it a good idea to use it for
virtual memory? I read an article which said it's a good idea to
use a USB drive for virtual memory because the OS would run
faster. But I notice that deleting files from my USB drive seemed
to be slow, even slower than deleting from HD.

[Yves Leclerc]

I've already asked this question before. Every answer I got back was that it
should not be done. The virtual memory drive needs to be always available.
USB drives may get turned off, disabled or not always show up.


On 18/11/2006 John Smith > wrote:
>I have a spare 1 GB USB drive. Is it a good idea to use it for
>virtual memory? I read an article which said it's a good idea to
>use a USB drive for virtual memory because the OS would run
>faster. But I notice that deleting files from my USB drive seemed
>to be slow, even slower than deleting from HD.
>
>

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