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Old January 1st 05, 08:31 PM
Bob
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On my old laptop with Win 98 if i added ram i had to first delete the save
to disk partition and reset it to compensate for the added ram. Is this also
the case for Win xp? If so how?

Thanks
Bob


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Old January 1st 05, 09:01 PM
Ken Blake
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In news:9MDBd.18610$fe5.18448@trndny06,
Bob typed:

On my old laptop with Win 98 if i added ram i had to first
delete the
save to disk partition and reset it to compensate for the added
ram.
Is this also the case for Win xp? If so how?



Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "delete the save to
disk partition." Can you elaborate?

But, no, you don't have to do anything in Windows XP when you add
RAM.

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Old January 1st 05, 09:18 PM
Bob
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I don't know if its the same for desktops but,on my older laptop (with Win
98) when i added ram i had to recreate the save to disk partition (a
partition on the hard drive specifically for hibernating) otherwise it would
not hibernate. Is there such a partition in Win xp?

Thanks
Bob


"Ken Blake" wrote in message
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In news:9MDBd.18610$fe5.18448@trndny06,
Bob typed:

On my old laptop with Win 98 if i added ram i had to first delete the
save to disk partition and reset it to compensate for the added ram.
Is this also the case for Win xp? If so how?



Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "delete the save to disk
partition." Can you elaborate?

But, no, you don't have to do anything in Windows XP when you add RAM.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup



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Old January 1st 05, 09:48 PM
Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers
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Hi,

No, WinXP uses a hiberfil.sys file that exists on the root of the boot
partition. It will be dynamically recreated to accomodate the new ram when
you restart the system.

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www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Bob" wrote in message
news:OsEBd.21039$EL5.9687@trndny09...
I don't know if its the same for desktops but,on my older laptop (with Win
98) when i added ram i had to recreate the save to disk partition (a
partition on the hard drive specifically for hibernating) otherwise it
would not hibernate. Is there such a partition in Win xp?

Thanks
Bob


"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...
In news:9MDBd.18610$fe5.18448@trndny06,
Bob typed:

On my old laptop with Win 98 if i added ram i had to first delete the
save to disk partition and reset it to compensate for the added ram.
Is this also the case for Win xp? If so how?



Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "delete the save to disk
partition." Can you elaborate?

But, no, you don't have to do anything in Windows XP when you add RAM.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup





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Old January 1st 05, 10:14 PM
Ken Blake
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Default Hibernating Laptops

In news:OsEBd.21039$EL5.9687@trndny09,
Bob typed:

I don't know if its the same for desktops but,on my older laptop
(with
Win 98) when i added ram i had to recreate the save to disk
partition
(a partition on the hard drive specifically for hibernating)
otherwise it would not hibernate. Is there such a partition in
Win xp?



No. The hibernation file, hiberfile.sys, has to be in the root
folder of the boot partition.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...
In news:9MDBd.18610$fe5.18448@trndny06,
Bob typed:

On my old laptop with Win 98 if i added ram i had to first
delete
the save to disk partition and reset it to compensate for the
added
ram. Is this also the case for Win xp? If so how?



Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "delete the save to
disk
partition." Can you elaborate?

But, no, you don't have to do anything in Windows XP when you
add
RAM.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup



 




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