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Swap area is in 3 parts
I may have asked this before....and my system is working okay,
but a defrag shows the swap area to be split into three non- contiguous parts. It ain't broke so it don't need to be fixed, but it would probably be more efficient if it was all one big swap area. Esthetically, too. Any MVP comments or advice? -- William B. Lurie |
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Swap area is in 3 parts
Hi
Have you had a look at the following article by Alex Nichol: "Virtual Memory in Windows XP" http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php -- Will Denny MS-MVP - Windows Shell/User Please reply to the News Groups "William B. Lurie" wrote in message ... I may have asked this before....and my system is working okay, but a defrag shows the swap area to be split into three non- contiguous parts. It ain't broke so it don't need to be fixed, but it would probably be more efficient if it was all one big swap area. Esthetically, too. Any MVP comments or advice? -- William B. Lurie |
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"Will Denny" wrote in message ... Hi Have you had a look at the following article by Alex Nichol: "Virtual Memory in Windows XP" http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php -- Will Denny MS-MVP - Windows Shell/User Please reply to the News Groups "William B. Lurie" wrote in message ... I may have asked this before....and my system is working okay, but a defrag shows the swap area to be split into three non- contiguous parts. It ain't broke so it don't need to be fixed, but it would probably be more efficient if it was all one big swap area. Esthetically, too. Any MVP comments or advice? -- William B. Lurie Yes William, you have asked this before and it was answered very satisfactorily. But I am of course biased as I think I gave the best answer! However I note that you are soliciting answers from MVPs so presumably solutions put forward by mere mortals are ignored. AS you may not have even read my suggestion it was to put the swap file in a separate partition of it's own preferably on a separate HDD. The swap file will then remain contiguous if that's what floats your boat. Richard. |
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Swap area is in 3 parts
"William B. Lurie" wrote in message ... I may have asked this before....and my system is working okay, but a defrag shows the swap area to be split into three non- contiguous parts. It ain't broke so it don't need to be fixed, but it would probably be more efficient if it was all one big swap area. Esthetically, too. Any MVP comments or advice? -- William B. Lurie In another thread you said, "...I had an I.Q. of 189 in the days when those tests meant anything..." It appears that you might have omitted a decimal point between the "8" and "9." Otherwise, you would have known to search for your previous post on the same subject, which was answered. You would also know that there is nothing to be gained in performance by reuniting a swap file that's in only three fragments, and that there's also nothing to be gained by compulsive defragging. That leaves aesthetics, and if you are concerned only with appearances, you have a personal problem that's off-topic here. |
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Swap area is in 3 parts
Richard wrote:
"Will Denny" wrote in message ... Hi Have you had a look at the following article by Alex Nichol: "Virtual Memory in Windows XP" http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php -- Will Denny MS-MVP - Windows Shell/User Please reply to the News Groups "William B. Lurie" wrote in message ... I may have asked this before....and my system is working okay, but a defrag shows the swap area to be split into three non- contiguous parts. It ain't broke so it don't need to be fixed, but it would probably be more efficient if it was all one big swap area. Esthetically, too. Any MVP comments or advice? -- William B. Lurie Yes William, you have asked this before and it was answered very satisfactorily. But I am of course biased as I think I gave the best answer! However I note that you are soliciting answers from MVPs so presumably solutions put forward by mere mortals are ignored. AS you may not have even read my suggestion it was to put the swap file in a separate partition of it's own preferably on a separate HDD. The swap file will then remain contiguous if that's what floats your boat. Richard. Sorry, Richard, on several counts. I thought I had saved the prior responses. MVP as a matter of deference, no insult intended. I now recall your suggestion......but on a one-hard-drive system, I might find it awkward to put .swp in a separate partition....and, to do so I'll have to open a new thread and inquire how....... -- William B. Lurie |
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Swap area is in 3 parts
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Richard typed: AS you may not have even read my suggestion it was to put the swap file in a separate partition of it's own preferably on a separate HDD. The swap file will then remain contiguous if that's what floats your boat. Putting the page file in a separate partition of its own is *not* a good idea. It puts it farther from the other frequently used used files on the drive, thereby increasing the time it takes for head movement to and from it and hurting performance. Putting the page file on a seomcd *physical* drive, if you have one, *is* a good idea, since that decreases head movement to and from it. Keeping the page file contiguous is not a particularly valuable thing to do, since access to it is mostly random anyway. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Swap area is in 3 parts
William, you could drive at your IQ and never get a ticket. Even in a
school zone. "Raymond J. Johnson Jr." wrote in message ... "William B. Lurie" wrote in message ... I may have asked this before....and my system is working okay, but a defrag shows the swap area to be split into three non- contiguous parts. It ain't broke so it don't need to be fixed, but it would probably be more efficient if it was all one big swap area. Esthetically, too. Any MVP comments or advice? -- William B. Lurie In another thread you said, "...I had an I.Q. of 189 in the days when those tests meant anything..." It appears that you might have omitted a decimal point between the "8" and "9." Otherwise, you would have known to search for your previous post on the same subject, which was answered. You would also know that there is nothing to be gained in performance by reuniting a swap file that's in only three fragments, and that there's also nothing to be gained by compulsive defragging. That leaves aesthetics, and if you are concerned only with appearances, you have a personal problem that's off-topic here. |
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Swap area is in 3 parts
The IQ test had an overflow error and wrapped around.
"Raymond J. Johnson Jr." wrote in message ... "William B. Lurie" wrote in message ... I may have asked this before....and my system is working okay, but a defrag shows the swap area to be split into three non- contiguous parts. It ain't broke so it don't need to be fixed, but it would probably be more efficient if it was all one big swap area. Esthetically, too. Any MVP comments or advice? -- William B. Lurie In another thread you said, "...I had an I.Q. of 189 in the days when those tests meant anything..." It appears that you might have omitted a decimal point between the "8" and "9." Otherwise, you would have known to search for your previous post on the same subject, which was answered. You would also know that there is nothing to be gained in performance by reuniting a swap file that's in only three fragments, and that there's also nothing to be gained by compulsive defragging. That leaves aesthetics, and if you are concerned only with appearances, you have a personal problem that's off-topic here. |
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Swap area is in 3 parts
Ken Blake wrote:
In , Richard typed: AS you may not have even read my suggestion it was to put the swap file in a separate partition of it's own preferably on a separate HDD. The swap file will then remain contiguous if that's what floats your boat. Putting the page file in a separate partition of its own is *not* a good idea. It puts it farther from the other frequently used used files on the drive, thereby increasing the time it takes for head movement to and from it and hurting performance. Putting the page file on a seomcd *physical* drive, if you have one, *is* a good idea, since that decreases head movement to and from it. Keeping the page file contiguous is not a particularly valuable thing to do, since access to it is mostly random anyway. Thank you, Ken, for the concise answers, especially since they include the *why*. -- William B. Lurie |
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"Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , Richard typed: AS you may not have even read my suggestion it was to put the swap file in a separate partition of it's own preferably on a separate HDD. The swap file will then remain contiguous if that's what floats your boat. Putting the page file in a separate partition of its own is *not* a good idea. It puts it farther from the other frequently used used files on the drive, thereby increasing the time it takes for head movement to and from it and hurting performance. Putting the page file on a seomcd *physical* drive, if you have one, *is* a good idea, since that decreases head movement to and from it. Keeping the page file contiguous is not a particularly valuable thing to do, since access to it is mostly random anyway. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup Ken, I agree with you entirely as regarding a swap file in a separate partition on a single drive. However doing so would definitely fulfil W B Lurie's requirement of a contiguous swap file for cosmetic reasons, I use the word cosmetic because even with his towering intelligence W B L might not recognise the term "aesthetic". With the current performance available from hard drives and their inbuilt buffering I doubt that there would be any noticeable change in actual measured performance wherever the swap file was located or it's degree of fragmentation. For some time now I have been fairly sure that WBL is nothing more than a reasonably successful troll. For someone with his claimed I Q score of 189 he regularly shows a remarkable lack of insight and finds it very hard to follow detailed instructions through to a successful conclusion. Perhaps he should think carefully on the wisdom of claiming such a high score. It puts him in the top rank of all people currently living. Hmm I don't think so ! Long live the MVPs and all the freely given advice that they provide. Richard. |
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Swap area is in 3 parts
"William B. Lurie" wrote:
I may have asked this before....and my system is working okay, but a defrag shows the swap area to be split into three non- contiguous parts. It ain't broke so it don't need to be fixed, but it would probably be more efficient if it was all one big swap area. Esthetically, too. Any MVP comments or advice? Swap file fragmentation is right up there with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny - lots of hype and very little substance. The only possible circumstance where this could have any performance impact would be if a single swap file action - read or write - involved accessing two or more of the parts of the swap file for items that would be contiguous if the file was all in one place. As swap file read/write actions are normally done in quite small amounts, most often only a few kilobytes, the prospects of this happening are quite remote. The best solution for all performance related issues regarding the swap file is to have sufficient RAM so as to eliminate the need for Windows to actually move active memory content to and from the swap file. You can check to see how much active memory content is actually contained in the swap file by using a free utility written by MVP Bill James. Get it from http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm or from http://billsway.com/notes_public/WinXP_Tweaks/ Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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Swap area is in 3 parts
Ron Martell wrote in
: "William B. Lurie" wrote: I may have asked this before....and my system is working okay, but a defrag shows the swap area to be split into three non- contiguous parts. It ain't broke so it don't need to be fixed, but it would probably be more efficient if it was all one big swap area. Esthetically, too. Any MVP comments or advice? Swap file fragmentation is right up there with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny - lots of hype and very little substance. The only possible circumstance where this could have any performance impact would be if a single swap file action - read or write - involved accessing two or more of the parts of the swap file for items that would be contiguous if the file was all in one place. As swap file read/write actions are normally done in quite small amounts, most often only a few kilobytes, the prospects of this happening are quite remote. The best solution for all performance related issues regarding the swap file is to have sufficient RAM so as to eliminate the need for Windows to actually move active memory content to and from the swap file. You can check to see how much active memory content is actually contained in the swap file by using a free utility written by MVP Bill James. Get it from http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm or from http://billsway.com/notes_public/WinXP_Tweaks/ Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada Here is a free tool to defragment your swap and other system files: http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr...gedefrag.shtml |
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William B. Lurie typed: Ken Blake wrote: Putting the page file in a separate partition of its own is *not* a good idea. It puts it farther from the other frequently used used files on the drive, thereby increasing the time it takes for head movement to and from it and hurting performance. Putting the page file on a seomcd *physical* drive, if you have one, *is* a good idea, since that decreases head movement to and from it. Keeping the page file contiguous is not a particularly valuable thing to do, since access to it is mostly random anyway. Thank you, Ken, for the concise answers, especially since they include the *why*. You're welcome, William. Glad to help. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Richard typed: "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , Richard typed: AS you may not have even read my suggestion it was to put the swap file in a separate partition of it's own preferably on a separate HDD. The swap file will then remain contiguous if that's what floats your boat. Putting the page file in a separate partition of its own is *not* a good idea. It puts it farther from the other frequently used used files on the drive, thereby increasing the time it takes for head movement to and from it and hurting performance. Putting the page file on a seomcd *physical* drive, if you have one, *is* a good idea, since that decreases head movement to and from it. Keeping the page file contiguous is not a particularly valuable thing to do, since access to it is mostly random anyway. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup Ken, I agree with you entirely as regarding a swap file in a separate partition on a single drive. However doing so would definitely fulfil W B Lurie's requirement of a contiguous swap file for cosmetic reasons, OK. It sounded to me like you were recommending it. If not, then I'm glad we agree. I use the word cosmetic because even with his towering intelligence W B L might not recognise the term "aesthetic". With the current performance available from hard drives and their inbuilt buffering I doubt that there would be any noticeable change in actual measured performance wherever the swap file was located or it's degree of fragmentation. You're right that it's entirely possible that any performance difference might be so slight as to be unnoticeable. Many people these days have enough RAM so that the page file is hardly used anyway. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Ken Blake wrote:
In , Richard typed: "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... In , Richard typed: AS you may not have even read my suggestion it was to put the swap file in a separate partition of it's own preferably on a separate HDD. The swap file will then remain contiguous if that's what floats your boat. Putting the page file in a separate partition of its own is *not* a good idea. It puts it farther from the other frequently used used files on the drive, thereby increasing the time it takes for head movement to and from it and hurting performance. Putting the page file on a seomcd *physical* drive, if you have one, *is* a good idea, since that decreases head movement to and from it. Keeping the page file contiguous is not a particularly valuable thing to do, since access to it is mostly random anyway. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup Ken, I agree with you entirely as regarding a swap file in a separate partition on a single drive. However doing so would definitely fulfil W B Lurie's requirement of a contiguous swap file for cosmetic reasons, OK. It sounded to me like you were recommending it. If not, then I'm glad we agree. I use the word cosmetic because even with his towering intelligence W B L might not recognise the term "aesthetic". With the current performance available from hard drives and their inbuilt buffering I doubt that there would be any noticeable change in actual measured performance wherever the swap file was located or it's degree of fragmentation. You're right that it's entirely possible that any performance difference might be so slight as to be unnoticeable. Many people these days have enough RAM so that the page file is hardly used anyway. By the way, Ken, as a parting note: I added a 2nd(Slave) drive and BIOS-booted to its OS. Swap file remained on the Master. I shut down, disconnected the second drive, fired up the Master again... and now the swap file is all in one piece. Some people may feel otherwise, but I feel that the inquiry elicited some answers with useful, educational content. -- William B. Lurie |
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