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Should I put my page file on its own partition?

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Mar 15, 20266922 views
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I have enough room on my OS hard disk to make a separate partition for the page file, but my power supply isn't enough to give it its own drive. Is it better to put the Windows page file on its own partition, reducing fragmentation of the other partitions but increasing disk seek time (?), or to pu…

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I set the page / swap file to a fixed size so it isn't growing and potentially using other sectors on the hard drive. A separate disk is better than a separate partition, but the performance and maintenance gains are minimal for the effort. How much…

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