moving XP page file

[toomyg]

I got two HD on my windows XP PC the first is 40GB this is were XP lives and I got another 4.3GB I use just for storage of pictures and programs and just plain ol stuff

Now I,m wondering if I were to move the page file to the 4.3GB hard drive will that make windows XP faster or NO

It seems like it would because then windows would be able to find files faster then instaed of pageing and finding files you'd think



Thanks

[Tuf]

Yes it can make Windows faster to move it to another drive. BUT it needs to be on it's own partition on the other drive and the other drive needs to offer as much or more performance than the drive Windows in installed on. That other drive should be on another channel from the one with the OS.

If you throw it over to a partition that has other data it will have the same fragmentation problems as having it on the current drive. Plus that 4.3GB drive is likely to be ATA33 at best. If your mobo supports faster drives and your main one is faster as well you may be better off leaving it alone.

I think the best solution if you don't have enough IDE ports to have each drive on their own channel is to use an IDE controller card with two channels and put one drive an each channel. Then put your swap on the first partition on the second drive.

[toomyg]

The 4.3 GB harddrive is conected to the same cable as the 40GB so in other words I'd have too connect the 4.3 to it's very own IDE controller board?


are these IDE controller's hard to install and can they just connect to a PCI slot it I get one?

[Tuf]

If it were me I would put them both on a controller card each on their own cable. The controller cards are very easy to install. Just load the driver and turn off the computer stick the card in and reboot.

Is the 4.3 as fast as the 40?

[toomyg]

Is the 4.3 as fast as the 40? not sur of that YET but I'm almost sure theres only 1 place for a cable and it forkes off into two


I'll have to open it again and check

Thanks

[Tuf]

Honestly I don't think the speed advantage is worth the cost unless you frequently work with very large files. Of course if you don't do tasks that are very disk intensive you may not be able to tell the difference anyway.

[toomyg]

Your right Ya I think I'll leave it alone it runs great as it is (knok on wood