I would leave the virtual memory set as it is for now, but
you should read the article
at
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm for a complete
explanation.
You need to keep at least 15-25% free disk space so that
Windows is able to write temp files quickly and also to
allow defrag to run [ that requires 15% free]. You should
clear temp files and run disk cleanup and defrag regularly.
Rebooting the computer before doing disk cleanup will allow
temp files to be closed and then deleted.
Having a laptop is a great convenience and can be essential
"on the road" for data collection and downloading your
photos or using the scanner. But you should really consider
a desktop for "home" use. If mobility is needed, they do
make desktop replacement laptops, that are larger, have
faster CPUs and more memory and can do just about anything a
desktop can do, but at a higher price.
--
Merry Christmas
Have a Safe and Happy New Year
Live Long and Prosper
Jim Macklin
"Claudia Sheridan" <
[email protected]>
wrote in message
| Thanks Ken and Jim. I was hoping for some miracle cure
short of buying a
| new laptop :-( You mention the paging file - this is
something I altered
| about a month ago following various guidelines to have it
approximately
| double my RAM. I went into Windows virtual memory
settings and set both the
| minimum and maximum to 1000MB. I wasn't even thinking
about photo-editing -
| I was just doing what I thought was best for Windows - but
do you think I
| should create different settings than normal for this page
file given that I
| primarily use it for photos? I have a 20 GB hard drive
(although it shows
| as 18.6GB in "My Computer"), with 11.1 GB currently free,
so as you can see
| I am very tidy with my disk space! I have 512MB RAM. So
should I increase
| the parameters of the virtual memory?
|
| --
|
| ´~°^§§§ Posted by Claudia §§§^°~´
message
| | > In | > Claudia Sheridan <
[email protected]>
typed:
| >
| >>I have heard some talk about creating a separate drive
for storing
| >> graphics and music files and I was wondering if anyone
knew why this
| >> is? I am working with a lot of image files at the
moment via both a
| >> digital camera and a scanner and when I work with them
it slows down
| >> my laptop big time when have Internet Explorer and
other programs
| >> running at the same time. (I use Ulead Photoimpact to
edit them).
| >> Could this be improved if the image files, or even the
entire
| >> photo-editing apps and files were all installed on
another partition
| >> (ie. that I would have one drive letter dedicated
solely to image
| >> work)?
| >
| >
| > No. Whatever benefit there might be (probably little, in
my view) to
| > creating a separate partition for these have to do with
organization and
| > backup techniques.
| >
| > Partitioning like this will not improve performance.
Working with image
| > files is slower than with text files because image files
are usually
| > bigger (thus taking up more memory, and thereby creating
the need for
| > extra paging) and because it's a CPU-intensive process.
| >
| > --
| > Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
| > Please reply to the newsgroup
| >
| >
|
|
