Right click on the My Computer icon, select Properties, then
the advanced tab. It is under virtual memory on the
performance button.
Search in Windows Help for virtual memory [aka swap file].
also,
To change the size of the virtual memory paging file
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the
Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If
your computer is connected to a network, network policy
settings might also prevent you from completing this
procedure.
1.. Open System in Control Panel.
2.. On the Advanced tab, under Performance, click
Settings.
3.. On the Advanced tab, under Virtual memory, click
Change.
4.. Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that
contains the paging file you want to change.
5.. Under Paging file size for selected drive, click
Custom size, and type a new paging file size in megabytes in
the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, and then
click Set.
If you decrease the size of either the initial or maximum
page file settings, you must restart your computer to see
the effects of those changes. Increases typically do not
require a restart.
Notes
a.. To open System, click Start, click Control Panel, and
then double-click System.
b.. To have Windows choose the best paging file size,
click System managed size.
c.. For best performance, do not set the initial size to
less than the minimum recommended size under Total paging
file size for all drives. The recommended size is equivalent
to 1.5 times the amount of RAM on your system. Usually, you
should leave the paging file at its recommended size,
although you might increase its size if you routinely use
programs that require a lot of memory.
d.. To delete a paging file, set both initial size and
maximum size to zero, or click No paging file. Microsoft
strongly recommends that you do not disable or delete the
paging file. [don't worry about turning the page {swap}
file off on an external drive]
BTW, your external drive isn't running checkdisk when
Windows boots next because until Windows boots the USB
external drive isn't mounted.
message
| How do I turn swap files off (if indeed I have any?)
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote:
|
| > Unless the external hard drive is the boot drive, check
disk
| > should run from within Windows if you turn any swap file
off
| > on that drive.
| >
| >
| > Open My Computer, select properties on the external
drive
| > and then the tools tab.
| >
| >
| >
| > message
| >
| > |I am getting some error messages about my external hard
| > drive which ask me to
| > | run chkdsk. This I have tried to do through My
Computer -
| > but it asks me to
| > | schedule it to run on the next restart. This I do.
| > However, when I then
| > | restart my pc chkdsk does not appear to run and I get
the
| > same error
| > | messages. Any ideas how to get chkdsk to run?
| >
| >
| >
