USB drive as pagefile drive

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You really wouldn't want to. If something were to happen (USB removed,
etc.) you would get data corruption or crashes. Also, it may be slower
than using the hard drive. You might use it as ReadyBoost.
 
Hi,

I am just trying to make the response time fast. My notebook can only
accommodate up to 2GB of RAM. I just experimented in disabling the page file
and it made a lot of improvements to the performance of my PC. The problem
that I am encountering now is that applications tend to close (out of memory)
sometimes. Now, I am trying to experiment if putting the pagefile to a fast
drive (USB or SATA drive) will help.

Thanks for all your inputs. I guess I will just use my current drive for the
pagefile.

What is the most effective pagefile size for my notebook? (2GB RAM)
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Hi Alvin,

The most effective size is a minimum that replicates the normal, day-to-day
size of your pagefile with no maximum other than that which Windows allows.
Despite good intentions, the pagefile is best left to system managed and not
user-defined.

As to disabling the pagefile, as you've seen that is not a good idea. Even
if not needed, many applications will seek an allocation of pages when
initializing. If it is shutdown, not only will you get 'out of memory'
errors, you may find that some applications won't start at all.

As previously stated, speed is of the essence with the paging file. Moving
it to an external drive, regardless of how fast it is, is subject to a
bottleneck at the connection point. I have not tried it with an external
sata connection, but if your internal drive is at the same speed I doubt you
would see much improvement.

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