Use installed memory first

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Is there a sure way to set your computer to use installed memory before
using the page file on the hard drive in XP?

Thank you,
David
 
titus12 said:
Is there a sure way to set your computer to use installed memory before
using the page file on the hard drive in XP?

Thank you,
David
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Isn't XP supposed to use the RAM in preference to the pagefile? I have read
of times where this is not the case, but those are rare.
Jim
 
Jim said:
Isn't XP supposed to use the RAM in preference to the pagefile? I have read
of times where this is not the case, but those are rare.
Jim
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My vote is Ram before drive.
 
Is there a sure way to set your computer to use installed memory before
using the page file on the hard drive in XP?
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It already works that way, and there's nothing to set.

What makes you think otherwise? Be sure you are not confusing page
file *allocation* with page file use. Windows *does* allocate page
file space in anticipation of possibly needing to use it, but that's
very different from page file use. That pre-allocation saves you time
if it turns out that it needs to use it, but costs you next to nothing
if you don't need it.
 
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