Hard Drive Partitioning Question......

[Carbo]

Thanks to Zepper, who presented the idea here, I'd like to make a small partition on my hard drive for the swap file and temp files. But, I haven't the slightest idea of how to do it, and the results of doing it. Anyone with some experience and info? Thank you.

 

[Aleksandar]

if you use windows xp go to control pannel admin tools and Computer Management then go to disk managment or you can do it form a windows 98 boot floppy in dos you type ( fdisk )

 

[Carbo]

I know how to make the partition. What I don't know is how to move the swap file and the temp files to that partition.

 

[Calin]

Assuming you have windows 2000, search at: My computer, right click ->Propoerties, Advanced, Performance Options, [Virtual memory] Change, set maximum virtual memory to 0 for every drive (partition) except the partition newly created.
For Windows 98 you have somewhere (in Properties something) the same Virtual Memory setting, set it on the drive you want, with the size you want. I don't have a Windows 98 at hand, sorry (unlike WinXP and Win2000, on W98 you can have swap only on a single partition)
Windows XP should have virtual memory settings in similar places as Windows 2000. Maybe someone with Windows XP can help?

Calin

As for the temp files, every user has his temp files. You can access them somewhere in My Computer, RightClick -> Properties, Advanced, Environment variables. Set the temp and tmp to the desired location