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Noton SystemWorks Pro Optimizing your Swapfile...would you let it?

MichaelD

MichaelD

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See the title. Under the "Optimization" selection of Norton SystemWorks Pro, it has a section that lets the proggy "optimize" your swapfile. I guess it sets a fixed size? What R the pros/cons of this? I recently just went to 512mb/PC133 on Win98Se. I've already installed the conservativeswapfileusage=1 registry tweak. Opinions?
 
When I was using 98SE, I unchecked that box so my custom settings were retained. But you probably wont see a performance difference either way.
 
The only optimize for the swap file I was aware of was an option in Speed Disk to
move the swap to the front of the partition for faster access. I don't think it
changes or affects the size you set or any of the options you've enabled for it.

With your swap settings tweaked out, it won't make any difference where the swap
file sits because the system won't be using it that often anyway. You're better
off letting Speed Disk put the more frequently used apps at the front of the drive,
and leaving the swap where it is.
 
Thanks. Norton System Works is a super proggy, but ya gotta be careful what you let it do! (Bad Norton, BAD!) Have a nice evening.
 
there are 2 ways that speeddisk optimizes the swap file.

1 is to defragment the swap file, the other is to place it at the beginning of the partition it resides it... the "other" reason is the reason why i don't have a separate partition for a swap file (other than the fact it is a bad idea anyway)
 


<< there are 2 ways that speeddisk optimizes the swap file.

1 is to defragment the swap file, the other is to place it at the beginning of the partition it resides it... the &quot;other&quot; reason is the reason why i don't have a separate partition for a swap file (other than the fact it is a bad idea anyway) >>


The two things you mention are done by Speed Disk, but there's a third thing that's done by the Optimization Wizard. I don't use that, but my best guess is that it sets the swap to an optimal size. In NU3 it would set the lower size of your swap to zero even if you told it not to optimize the swap.
 
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