Where to put Win 7 Page file?

thatsright

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Hi All,

Upgrading to new rig with Win7 64-Bit with 3 HD's as follows:

-C Drive Intel x25-M 80GB Gen 2. w. O/S, Photoshop/Bridge and their scratch files. Other small apps
-D WD Caviar Black 1TB for general data storage, and several Windows app install locations I will redirect to 'D' during install to save space on C:
-E A Seagate 200GB PATA, ATA100 drive. This is more for long term storage.

To save 6+ Gig of HD space on my SSD, I want to put the Win 7 page file on drive E, which is the slowest drive of all. Would this be ok? I can't afford to have the Page file on C, and kill all that space and slow down Photoshop scratch usage. And I'd rather not put it on the D drive as this is where most of my working data will be and putting the page file here will slow the flow as well.

What do you think?
 

stag3

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Feb 7, 2005
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you want it on your fastest drive, however in this case i would put it on the D drive as that should be faster than the E drive for you.
 

Phynaz

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Windows will automatically select the best location. Let it do it's thing.