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Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by olabaven, 2006/05/21.

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    olabaven

    olabaven Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hi.
    I saw another posts about this issue but they don't seem to help.

    I have 2,8ghz xp64-bit cpu, 2x512 drr, 160gb hdd with 2 partitons.
    I'm on XP + SP2, using MCafee av, with virtual memory set from 5000 to 10000mb on both partitions. since i set the vm, i dont get the message vm low. but, when i copy a file or two from one partition to another, it slows down, becomes lazy. after copying, it needs full 10-15sec to start explorer, mozilla or word. usually (or after restart) it takes 1 sec. any suggestions? thanx.
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    TEN gigs of vm is a bit unneeded.
    Does your probelm go away if you let Windows manage it on just one partition?
     
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    olabaven

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    no. i tried both variants. only c and only d. now i've put on both. no changes.
     
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    Arie

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    Source: How to set performance options in Windows XP

    I'd suggest you 1st delete the current paging file as described above, then set it to System Managed. You have to reboot in between changes!
     
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    olabaven

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    ive tried that one too. ive deleted pf, than set c: to system managed and d: 3000-6000. still lazy. im thinking new installation.
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    Since you've tried different settings, it's doubtfull the VM settings have anything to do with the slowness.
     
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    Is there a reason why you are running a pagefile on two partitions? :confused: With a gig of RAM you should not need more than one with the minimum size requirements Arie outlined in his earlier post. How much 'free space' do you have on your hard drive? Have you ran 'chkdsk'? Have you 'defragged' your hard drive?

    B :cool:
     
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