page file on USB stick?

[Guest marx404]

I notice that my page file does not seem to be often used by XP Pro. Can I

move it safely to a large capacity USB drive? will it work? I have XP Pro,

2G Pentium 4 , 1.5G SDRAM.

 

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marx404

 

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[Guest Bruce Chambers]

Re: page file on USB stick?

 

marx404 wrote:

> I notice that my page file does not seem to be often used by XP Pro. Can I

> move it safely to a large capacity USB drive?

 

No.

> will it work?

 

No.

 

> I have XP Pro,

> 2G Pentium 4 , 1.5G SDRAM.

>

 

 

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[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: page file on USB stick?

 

No, Windows does not support pagefile placement on removable drives.

For starters the USB device will be unavailable at the early booting

stage when the Session Manager creates the pagefile and secondly the

accidental removal of the device would almost certainly crash Windows as

well as potentailly lead to loss of user data/user files.

 

John

 

marx404 wrote:

> I notice that my page file does not seem to be often used by XP Pro. Can I

> move it safely to a large capacity USB drive? will it work? I have XP Pro,

> 2G Pentium 4 , 1.5G SDRAM.

>

[Guest Lil' Dave]

Re: page file on USB stick?

 

"marx404" <404@404.com> wrote in message

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>I notice that my page file does not seem to be often used by XP Pro. Can I

>move it safely to a large capacity USB drive? will it work? I have XP Pro,

>2G Pentium 4 , 1.5G SDRAM.

>

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> marx404

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Leave the pagefile at default in location and size is my recommendation.

Move on.

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[Guest marx404]

Re: page file on USB stick?

 

thanks, it was worth asking.

 

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"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message

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> "marx404" <404@404.com> wrote in message

> news:48584f16$0$31718$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...

>>I notice that my page file does not seem to be often used by XP Pro. Can I

>>move it safely to a large capacity USB drive? will it work? I have XP Pro,

>>2G Pentium 4 , 1.5G SDRAM.

>>

>> --

>> marx404

>>

>> _________________

>>

>

> Leave the pagefile at default in location and size is my recommendation.

> Move on.

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> Dave

>