Talk about how virtual memory is set to good

first, set virtual memory to reduce disk fragmentation

When you install Windows, the default virtual memory is the partition on which the installation system resides, and is typically 1.5 times times the size of physical memory. Because Windows also makes temporary files (temp directory and *. TMP), IE buffers are all placed on the partition, these files are frequently updated to write to the hard disk, plus virtual memory, the number of file fragments produced more. The author thinks that it is better to divide the files into separate partitions, so that they can be used continuously, and the speed will be faster. It is suggested that a 2G or so partition the temp, IE buffer path all straight to the partition, virtual memory is also put above, assuming you are using e disk for the partition, to a certain time to clean up, simply empty the file in DOS or quickly format e disk can be.

Second, the virtual memory size is learned

There are different versions of Windows in the virtual, different task environments, the speed and stability of the system is very significant difference. So friends are best to set according to their own situation:

1, 3D game-oriented applications

3D game is a CPU, graphics, memory requirements are very high applications, the general human memory will not exceed 256M, so the hard drive will also be added to help temporarily exchange data ranks. The author recommends that you preset the virtual memory a little bit larger, this is because the 3D rendering character and scene model requires a lot of memory resources, virtual memory will become very large, in the game, the game itself has been a large amount of calculation, CPU load is heavy, if the initial virtual memory is not enough, to temporarily increase the words, Windows writes new data to the disk-obviously, generating larger files during the game is different from changing settings at normal times, slowing down the entire system, and sometimes even illegal operations due to memory and disk speed being unsynchronized. The author in playing CS1.5 version of the time found that a map often illegal operation quit, and found that the hard drive lights flash, and then try to increase the initial virtual memory to more than 750M, the stability of the game immediately increased greatly. Prove that the virtual memory of the impact of this task is quite large, suggest enough space, initialization value set to more than 800M, for the smooth game is helpful.

2, to play the main application of video appreciation

Video applications are also a big appetite for hard disk space, but don't you think you have to be like 3D games to set the virtual memory is very large, especially Windows XP users (known as the paging file)--the author in the use of the process found that XP has a small problem, is the virtual memory set up after the big, will not automatically release the unwanted space, which means that the pagefiles.sys will be more and more large, especially after playing RM, ASF and other video streaming files, if you put virtual memory and XP on the same partition, Windows will often prompt you virtual memory set too small, Or disk space is not enough to clear unwanted junk files and so on. Now look at that page Exchange file, there are 1 g, and if you are not using FTP tools to download files, with IE direct link, XP will also be the data temporarily stored in the Windowstemp directory, is often not automatically deleted. So you will find that the installation of XP partition is getting smaller, it is recommended to play the video files of the XP users, and no conditions for virtual memory set up a dedicated partition, the initial value set smaller, suggesting that the lack of space warning will be less likely. Of course, the most fundamental way is to transfer the storage partition of virtual memory, or use PQ to add more space to the XP partition.

Third, virtual memory other aspects of the impact

There are a lot of new contacts with computer friends, is using WINDOWS98. Windows98 in the virtual memory name is WIN386.SWP, the default is in the C-packing directory, there is no hidden properties, generally will automatically according to the need to change size. Beginners often do not know what this file is, someone even tried to delete it, the results in the DOS deleted and regenerated, the GUI is not deleted, thought it was in the virus, so ran to the forum for help. I have also seen the operation of Photoshop, during the attempt to remove Win386.swp in the Explorer, the results of the crash, so this virtual memory impact is quite large, if you are not sure, do not delete files, let Windows handle it. Later, Microsoft also learned to behave, the virtual memory renamed to Pagefile.sys, and hidden, save a lot of trouble.

It is important to use a computer to master some of the necessary common sense and make a good backup. For example, every day on the forum, people ask for help. about Windows corruption, optimizing over system crashes, and missing hard disk partitions, if you know a little bit about system maintenance, with Ghsot Backup and partition table backups, it's easy to fix things- Of course, do not think Win386.swp or Pagefile.sys is a virus or trojan people laugh at you, hehe.