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To: mr.mark who wrote (270)9/13/1998 1:19:00 AM
From: Gottfried   of 110651
 
mr.mark, this is what I found in the help file when entering "swap"

To reserve disk space for extra memory

1 Click here to display Performance information.
2 Click Virtual Memory.
3 Make sure the first option to let Windows manage your virtual memory settings is selected.

Tips

Whenever possible, it is best to let Windows manage your virtual memory. Windows chooses the default setting based on the amount of free hard-disk space. The swapfile then shrinks and grows dynamically based on actual memory usage.

If you need to specify a different disk or set limits on the minimum or maximum reserved space, click the second option. Then specify the new disk in the Hard Disk box or type values (in kilobytes) in the Minimum or Maximum boxes.

So I think you're right. I also think anyone having only a few MB
- or even 50MB - available disk space is slowing things down.
I'd run Norton Disk Doctor or equivalent to unfragment files
and possibly get rid of lost clusters.

GM

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