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To: PMS Witch who wrote (17047)	3/1/2001 1:17:36 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

PMW Most tweak sites suggest that you put those setting under the [vcache] heading. speedguide.net As far as Chunksize is concerned here's a link to info which I'm sure you will understand much better than me. rojakpot.com tc

To: PMS Witch who wrote (17047)	3/1/2001 2:12:03 PM
From: Ed Forrest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1 tells my system to use RAM like it’s on sale, only resorting to the swapfile as a last resort PW I have 256 Ram and now my swap file reads 0 constantly after making this change 2 weeks ago.I just started System Monitor and have 117 of the 256 available. with 5 open windows and 2 Java applets running. My settings: [386Enh] ebios=ebios woafont=dosapp.fon device=dynapage device=vcd device=vpd device=int13 keyboard=vkd display=vdd,vflatd mouse=vmouse LocalLoadHigh=1 device=enable EMMExclude=C000-CFFF,C000-CFFF ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1 Paging=on As far as Vcache goes I have mixed emotions because I've tried with and without with no noticeable difference in performance. Chunk size: Chunksize - This setting determines how large the chunks are that are allocated to each program residing in the vcache. A program can have more than one chunk, but if it doesn't divide evenly into the size of the chunk, some RAM goes unused (much like how FAT works for hard drives). On one hand, having a smaller chunk size allows for less wasted RAM in the vcache, however, on the other hand, a larger chunk size increases the access speed for the vcache. Depending on how you use your system, and how much RAM you have to spare, it will determine whether or not you want a large chunk size. Common values for this setting are 128, 256, and 512 KB. This setting is formatted chunksize=XXX, where XXX is the value in KB, and the setting is placed under the [vcache] header. Ed PS Great post.:)

To: PMS Witch who wrote (17047)	3/1/2001 7:37:33 PM
From: Ally	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110626

When Windows defrag, does it leave alone files that are already contiguous, or does it break such files just so to arrange a bit of displaced bytes? For example, would it rearrange a Word program just so as to arrange in order data just recreated. Seems to me Windows rearranges everything on each defrag run, thus a run takes hours to complete. Would think that Microsoft programmers would have written the logic not to rearrange data (especially programs) that need not be displaced, where ever they are on the drive.