Okay. I've did a little reading.
As for the system not recognizing the page file at all, I found this here:
http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm
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Move the pagefile off the disk that holds your system and boot partitions to another fast and dedicated hard disk. If you do put the file elsewhere, you should leave a small amount on C: - an initial size of 2MB with a Maximum of 50 is suitable - so it can be used in emergency. Without this, the system is inclined to ignore the settings and either have no page file at all (and complain) or make a very large one indeed on the C: drive.
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The way I understand it. If there are seperate drives then the page file should be on a different drive than the OS. It should be 2.5 times the size of the physical amount of RAM. If there are multiple non-system file drives you can split the page file to increase performance even further.
Since you don't mention more than one drive just partitions, I would either create a seperate partition for the page file by itself and defrag it or slap the pagefile on E: at 2.5 times the physical RAM solely to avoid fragmentation. I don't think you'll notice any significant performance change since it's still on the same physical drive. Taking the article into consideration, I would leave a small page file on the system partition.
If the system still won't retain the right settings, this is at the end of the article....
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The page file has become corrupt, possibly at a bad shutdown. In the Virtual Memory settings, set to “No page file,” then exit System Properties, shut down the machine, and reboot. Delete PAGEFILE.SYS (on each drive, if more than just C: ), set the page file up again and reboot to bring it into use.
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along with this, but it's messing with the registry....
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Registry Values:
Even when you set the values properly, some systems don't retain your settings. If this happens, perform the following steps:
Start regedt32.exe (not regedit.exe)
Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ControlSession Manager\Memory Management
Double-click PagingFiles. The entry will appear as
D:\pagefile.sys 700 700
The first value is the location; the second is the minimum size; and the third is the maximum size.
Ensure the values are correct and click OK.
Reboot the machine.
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If you're looking to monitor the page file, the windows task manager will do it for XP.
perfmon.msc in the command box will bring up the system monitor where you can add the page file snap-in.
Here's a link explaining that:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/e...s/03june16.asp
Good luck.
