If you have only one drive, virtual memory will already be
enabled for that drive. If you have more than one drive or partition, virtual
memory will be enabled only on the Windows drive by default.
Start by selecting the drive that currently holds your paging file (shown
in the righthand column) from the Paging file size for each drive list.
Another way to stop Windows from using the hard disk so
heavily is to disable virtual memory altogether, but the consequence
of short-changing Windows of its resources will
easily outweigh any performance gains. A better choice is to
move the swap file to a different physical drive than the one
on which Windows resides; that way, when Vista accesses
virtual memory, it won??™t suck the life out of your primary
drive.
5. To set a constant size for your virtual memory, select Custom size, and
then type the same value for both Initial size and Maximum size.
The size, specified in megabytes, is up to you. If you have the space, it??™s
usually a good idea to allocate two to three times the amount of
installed RAM (e.g., 4,096??“6,144 MB of virtual memory for 2 GB of
physical memory), but you may wish to experiment with different sizes
for the one that works best for you.
Important: after you??™ve made a change for any drive, click Set to commit
the change before moving on to another drive or clicking OK.
6. Press OK on each of the three open dialogs.
If you have only resized your swap file, the change will take effect immediately.
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