Windows XP boot time / hardware

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[Ragwing]

Oh okay. Didn't quite read, I mean understand wanted to learn all of it. Thanks for if Japo.

[Soyabeaner]

So all this technical explanation basically means I won't have to change my pagefile from 400 MB because it's just the right size .  The last time I received the insufficient virtual memory error was when I was playing a PC game (which I don't have anymore).

[Japo]

PS: PageDefrag reported that all my system files were perfectly defragmented, and when they weren't a single sweep of JkDefrag did the trick every time. But recently I added 1 GB of RAM (for no special reason since I had 1 GB and didn't need over half of it), and now my \hiberfil.sys is broken in two fragments 'cause it's too damn big to be defragmented any further.

I've disabled hibernation (no hack, through the control panel) since I never used anyway, and now hiberfil.sys is gone and I've saved 2 GB of hard disc and none of my system files is fragmented.

[Soyabeaner]

That should've been in the how to kill your xp size thread

[Japo]

That should've been in the how to kill your xp size thread

You made me realize (thanks ) that if this topic is specific about hardware, ALL my posts and the virtual memory spinoff are off topic. I can't think where to begin to tidy up, so I'll leave this as is.

So... Enough RAM, HD speed.

[LeoniAquila]

Is it created every boot? I thought it always was there... Why would it have to be re-created each time you boot?
I'm not sure, but if it's not used, I think it just contain some garbage that fills the pagefile (so it can reserve the space)

I may be wrong. Don't know where I've got it from. Maybe I made it up, subconsciously, to have another reason to disable the page file.

LA

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