Move Paging file

Jack

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Hi,

My booting disk is almost full(400M free). I added a new
disk and mapped to a folder to it(no driver letter). How
could I move the virtual memory file to the new disk on a
windows 2000 professional?

Thx
 
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Jack

Unmount the folder, give the disk a drive letter and set your page file to
that drive letter.

The steps in this MS Knowledge Base might help:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=242447

Best regards

Bjorn
--
Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)


"Jack" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>My booting disk is almost full(400M free). I added a new
>disk and mapped to a folder to it(no driver letter). How
>could I move the virtual memory file to the new disk on a
>windows 2000 professional?
>
>Thx
>
>
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)

Thanks,Bjorn

That isn't what I want. I only want to add more space to
C: whithout add an new drive letter. How can I specify the
paging file folder?

Thx



>-----Original Message-----
>Jack
>
>Unmount the folder, give the disk a drive letter and set
your page file to
>that drive letter.
>
>The steps in this MS Knowledge Base might help:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=242447
>
>Best regards
>
>Bjorn
>--
>Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
>Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
>
>
>"Jack" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>My booting disk is almost full(400M free). I added a new
>>disk and mapped to a folder to it(no driver letter). How
>>could I move the virtual memory file to the new disk on
a
>>windows 2000 professional?
>>
>>Thx
>>
>>
>>
>
>.
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)

I dont believe you can, on Win2K, the page file is to a drive not folder
Whats wrong with slaving the new hd?

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1ffe601c458a0$7ed50d80$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks,Bjorn
>
> That isn't what I want. I only want to add more space to
> C: whithout add an new drive letter. How can I specify the
> paging file folder?
>
> Thx
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Jack
> >
> >Unmount the folder, give the disk a drive letter and set
> your page file to
> >that drive letter.
> >
> >The steps in this MS Knowledge Base might help:
> >
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?id=242447
> >
> >Best regards
> >
> >Bjorn
> >--
> >Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
> >Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
> >
> >
> >"Jack" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>My booting disk is almost full(400M free). I added a new
> >>disk and mapped to a folder to it(no driver letter). How
> >>could I move the virtual memory file to the new disk on
> a
> >>windows 2000 professional?
> >>
> >>Thx
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >.
> >
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)

you can move the page file to a different hard drive by right clicking the my computer icon\properties\advanced\performance options and click the change button int the virtual memory section. Select the drive you wish to put the page file on and set the initial and and maximum sizes. Hope this is what you were looking for

"DL" wrote:

> I dont believe you can, on Win2K, the page file is to a drive not folder
> Whats wrong with slaving the new hd?
>
> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1ffe601c458a0$7ed50d80$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > Thanks,Bjorn
> >
> > That isn't what I want. I only want to add more space to
> > C: whithout add an new drive letter. How can I specify the
> > paging file folder?
> >
> > Thx
> >
> >
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Jack
> > >
> > >Unmount the folder, give the disk a drive letter and set
> > your page file to
> > >that drive letter.
> > >
> > >The steps in this MS Knowledge Base might help:
> > >
> > >http://support.microsoft.com/?id=242447
> > >
> > >Best regards
> > >
> > >Bjorn
> > >--
> > >Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
> > >Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
> > >
> > >
> > >"Jack" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Hi,
> > >>
> > >>My booting disk is almost full(400M free). I added a new
> > >>disk and mapped to a folder to it(no driver letter). How
> > >>could I move the virtual memory file to the new disk on
> > a
> > >>windows 2000 professional?
> > >>
> > >>Thx
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)

Jack

I'm aware that this isn't the solution you want. But it is the best, and
probably the only solution.

You could divide your new hard disk in two partitions, mount one as a
folder and use the other one for the page file (using a drive letter).

If you dare, you might be successful by using selected information from the
following MS Knowledge Base article, but I cannot recommend trying it. It
might not work at all, or it might fail unexpectedly in certain situations:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=237740

Be aware, if you try, that you do this on your own risk.

Best regards

Bjorn
--
Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Thanks,Bjorn
>
>That isn't what I want. I only want to add more space to
>C: whithout add an new drive letter. How can I specify the
>paging file folder?
>
>Thx
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Jack
>>
>>Unmount the folder, give the disk a drive letter and set
>your page file to
>>that drive letter.
>>
>>The steps in this MS Knowledge Base might help:
>>
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=242447
>>
>>Best regards
>>
>>Bjorn
>>--
>>Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
>>Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
>>
>>
>>"Jack" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>My booting disk is almost full(400M free). I added a new
>>>disk and mapped to a folder to it(no driver letter). How
>>>could I move the virtual memory file to the new disk on
>a
>>>windows 2000 professional?
>>>
>>>Thx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>.
>>