Most often the swap file is called simply virtual memory of the operating system. Despite prevalence of this concept, competent tuning of the swap file not each PC user will be able to perform.
It is required to you
- Operating system of the Windows family.
Instruction
1. The virtual memory is an assistant to random access memory. As in direct, and figuratively. Heavy applications, software packages and game complexes can occupy at start and during operation a large amount of free memory. Upon completion of resources of free random access memory the virtual memory comes to the rescue.
2. The swap file is located on the hard drive on the system section. As the speed of a read and write of data on solid-state media is several times lower in comparison with the same operations for random access memory, the swap file is used for storage of not used libraries and temporary files of large volume.
3. Setup of this option for all systems of the Windows family is similar, but paths to an applet "Virtual memory" are different. If you work under Windows XP, path of start will be following. Open the Start menu and select the Control panel element. In the opened window double click on the System icon and pass to In the addition tab. In the High-speed performance block click the Parameters button. In the appeared window open In the addition tab and select the option "Change".
4. For the Windows Vista and Windows Seven operating systems the operations procedure is a little another. Open the Start menu and select the Control panel element. In the opened window double click on the System icon and pass to the Additional Parameters of a System tab. In the High-speed performance block click the Parameters button. In the appeared window open In the addition tab and select the option "Change" in the Virtual memory block.
5. When entering values it is necessary to know the extent of random access memory. The maximum value is calculated on the following formula: swap file = extent of random access memory x coefficient 1.5. As the minimum value it is recommended to use the current extent of fast memory.