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Re: SSD - is it ok to use in XP laptop

From Gene E. Bloch <blochxxxx@someplace.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.laptops, alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, alt.windows7.general
Subject Re: SSD - is it ok to use in XP laptop
Date 2013-12-16 12:23 -0800
Message-ID <bh95qaFmkeuU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 12/16/2013, (PeteCresswell) posted:
> Per (PeteCresswell):
>> Also, is there anything to be gained by having Windows use several
>> paging files?   I've got 3 2-TB discs used for media plus a 1-TB 
>> disc used for backup...

> And how about putting another 8 gigs of memory in the PC and, either
> just calling it a day and disabling pagefile.sys altogether or
> installing some sort of ramdrive utility and assigning pagefile.sys 
> to the ramdrive?

The disadvantage of paging to the SSD is that it might hasten the 
eventual decrepitude of that drive.

The disadvantage of paging to a RAM drive is that you're using the 
memory that you're paging *from* to hold the page file that you're 
paging *to*.

It's worse than a Ponzi scheme :-)

-- 
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

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SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop "ps56k" <pschuman_no5pam_m3@interserv.com> - 2013-12-09 22:17 -0600
  Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-09 20:31 -0800
  Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2013-12-10 00:21 -0500
    Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2013-12-10 09:15 +0000
  Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop WayPoint <somewhere@over-the-rainbow.oz> - 2013-12-10 16:24 +1000
    Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2013-12-11 21:36 +0000
      Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop WayPoint <somewhere@over-the-rainbow.oz> - 2013-12-12 08:54 +1000
  Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2013-12-10 08:53 +0000
  Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop "ps56k" <pschuman_no5pam_m3@interserv.com> - 2013-12-11 21:18 -0600
    Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-11 20:47 -0800
      Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Ken Blake <kblake@kb.invalid> - 2013-12-12 10:48 -0700
        Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Gene E. Bloch <blochxxxx@someplace.invalid> - 2013-12-13 10:24 -0800
          Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> - 2013-12-13 23:10 +0000
            Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-13 22:39 -0800
              Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Ron Hardin <rhhardin@mindspring.com> - 2013-12-15 08:24 -0500
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> - 2013-12-15 23:03 +0000
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Ron Hardin <rhhardin@mindspring.com> - 2013-12-15 21:00 -0500
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2013-12-16 09:15 -0500
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2013-12-16 09:33 -0500
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2013-12-16 11:26 -0500
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Gene E. Bloch <blochxxxx@someplace.invalid> - 2013-12-16 12:23 -0800
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> - 2013-12-16 22:30 +0000
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Gene E. Bloch <blochxxxx@someplace.invalid> - 2013-12-16 16:44 -0800
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Ken Blake <kblake@kb.invalid> - 2013-12-16 16:55 -0700
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-12-16 10:11 -0600
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2013-12-16 13:20 -0800
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> - 2013-12-16 22:33 +0000
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2013-12-29 15:21 -0600
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Charlie Hoffpauir <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-12-29 15:32 -0600
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2013-12-29 16:19 -0600
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2013-12-29 15:41 -0600
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> - 2013-12-30 07:51 +0000
                Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2013-12-30 04:02 -0600
              Re: SSD - is it ok to use in  XP laptop Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2013-12-15 05:56 -0800

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