Let’s talk about virtual memory
Posted on April 14, 2008
Filed Under Computers |
Virtual memory serves the same purpose as the memory (RAM), but works somewhat differently RAM. Swap space in RAM helps your computer, some of the data it requires to maintain, so that they are not overwhelmed so to speak. RAM is actually a component that are physically located on your computer, where virtual memory is actually specifically allocated to the space on your hard drive.
Windows Tips actually in the micro-processor think this room on the hard disk is actually the same as RAM, so that, like the RAM. It goes without saying that data into virtual memory is much slower than the data retrieved in the memory, because the RAM uses electrical signals to the transmission of information and data if the hard disk used in read / write at the head of input and retrieval of data on the hard disk. The data in virtual memory is a special place in the filename of the page. The pagefile.sys is hidden so that they are not damaged or deleted by mistake, it is recommended not to manipulate files on your site, if you know what you are doing.
You can even define, as a lot of space on your hard drive you want to use the award to Page files using the following steps …
(Windows XP)
1 Click Start
2nd Click on Control Panel
3rd Click on Performance and Maintenance
Click on the 4th System –
5th Click on the Advanced tab
6 In Performance “Click Settings
7 Click on the Advanced tab
8 In the Virtual Memory section, you will realize that a lot of space for those who are already allocated to use the file Page
9 To change it, click ‘Edit
10 From there, you can visit file size according to your wishes, but I can not recommend to decide on the recommended size.
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