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How to Create a Windows Swap File (Virtual Memory)
How to Create a Windows Swap File
(Virtual Memory)
4 Installation
To run Direct, you need at least 8MB of free disk space set up as a
Windows swap file (virtual memory). For best performance, use a
Permanent rather than a Temporary swap file and make it as large as
possible.
The swap file acts as virtual memory disk space that is used as if it were
volatile memory (RAM). Information is stored temporarily on disk rather
than using up RAM. This allows you to run more programs than you
could with RAM alone. However, using virtual memory is slower than
using RAM.
For more information about virtual memory, see the Windows User's
Guide. For more information about the Windows Swap file, or if you have
any difficulty creating a swap file, see the chapter "Optimizing Windows"
in the Windows User's Guide.
To create an 8MB Windows swap file:
1 Close any open applications.
2 Double-click the Control Panel icon in the Main window of the
Program Manager.
3 Double-click the 386 Enhanced icon to display the 386 Enhanced
dialog box.
4 Click Virtual Memory... to display the Virtual Memory dialog box.
5 Check the entry after Size.
• A swap file equal to or larger than 8192 is sufficient. Click Can-
cel to return to the 386 Enhanced dialog box and click Cancel
again. Close the Control Panels.
• A swap file that is smaller than 8192KB must be changed. Pro-
ceed to step 6.
6 Click Change>> to expand the dialog box.
7 Select a new drive in the Drive drop-down list if you want the
swap file to be located somewhere other than on the default
drive.
If you cannot find a drive with 8192KB of free space, you need to
delete files to free up space.
8 Type at least 8192 in the New Size edit box.
9 Click OK and exit the Control Panels.