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Why would you want to move the paging file off of the boot partition?
JoeChristensen
Space. Speed - if the boot drive is slow and you have an alternate drive that is faster (don't want to reload windows) - a faster paging file will increase speed of Windows when you have a lot of applications running.
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Because Microsoft acknowledges a performance advantage to locating the paging file off of the boot partition what is the main reason that the boot partition is its default location?
I'm not Microsoft, nor am i affiliated with them in any way, but I imagine their reasons are similar to these. 1. Ease of install. Not everyones needs are identical, some may need larger paging files (and thus paging file partitions) others may find they are more concerned about hard disk space than performance, so theres no one-size-fits-all solution. Therefore it would be necessary to add more partitioning and page file configuration dialogues to the install process which would confuse the less savvy. a. The people who are more savvy already have the know-how to alter their partitions and reconfigure their page-file. b. The people who are less savvy tend not to tax their system to maximum performance, and thus less likely to appreciate the small performance boost. c. The people who are less savvy may be upset when their hard disk size is smaller than advertised (due to the swap partition) and may not understand the reasoning behind it. d. People who are less savvy may see the separate hard disk letter, and not understanding its purpose, fill the partition with user data & severely reduce their system performance. 2. Longevity of hardware. The paging file obviously gets a lot of reading & rewriting, nearly constantly in fact. Putting it onto a separate partition concentrates this increased activity to one area of the physical hard disk, this could lead to early hardware failure.
What are the six main steps in a computer boot up process?
The BIOS, having completed its functions, loads the boot code in the master boot record and transfers control to it. The master boot record code begins execution. If the boot device is a floppy disk, the process continues with step 6.The master boot code examines the master partition table. It is searching for two things. First, it must determine if there is an extended DOS partition. Second, it must determine if there is a bootable partition specified in the partition table.If the master boot code finds an extended partition on the disk, it loads the extended partition table that describes the first logical volume in the extended partition. This extended partition table is examined to see if it points to another extended partition table. If it does, then that table contains information about the second logical volume in the extended partition, so it is loaded and examined. (Recall that logical volumes in the extended partition have their extended partition table chained one to the next.) This process is continued until all of the extended partitions have been loaded and recognized by the system.After loading the extended partition information (if any), the code attempts to boot the primary partition that is marked active (bootable). If there are no partitions marked active, then the boot process will terminate with an error. The error message is often the same one that occurs if the BIOS finds no boot device, and is generally something like "No boot device", but can be the infamous "NO ROM BASIC - SYSTEM HALTED".If there is a primary partition marked active, the code will boot it. The rest of the steps assume this is a DOS primary partition.The volume boot sector is loaded into memory and tested, and the boot code that it contains is given control of the remainder of the boot process.The volume boot code examines the structures on the disk that it is booting to ensure that everything is correct and in the right place. If not, the boot process will end in an error here as well.The code searches the root directory of the device being booted for the operating system files that contain the operating system. For a system running MS-DOS these are the files "IO.SYS", "MSDOS.SYS" and "COMMAND.COM".If the operating system files are not found, the boot program will display an error message, which is usually something like "Non-system disk or disk error - Replace and press any key when ready". Some people think that this message means the system was never booted, that the BIOS examined the floppy disk for example and just rejected it because it couldn't boot it. As you can see from this description of the boot process, the volume boot code was indeed loaded and executed, and in fact it is what prints the message when it can't find the operating system files! See here for an explanation of why this distinction is so important.If the operating system files are found, the boot program will load them into memory and transfer control to them. First, IO.SYS is loaded and its code executed. IO.SYS will then executed MSDOS.SYS (in pure DOS systems, MSDOS.SYS is just a text file in Windows 95 and later.) Then the more complete operating system code loads and initializes the rest of the operating system structures. For MS-DOS, this means loading the command interpreter (COMMAND.COM) and then reading and interpreting the contents of the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT system control files.
How do you select the partition on which you want to modify paging file settings?
Click 'Start', Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, System, Advanced Tab, Performance, Settings, Advanced Tab, Virtual Memory, Change, ..Select the [Volume] you wish to alter, Click Custom Size, change Initial and Max Size then click Set and click OK.
A multipartite virus is a combination of a boot sector virus and a file virus and can hide in either?
A multipartite virus is a combination of a boot sector virus and a file virus. It can hide in either type of program.
What kind of computer program is Partition Magic?
Partition Magic is a partition managing software utility created by PowerQuest Corporation. It was changing moving, or copying hard drive partitions without data loss. It also allowed one to change their FAT file systems.
Which partition hosts the main windows xp system files and is the initial default location for the paging file?
boot partition
What is the main reason the default location of the paging file is the boot partition?
Because many systems only have one partition.
Which partition hosts the main Windows XP system files and is the inital default location for the paging file?
Boot Partition
The windows paging file must reside in drive c?
False.As server performance is better if the paging file is not placed on the boot partition or volume that contains system files \ Windows foleder
What happens when you totally remove a paging file from the boot partition?
if you remove the paging file from the boot partition, Windows cannot create a dump file (Memory.dmp) in which to write debugging information in the event that a kernel mode Stop Error message occurs. This could lead to extended downtime if you must debug to troubleshoot the Stop error message.
Because Microsoft acknowledges a performance advantage in locating the paging file off the boot partition What is the main reason the boot partitionis its default location?
Because most Windows users get confused if they have more than one partition.
Is the bootmgr file stored in the boot partition or the system partition?
the BootMgr file and the BCD file are stored in the system partition
What is the disadvantage of totally removing the paging file from the boot partition?
In case of system memory dump you might not be able to get the dump file. Leave at least 1Gb of page file on your system drive and the rest assigned to a different drive.
Is the bootmgr file stored in the boot partition or system partition?
system partition
When could fragmentation of the paging file occur?
If a paging file resides on a partition that contains other data, it may experience fragmentation as it expands to satisfy the extra virtual memory that is required.
What performance-degrading issue is that the paging file subject to if it moved to a partition containing data?
Fragmentation
How is the active partitioned used?
Active partition is a term Windows uses to mean the partition Windows will boot off of. The Windows boot loader goes to its configuration file and starts, these files will be in the active partition.
