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- From: gtr0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (GLEN TORLEIF RYEN)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: Re: STACKER question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.154013.71636@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 15:40:13 GMT
- Organization: Lehigh University
- Lines: 23
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- In article <1993Jan26.015945.25134@spectra.com>, johnson@spectra.com (boyd johns
- on) writes:
- >>and turns C: into a logical drive. How can I get Windows to create the
- >>permanent swap file on C:? Does this have something to do with the SSWAP
- >>driver?
- >>The stacker version is 3.0
- >
- >Did you leave the uncompressed space large enough?
- >You should have left at least 5MB uncompressed to leave room for the
- >Windows permanent swap file. Then before the uncompressed area gets
- >fragmented go into Windows and create the swap file.
- >I haven't seen version 3, but earlier versions made a default 1MB
- >uncompressed area, just enough for the basic DOS boot files, stacker
- >software and a few emergency utilities for if you run into problems.
- >You can allocate more uncompressed area after installation. Check the
- >docs, but I think it is SDEFRAG that allows it.
- >
- Just run SDEFRAG /G (for Grow/Shrink). It will optimize your stacked drive,
- and then give you a menu asking you how large (or small) you want the
- uncompressed portion to be.
-
- Glen Ryen
- Lehigh U.
-