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- From: jeffb@audiolab.UWaterloo.ca (jeff bamford)
- Subject: Re: HUGE swapfile??
- Message-ID: <BuKwAv.JMn@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
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- Organization: Audio Research Group, University of Waterloo
- References: <1992Sep14.131810.16367@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:23:18 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep14.131810.16367@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> cargibbs@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Rick Gibbs) writes:
- >Hello All,
- >
- > I have recently upgraded to Win 3.1 on my 386. It has a 120 meg HD,
- >and 4 M RAM.
- > It seems that Win is creating a huge (12 meg) file in my root
- >directory with a Hidden attribute. This is on top of the amount of space
- >Windows is taking up in its own subdirectories! I have deleted this file a
- >couple of times, but Windows keeps re-creating it (however, not every time I
- >use the software).
- >Rick Gibbs cargibbs@atlas.cs.upei.ca
- >
- Sounds like you found Windows Swapfile. It uses the hard disk
- to simulate RAM. I forget exactly where but check your manual on
- Swapfile and it will tell you how to limit the size. However, Windows
- should erase it if you exit properly. Never turn your computer off
- without exiting Windows, if you do all those temp. files are not erased.
- Jeff B.
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