I guess it would, depending if you have your swap file ( think they call it page file in XP) on the same partition as windows.

as windows needs a certain amount of space to run these files, to boost your actual memory some.

Personally I have my drive partitioned in 3, C drive for windows only, D drive for utilities, and E drive for games this way I don't interfere with win's use of the pagefile system.

But I am sure if our local experts are nearby (Raze L_R) they might be able to help you a bit better.

The usual setting for Virtual memory (Pagefile) is 1.5 times your actual memory, i.o.w. if you have 1 Gig of ram the best allocation would be 1536Mb of virtual memory, thus it becomes important to have enough space available on the same partition as windows for the virtual memory, as windows will slow down when VM runs out of space and needs to clear it to make more room <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

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