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Make new drive primary / master
My kids are using a Dell w/ a 120Gb drive and it is slowing down considerably. I have purchased a 320Gb drive but would like to make it primary. What is the least painful way to do this without moving files/programs from the current primary drive?No easy wayThe...
Tags: Cable
Discussion threads 2006-08-13
too much cached memory?
I have RHEL4 kernel 2.6.9-5ELsmp. The system has 8 GB RAM. After boot and starting all processes the system shows about 7.3 GB free, 50 MB inactive and 350 MB active or somewhere thereabouts. The system will be fine (vmstat 3, top, free, swap -l) for a...
Tags: cpfeiffe@..., disk, file system, GB RAM, linux, memory, Red Hat Inc.
Q&A 2005-05-30
More than You Ever Wanted to Know about Volatility Swaps (But Less than Can Be Said)
In this report we explain the properties and the theory of both variance and volatility swaps, first from an intuitive point of view and then more rigorously. The theory of variance swaps is more straightforward. We show how a variance swap can be theoretically replicated by a hedged...
Tags: Swap, Volatility, Variance Swap, Investment, Finance
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MindYaBlox 1.2 (Windows)
MindYaBlox is an addictive puzzle game that blows your mind with blox patterns. Try to make the big blox grid look like the little blox grid. Choose where to apply the swap moves and hit a maximum number of levels, being the fastest.
Tags: Swap, Fujeyla Studio, MindYaBlox, Microsoft Windows, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology
Software downloads 2006-07-05

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Tune your swap file to optimize your NetWare server's performance
Swap files are common on Windows servers; however, NetWare administrators haven't had to worry about them until NetWare 5 came along. John Sheesley explains how NetWare uses swap files and how to tweak them for better server performance.Where Windows has always used swap files as temporary memory storage when a...
Tags: Operating systems, Servers, performance, John Sheesley, NetWare Server, Novell NetWare, server, RAM
Technical articles 2002-01-11
Configure IT Quick: Rid your Windows 98/Me clients of the dynamic swap file
Improve Windows 98/Mes overall performance by configuring the operating system to use a permanent swap fileWindows 98 and Windows Me are configured by default to use a dynamic swap file. Having a dynamic swap file allows the operating system to enlarge and shrink the swap file as the application’s needs...
Tags: Operating systems, information technology, Microsoft Corp., Greg Shultz, swap file, Microsoft Windows, hard drive
Technical articles 2002-08-22
A primer on swap files
In this Daily Feature, Jeff Davis provides a brief history of the swap file, as well as some tips for managing the swap file to improve performance.When you’re troubleshooting a Windows system that runs slowly, or frequently hangs up or “freezes,” one component of your Windows configuration might be to...
Tags: Operating systems, Jeff Davis, swap file, Microsoft Windows, RAM, memory, Virtual Memory
Technical articles 2000-10-18
Swap files: The truth is out there
Documentation offers a lot of opinions regarding swap files and paging files. What are the best settings for Windows 2000, NT, and 9x? In this Daily Drill Down, Michael Freeman clears up the confusion.As a trainer and consultant in the computer field, I see over 10,000 clients a year. I...
Tags: Operating systems, Michael Freeman, Microsoft Windows, paging, memory, swap file, RAM, hard drive
Technical articles 2001-01-04
Protect your endpoint devices from swap and hibernation file data leaks
Many organizations are becoming very conscientious when it comes to protecting sensitive data. The release of personally identifiable information PII, electronic protected health information ePHI, intellectual property, and authentication information (e.g. passwords) can be very damaging. However, there are two areas on Windows and Linux workstations that can...
Tags: Windows, Security, It Management, HIPAA, data theft, Computer Forensics
Blog posts 2007-05-10
Maximize uptime with hot-swap RAID
Have you heard of hot-swap RAID? Want to know more? After reading this article, you should be ready to use hot-swappable RAID disks in order to maximize the uptime of your servers.If your organization requires high availability and 24/7/365 uptime from its servers, creating a data storage system that uses...
Tags: Storage, TechRepublic Staff, RAID, disk, server, operating system
Technical articles 2001-05-28
XP SWAP file on a removable flash drive
I've a mini laptop (Toshiba Libretto U100) with a very low-performance HD (1,8", 4200 rpm) and I'd like to use a SDHC Class6 card like a swap file repository, but XP don't want create it on a removible drive (on Windows 2000, instead, it works very well). How can I...
Tags: Memory, Flash memory, Next best thing, USB flash drive, SD card, swap file, Microsoft Windows XP
Discussion threads 2008-07-29
Tech Tip: Move the swap file to another drive
Disk space can easily become a nightmare, especially on system drives of older servers. Since most Windows NT system drives are limited to 4 GB, running services from other volumes and preserving that space is very attractive. ...
Tags: Guest Contributor, Windows NT Newsletter, File, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT, Operating Systems, Software
Technical articles 2003-12-08
why the large swap file
Thanks for taking the time to have a look at this.The issue is as follows: I have 2 Gb of ram on my computer and WinXp is continuously using swap space rather than all available ram memory. Not only is it slow, but it just %#$&* me off. ...
Tags: Memory, RAM
Q&A 2004-11-26
To Page or Not to Page...Swap File
To Page or Not to Page...Swap FileIt may seem silly to some, but it leaves me questioning.No chuckling allowed please. ;)System is as follows;Motherboard, ASUS A7V880 Dual Channel CPU: AMD Sempron 2.800 GbRAM ...
Tags: pagefile, C:\ Drive, Aaron Baker, programming, cm5400
Q&A 2006-04-20
Making SATA hot swap
I have an internal SATA enclosure connected to the mobo Dell running XP Pro (64). Is there anyway to make it hot swap. I found nothing on Dell site. Only thing I found was a hot swap utility. Hot swap works when connected to PCI card.It...
Tags: Serial ATA, SAS Institute, SAS Drives
Discussion threads 2008-09-18
2.5 TERABYTE hot-swap storage for $730!
I still remember the first hard drive I ever bought. The year was 1992 and I had my friend drive me 70 miles in to the silicon valley for the deal of the month in hard drives. The prize at the end of that grueling drive without air...
Tags: Storage, Servers, Intel, Hardware, Fun Stuff, Desktop
Blog posts 2007-04-30
Setting up the 2.5 TB hot-swap array
Continuing from yesterdays blog where I introduced you to the cheap 2.5 TB storage array, were going to look at how this is installed in to the PC. Once all the drives are attached, youll need to toggle on all of the drives using a paper clip. This...
Tags: Storage, Servers, Security, Networking, Intel, Infrastructure, Hardware, Energy efficiency, Desktop, AMD
Blog posts 2007-05-01
Circuit board swap didn't work can see in bios, but can't see in XP
Circuit board swap - didn't work, can see in bios, but can't see in XPI tried a circuitboard swap, exact serial/pn and firmware - but when it boots, it keep trying to access the drive, with that up and down sound. Finally it is seen in the bios, but I...
Tags: Corporate governance, netrate@..., BIOS, circuit board, board, Microsoft Windows XP
Discussion threads 2007-06-23
Swap your mouse's right and left buttons in VB6
On the Windows OS, the mouse usually has a right and a left button. See how easy it is to swap the buttons so that pressing the left button triggers a right-button event and vice versa. On the Windows operating system, the mouse usually has two buttons:...
Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Mice, Microsoft Windows, Peter Aitken, mouse, mouse button, Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software
Technical articles 2005-07-27
Swap Card Desktop 1.0.1 (Windows)
Swap-Card is a universal contact management system, with a desktop application powered by DSPL dWise Service Presentation Layer Server back-end. Contacts are stored on the server - so you never lose a contact. You can create and share your virtual business card. Virtual cards in your Swap-Card?? box are auto-updated....
Tags: Card, Contact Management, Microsoft Windows, Swap-Card, Contacts, Desktops, Hardware
Software downloads 2009-06-05
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