Plenty o Ram

[leichaolan]

Is it possible to have enough RAM so that you can load up EVERYTHING (including Windows)? I heard that if you set your virtual memory settings to 0, it will do this and if you have enough ram, it will make everything run faster. How much ram would one need to pull off such an operation?

[Rick]

You can do this as simply as just turning off Virtual memory in control panel.

The amount of memory needed is determined by the programs you want to run and the size of the files that you open.

24+ meg for win98 and what ever your programs require.

Win98 however will crash if and when you run out of memory as you open files.
It’s not very stable ..

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[joea64]

Originally posted by leichaolan:
Is it possible to have enough RAM so that you can load up EVERYTHING (including Windows)? I heard that if you set your virtual memory settings to 0, it will do this and if you have enough ram, it will make everything run faster. How much ram would one need to pull off such an operation?

Seeing that I've just been going on in one of the other Troubleshooting forums about a Win98 memory problem, maybe I can offer this suggestion (gleaned from another tweaking site):

In system.ini, go down to the [386Enh] section. Add this line (make sure to leave a space between that line and the next section);

ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1

This, unlike the risky "turn off virtual memory" method, won't disable your swap file, but it will make Windows use your RAM first, as a well-behaved computer should, before it goes over to the swap file.

I have 512MB installed (which has caused problems of its very own; see the "System Troubleshooting" forum, look for my post starting "Pesky problem..." for more details) for just the purpose you're looking to do. You should always keep some kind of swap file on hand (my own recommendation is to fix it at a permanent size and optimize it so that it's at the beginning of your HD) but if you try the tweak I described above, you should be able to get Windows to use that RAM more efficiently.

-Joe-