Disk Cache takes all memory when copying large files
This is a discussion about Disk Cache takes all memory when copying large files in the Customization Tweaking category; This is under Windows XP. I find that when I copy larger files and also running programs, all my memory is used on the disk cache and all programs are paged to disk. Anyone know of the fault and/or a workaround?.
This is under Windows XP. I find that when I copy larger files and also running programs, all my memory is used on the disk cache and all programs are paged to disk. Anyone know of the fault and/or a workaround?
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I could be wrong, but I think thats the way NTs memory management is supposed to work. In 4 years of using NT I haven't noticed it do anything else. Of course, I haven't ran it in obscenely large amounts of RAM so that might have something to do with it...
Cant you change that by right clicking my puter->properties, advanced tab, performance 'settings' button, then the advanced tab. (Memory Usage)
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Already tried that. BTW it defaults to programs over system cache.
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That seems to help a lot. Once I find out what the best settings for my amount of memory are, I should have it working the way I want it.
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