PageFile on a USB/Flash Drive?

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Gawd
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I just got to thinking that if you must have a PF (1gb or less of ram), would it make sense to put it on a flash drive or solid state drive? Is it even possible, and what would be the impact on performace?

I suppose the question would be whether or not the USB device drivers are loaded fully before the PF is needed, though if you clear the PF upon shutdown, that would not be a problem right?

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We will see this in Vista. In Vista you get the choice of using the USB key as "memory" or as actual storage.
 
Yes you could do it but it would be DOG slow, hard drives are MUCH MUCH faster.
 
And there are limited writes on a flash drive. Solid state (ram drive) on the other hand would be the way to go.
 
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