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In article <3386ABFC.42D51BF2@dmd.a-l.defence.gov.au> Frank Ranner <Frank_Ranner@dmd.a-l.defence.gov.au> writes:
>From: Frank Ranner <Frank_Ranner@dmd.a-l.defence.gov.au>
>Subject: Re: FIPS
>Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 18:51:08 +1000

>Stephen T. Gibson wrote:
>> 
>> I am planning to partition a 2.5GB HD using FIPS. My system is a
>> Pentium 166, running Windows95(B).
>> I am confused by the following text of the fips.doc file
>> 
>>   "...But before starting FIPS you _must_ now defragment your Harddisk.
>>    All of the space that will be used for the new partition must be free.
>>    Be aware that the Windows Swapfile will not be moved by most defragmentation
>>                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>    programs. You must uninstall it (in the 386enhanced part of the Windows
>>    Control Panel) and reinstall it after using FIPS."
>> 
>> How do I find the "Windows Swapfile" and how do I uninstall it?
>> Is it important to do this?
>> 
>> Steve.
>> 


You can get rid of the Windows Swap File for the time of the defragmentation 
and then recreate it after you have run FIPS, ie created a new partition.
To get rid of the swap file,you must run windows, get into the control panel 
and then open the enhanced icon.
Select the virtual memory option and then select none.
After you have done this then you will have to restart windows.
Check that the swapfile is gone by running some thing like dos defrag or 
nortons defrag and make sure that there are no large unmoveable blocks.
This works for Win3.1 ,I dont know about WIN95.
Win3.1 will run without a swap file if you have a reasonable amount (16 megs 
or more) of memory in your machine,and you dont use large spreadsheets.

cheers
MD

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Maurie Daly
Department of Communications Lab.
Canberra
Australia
mauried@commslab.gov.au
ph 6 2791331
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