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What should be the size of a Page File to burn go?

Hi,

I have Roxio easy cd creator V. 6.

When I burn a data cd using creator classic V.6 and UDF format it only burns text and not the graphics of a web page. When I try to open such a file I keep getting the message in task bar, “ Opening Page File”. Then it opens the file without any graphics.

This happens only when I burn more than 100 MB of data only. If I burn a data file with less than 100 MB data, it burns both text and graphics.

Can somebody tell me what is going on?

I have Win 98 SE and it has one GB of free space and I have set it to “ Let Windows manage my virtual memory.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Sean
 

What should be the size of a Page File to burn go?

Reply #1 –
Hi,

Missing files on a CD is very strange and should not occur (unless the reading or burning software is broken).

I remember a Microsoft knowledgebase article talking about missing files in winxp's burning feature. Since they used CD Creator code under license, I'd recommend you try Nero if possible.

Anyhow, here's some advice about virtual memory:

Win9x:
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I don't know...

Win2000, WinXP:
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I've had serious problems burning DATA DVD's when virtual memory (ie: swap file) is enabled.

The problem is due to awful cache management by Win2000 and beyond. When burning lots of files, windows keeps adding their contents to its disk cache (in RAM).  Trouble is, when burning 1-2 gigabytes of data the cache will grow too much and push the burning app (Nero/EasyCD/etc) to swap memory !!  The results will be frequent buffer underruns and hard disk trashing.

On a decent operating system the disk cache must have lower priority than the applications. It seems windows doesn't enforce this rule properly.

I've tried to limit cache size using Winternals tools, but win2000/xp doesn't obey the rules (nt4 does). In the end, to burn data dvd's my only options were either to disable the paging file, or to burn from linux.