Yes, you should use a tiny partition next to the OS partition.
If you onlyhvae one physical hard disc this is true, if you have two or more then putting it on a completely separate hard disc is much better as you can access your page file and other system files simultaneously. Same is true for Linux Swap partitions.
-CarolHaynes
100% right!
RAID is PERFECT, be it for backups or not If you want to be on the safe side you just should use RAID 1, no risk there
Too bad Acronis True Image seems to not recognize RAID controllers for backup purposes 
RAID 0 is FAR from perfect for backups. If anything goes wrong at all with your system you stand to lose everything on a RAID 0 system as it is very difficult to retrieve RAID 0. With a backup on a standard IDE or SATA disc you can simply move it to another computer, so long as it isn't your backup disc that is damaged. With RAID 0 you would probably have to have an identical RAID controller - and given lots of systems now have integrated RAID controllers this is unlikely to be possible (unless you can find an old motherboard identical to your own).
RAID 1 is fine, but it costs twice as much and has no speed benefits whatsoever so for consumer level systems it seems a bit like overkill!
Err, you seems to be confusing RAID 1 with another RAID:
http://www.bytepile....om/raid_class.php#02I like my RAID 1 a lot
Strange Acronis recognises my RAID controller ???
Strange indeed....
I see no need for doing so, instead I recommend the great CCleaner!
The main benefit in my system is I have one PageFile and one Temporary file cache for all my Windows installations - that saves quite a lot of space.
Ah, ok
Keeping Temp/Cache files away from C: allows Windows to manage its space better on Drive C: so that when I run a defrag program (PerfectDisc) I find that the majority of the disc (labelled infrequently accessed in PerfectDisc) have not fragmented at all, and only directories and recently written files need any defragging at all. This is one of the reasons I moved from DiskKeeper back to PerfectDisc as it consolidates all the rarely modified files in one place on the disc, decreasing access time and reducing defrag time.
That's a good point.
And yes, I switched to PerfectDisk too last year, it's really good.
I fully believe you, but personally I prefer to boot my system only every few weeks
I'm afraid I switch my machine off when I go to bed - I already feel a bit guilty leaving it on all day (even when I am not sitting at it - but I believe there are sound hardware reasons for that) because of the growing cost to the environment and global warming (not to mention the UKs ridiculous fuel costs - inc. electricity). I have even started to unplug my TV/DVD/Video etc. unless I am leaving it to record something - did you know these appliances all use 80% power in standby mode!
You are right, SOME use way too much engery, some only like ~5% - but it still sucks. I try to unplug everything too if I don't use that.
What we really need is more initiatives like
http://www.greencarcongress.com/ and less US folks wasting ressources. Energy prices should have been higher for quite a long time... it was way too cheap to waste it
PS: I hate the high costs too, but I feel that's the price we have to pay to learn how to use less oil/gas/water/whatever.
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