[Ronn_Bman]

This is kind of what I was thinking; I need my OS and Apps on a separate physical drive from the swap file so the head isn't constantly switching back and forth between App/OS and the swap file.

Vas, how do you get the swap file at the front of the drive? When I had a smaller second drive it automatically put the swap in the middle of the drive and nothing could move it. I notice your swap 'drive' is not the first drive (letter-wise at least) on the second partitioned drive, so is that the section nearest the beginning of the physical drive?

Also, I had a very small second drive for my swap file last time, and I tried to partition it so the swap file 'drive' was the size of the swap file, but every time I booted it complained that the drive was full. It still complained with the drive 1.5 X the size.