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Is it normal when Windows 98SE start up and without any other program running the Win386.swp file is over 130mb in size? Shouldnt it be smaller? What might cause the file to be that big?
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I am guessing what you mean is this:
When windows 98 SE starts up, before any other program opens, the win386.swp file is over 130mb's.

Well, i haven't used windows 98SE for a long long time now, i have forgotten most of the stuff to do with it.

It could be a virus, i am not sure how large the file is meant to be anyway.

You could try backing up all of your data, and then formatting your computer, which is pretty simple, i can explain it over the forum if you want me to.
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rich already knows, believe me :P
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I had this installation in a rar file so I just extracted it after formatting.
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Post by DniFan »

Don't change anything, it's your virtual memory.
Don't delete it or something, cause that me cause your PC to be veeeeery slow, or it will crash.
Sometimes, mine is 384 MB :lol:
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Post by RichardMH »

It cant be deleted its a file that is always in use.
If you have more then 1gb of ram it shouldnt be a problem by deactivate the virtual memory.
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