I am doing some homework for my A+ cert. class at school and have a question about Swap Files. In theroy can you set a whole HD to only handle them?

Homework Help

Hey all
Doing some A+ cert. class homework for my 2nd mod and ran across something i dont know about. What is the difference between an OEM and a regualr windows OS?
Thanks
Spade

You can use a whole HD for handling swap-files. But a swap-file is hardly ever going to be larger than 1.5GB, so you'd be wasting a lot of space.
Using an old 1.7GB harddisk for that is no solution either, because those size disks are really slow (ATA33) and will bog down the speed of your PC.

Regular windows comes with a box and manual(s).
OEM is just the CD with a (hopefully legal) COA (Certificate of Authenticity) and serial.
It is the same Windows as the regular, but based on serial-number it can be limited in MS-support.
The likes of Dell and Gateway supply you with an OEM-version.
On the web you can also buy OEM-windows, costing considerably less than the regular version. They are normally accompanied by a sound-cable or some such cheap hardware-part, so they are legal in their OEM-claim.

Thanks Much

Thanks alot for that.