disable your swap space on Windows 7

*This instructions are recommended for advanced users only. If you are not comfortable doing this, you may
safely skip this step.*
Instructions are less verbose than usual, as these steps are intended for advanced users only. If you do not fully understand these instructions, skip this step.
1. From Control Panel, go to "System and Security".
2. Click on "System", and then choose "Advanced system settings" in the left-most menu.
3. Under the "Advanced" tab, under "Performance", click "Settings".
4. Under this "Advanced" tab, under "Virtual Memory", click "Change"
5. Uncheck "Automatically manage paging file sizes for all drives"
6. Select "No paging file"
7. Save, reboot, and follow these same first 5 steps to confirm that "No paging file" is still selected.
This means that you have successfully disabled your swap. This means that *nothing* from RAM will be inadvertently saved to your harddrive.
To resume using SWAP again, simply click "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives."
You can switch between these two modes as you desire.
Generally speaking, your computer will run fine without a swap file, provided you have enough RAM.