Re: Memory problem
From: R. C. White (RCWhite_at_msn.com)
Date: 02/12/04
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:09:24 -0600
Hi, Irene.
Well, 128 MB will run WinXP, as you see, but not at top speed, especially if
you are doing very much graphics work or if you have several programs
running at once. You would be happier with 256 MB; these days, 512 MB seems
to be the "sweet spot" in the trade-off between cost and performance. Since
we don't know how YOU use YOUR computer, all we can tell you is "generic"
advice like that.
How large is your hard drive? Is it all in a single partition (Drive C:),
or divided into smaller partitions? It's not clear whether you mean that
the drive is 32% full or 32% empty. Either way, if it is 20 GB or larger,
that means you have at least 6 GB free, which should not prompt a warning.
You say you deleted TIFs and ran Disk Cleanup and saw no improvement. If
you did not Empty your Recycle Bin after this, then those "deleted" files
are in the bin - and still using up just as much disk space as before. See
if your numbers improve after you empty the bin. Defragmenting your HD
should help performance, but it just moves files around without deleting
any. Deleting files from your HD would have NO effect on memory.
RC
-- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@corridor.net Microsoft Windows MVP "Irene Lavin" <IreneLavin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:f0c201c3f0f5$0c856b70$a501280a@phx.gbl... > I know very little about the hardware side of computers > but would be very grateful for some advice on why my > computer is running very slow. In hardware info it says I > have 128MB of memory detected and minimum requirement > 64MB. It also says disk partition on C drive is 32% with > warning sign of low. I have deleted all temporary > internet files, completed a disk clean up and disk > fragmenter but none of this has changed the above figures > of low memory and disk space. Hope this makes some sense > and someone can assit me!! > > Thank you whoever you are in anticipation of your > assistance.
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