Re: Optimial size ofvirtual memory?

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I checked the C-drive as you suggested. This is what I got:

Used space 26.5 GB
Free space 26.0 GB

Capacity 52.5 GB.

This indicates that there is enough hard disk space in C-drive..

(* C-hard drive is a 150GB drive but only 50 GB has been partitioned as
C-drive).

Jim



"JS" <@> wrote in message news:%23btLVKo1JHA.5772@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Your hard drive may be running low on free disk space.
Open Windows Explorer and right click on the drive icon (usually C:)
and click on the Properties option.

If the amount of free space displayed in the Properties window is
less than 10 percent of the total drive/partition size,
then low disk space is most likely the cause.

To fix this you can click on the 'Disk Cleanup' located near the bottom
right
of the Properties Window. In the 'Disk Cleanup' window place check marks
in the boxes that show a lot of drive space being consumed,
typically 'Temporary Internet Files', 'Recycle Bin', and 'Temporary
Files'.

Note: if you manually set the size of the pagefile you may need to
increase it.
To change the pagefile size:
Click Start, and then select/click the Control Panel option.
Next click on the 'System' icon..

In the 'System Properties' windows click on the 'Advanced tab'.
Locate the box titled 'Performance' and click on the 'Settings' button
In the 'Performance Options' select the 'Advanced' tab.
Near the bottom you will see a box labeled 'Virtual Memory',
click on the 'Change' button.

In the 'Under Drive [Volume Label]' column, select the drive that contains
the paging file that you want to change the size or to create a new page
file.
Next, in the 'Paging file size for selected drive' box , click to select
the
'System managed size' check box (this is the recommended default),
and then click Set.

If you decide to choose the 'Custom size' option,
then make certain that the 'Initial size' and 'Maximum size' values are at
least 1.5 times the actual amount of ram memory in your PC as a
starting point.Click the OK button 3 times to exit.

You will need to 'Restart' the computer for the changes to take effect.

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com


"Jorge Cervantes" <machocraig@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23U57BGo1JHA.1644@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
OS of m Dell desktop computer is Win XP Pro-SP3 with 2 GB RAM.

Recently, I am getting this warning: Your system is low on virtual
memory.

When I checked the current size of the virtual memory, it is 768 M.

Please advise me the recommended size of virtual memory. Thanks. Jim





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