Physical Memory?

Question

Recently my computer says it has low memory. Yet, this has never happened before. If I downloaded a freeware that states I have physical memory of 329.74MD of 767.4MB (43%) - is this important to get my computer to respond?

I know that freeing up my ram helps but anything that will bring my computer back to its right settings would be very much appreciated.

Answer 1

that is not physical memory but virtual memory, is your hard disk partitioned into two? that is you have a drive C and a drive D but only one physical hard drive?

if your drive C's (where the default virtual memory is allocated) free disk space is low then you might be low in virtual memory as windows could not allocate more for it.

you can however allocate some disk space from your drive D for your virtual memory.



go to [Control Panel][System] Advance tab

click the 'Settings' button under"Performance"



go to the Advance tab under Performace Options

under the Virtual memory click the "Change" button



Choose D: (it should show you the Space available for allocation)

tick the option button adjacent Custom Size:

for the Initial size(MB) allocate around 150MB

and for the Maximum size allocate around 450MB (or whatever size you deemed needed...

If you are not sure then you can just let the system allocate for you by ticking the option button opposite "System managed size

click the Set button and click OK and OK again until you have closed the system dialog box closes...

Answer 2

what it is talking about is virtual memory just reset it size



To change the size of the virtual memory paging file

You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure.



Open System in Control Panel.

On the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Settings.

On the Advanced tab, under Virtual memory, click Change.

Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file you want to change.

Under Paging file size for selected drive, click Custom size, and type a new paging file size in megabytes in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, and then click Set.

If you decrease the size of either the initial or maximum page file settings, you must restart your computer to see the effects of those changes. Increases typically do not require a restart.

Answer 3

Defrag your harddrive..this is done via SYSTEM TOOLS under ACCESSORIES in the start menu.

Delete temp folders and temporary internet folder prior to doing so and anything you dont need, backup and delete first.

Answer 4

i feel it is talking about the free space in you C drive??