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Subject: Low PC Memory - Best Product to Download?
Category: Computers > Operating Systems
Asked by: trishypoos-ga
List Price: $2.50
Posted: 17 Apr 2004 11:52 PDT
Expires: 17 May 2004 11:52 PDT
Question ID: 331780
My PC only has 112 MB of memory left~!  What is the best/safest
product to download with this small amount of memory left.  Also one
that offers other PC features.
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Subject: Re: Low PC Memory - Best Product to Download?
From: corwin02-ga on 17 Apr 2004 13:10 PDT
 
If you are referring to the internal memory of your computer the best
advice I can give you is to unload some unneeded programs to free up
some memory , however if with memory you refer to hard disk space
available the first few things you can do to free up some space are

1. go to Start programs accessoires and run Disk cleanup 
2. start your browser and select tools select internet options and hit
the button delete files
3.go to start setting control panel and select add/remove programs and
look for programs you haven't used for a very long time (it is noted
behind the program)
and uninstall whatever you do not use 
4. go to your email program and delete all the emails you deleted in
the deleted folder and then compress the database
Subject: Re: Low PC Memory - Best Product to Download?
From: threenorns-ga on 18 Apr 2004 18:55 PDT
 
hi -- to clarify the earlier comment, "memory" refers to RAM
(random-access memory).  this is what the CPU uses in order to
accomplish anything.  it's pure electricity and volatile, meaning
everything in RAM vanishes when the power's cut off (including that
report you've sweated over for the past three hours).

what you see when you right-click "properties" for C: is your hard
drive, or "storage".  the hard drive runs on magnetic, optical, or a
combination of principles and is stable, meaning when you turn the
computer on, it's all still there (including your report, assuming you
saved it!).

if you have only 112 Mb of storage left, this is a very serious 
problem unless your hard drive is only half a gig.  for optimal
performance, you need to keep at least 25% of your hard drive free;
otherwise, the results could be catastrophic (such as getting an
"invalid system disk" or "non-system disk or disk error" when  you try
to boot up because system files have been overwritten or corrupted).

do the following, in order of appearance:

1.  clean the disk as suggested above.  there is an excellent utility
available at http://www.langa.com (look in "downloads") -- it's a
little batch file you install  and it scrubs your hard drive clean of
all kinds of crap lurking in odd and assorted nooks and crannies.

2.  uninstall (through the control panel, pls, not by pushing the
delete button!) any program you've not used in the past six months. 
chances are, you never will.

3.  delete all those email attachments, especially the MPEGs.

4.  burn all those MP3s to CD in MP3 format and delete them from your hard drive.

5 (optional).  buy a second hard drive -- today's minimum recommended
hard drive is 20Gb.

as for your RAM, make sure you've not got fifteen zillion apps loading
whenever windows starts.  realplayer, winamp agent, and instant
messenger programs are bad for that.

hope this helps!  =)
Subject: Re: Low PC Memory - Best Product to Download?
From: trishypoos-ga on 19 Apr 2004 21:58 PDT
 
Dear Corwin,

Thanks for your help ... deleting a few musty ole proggies helped a
lot.  I already delete old mail ... but had forgotten about my filing
cabinet which was rather stagnant!   Your advice was helpful, and I
thank you for taking the time to help me out.   Namaste [love and
light] to you.

Best wishes, FF

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