When I click to veiw how much memory is left on my computer is shows very little free. I cant even defrag. But I dont have many unused programs.( I have tried clearing memory up that way) but I do have tons of my kids pictures loaded on my computer. How can I keep them on there and yet clear off some memory. I really dont want to delete them since those are all my little memories. can anyone help??
2006-11-15 07:01:59 · 8 answers · asked by ladalina1113 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
1)Stomp auto-starting programs. Click Start > Run and type "msconfig" at the prompt. Click the Startup tab and look at all that junk that loads when you launch your PC. Do you really need "Adobe Reader Speed Launch"? Probably not. Turn off anything else that looks useless, but be careful not to disable Windows system components.
2) Clean up the disk. Uninstall unneeded programs (especially those that run at startup and/or put something in the system tray), run Disk Cleanup, and defragment the drive. This is a good first step that will almost always take a few seconds off boot time and application loads for any computer.
3) Run a full anti-virus and anti-spyware scan. I would recommend using AVG Free Anti-virus, AVG Anti-Spyware, Spybot, Ad-Aware.
4) Clean up the registry. This is controversial, as some experts claim registry cleaners don't really help. I've seen evidence to the contrary, so I recommend doing it if you've got a major slowdown. CCleaner is free and worth running.
5)Delete old network connections. Your computer may be trying to connect to shared hard drives that no longer exist. In Windows Explorer right-click on any network shares you don't actively use and click Delete. Under Tools, also click "Disconnect Network Drive" to see if there are any others lurking about.
2006-11-15 07:03:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, what you are low on is disk space. The only way to free up disk space is to move or delete files off your computer. If you have a lot of picture that you want, simply burn them to a CD and then delete them. If you want to see the pictures in the future, simple put in the CD and it should offer to show them to you.
The picture do not have to be on your hard drive for you to keep them. You can store them on a CD (or DVD) just as well.
2006-11-15 07:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a secondary storage device like a USB 2.0 Flash Drive, I remember seeing a 64MB for like $8.00 so copy all unnecessary pictures to the Drive so that you remove the extraneous space from your hard drive. AS for your memory problem you need a less modern operating system so you have more memory to spare. For example my sister had 384 MB RAM on her computer and had Windows XP on it, she has a lot of programs on it so she downgraded to Windows ME and she has a lot more memory and hard drive space to spare.
2006-11-15 10:26:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not constructive what you propose, precisely. yet listed right here are some solutions that would help. Do you propose how a lot room your pc has left for memory to be put in? bypass to regulate PanelSystem and MaintenanceSystem to ascertain how a lot RAM you've put in. in case you realize your pc's RAM means, you may determine out how a lot you've left. in case you do not understand how a lot means you've for RAM, you'll discover out through sorting out your pc on the web website. Do you propose how a lot memory you've left even as your pc is operating? you may hit Ctrl-Shift-Esc to drag up the interest manager and click on the performance tab. Do you propose hardcontinual area? if so, then only bypass to my pc. In vista, you should ascertain on the prompt how a lot area you've left.
2016-11-24 21:12:17 · answer #4 · answered by puccinelli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
store the pictures on a cd and delete them off your computer. if you still don't have enough hard drive space then compress some big files. if you still don't have enough, you are going to have to delete some of your stuff or buy another hard drive.
2006-11-15 12:19:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well first go and find a program called picasa and you can find it at http://picasa.google.com/. then go to www.computerhope.com for any other questions about doing what you want to do or go to
http://www.ccleaner.com/ if you can't find the info on that computerhope.com site. and one more thing if you want try signing up for a google account and adding pictures to your own web album by going to this site https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=lh2&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2F
2006-11-15 07:18:02 · answer #6 · answered by gleen15 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put the pictures on to rewritable CDs...
2006-11-15 07:03:32 · answer #7 · answered by krystal c 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
buy an external hard drive
2006-11-15 07:05:01 · answer #8 · answered by E W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋