Low memory,what to do?

Question

My friend told me to cut from memory low drive and paste it to any other drive How that done plz tell me in detail

Answer 1

Hard drives do NOT contain memory per se. Hard drives contain "SPACE". Hard drives DO contain "Virtual Memory" which uses free hard drive space. The only "memory" is system memory. If your computer is running slow, it is not because you have no hard drive space, it is either because 1) You have 20 to 30 un-needed programs running at the same time, using up the system memory, for example, AIM, Yahoo, IE6, printer programs, sound control panels, etc. etc. FYI: you don't need all these programs running at the same time, or 2) It's because you simply have low system memory.

If you are running Windows XP, either find the icon "My Computer" on the desktop or under the start menu, and right click it, and click on "Properties". The next screen that comes up, somewhere should say Computer: and under this, will show you how much memory you have. You should also see how much memory you have when you turn your computer on. You can buy more memory from Staples, Best Buy, or any computer store. Or a computer show. Most computer dealers in malls, and such will try and rip new computer owners off, since they know nothing about computers.

Answer 2

If you have low memory , you can do one of 2 things, either buy more memory and add it to your computer, or 2) which is what I would do to start with is find out what is causing you to have low memory.

First off if you haven't turned your PC off in a few days do so, as sometimes a program will not close completely and might still be holding on to some memory.
Second, look in the lower right hand corner of your monitor next to the clock. Everything down there uses memory space, so if your not using it, close it out.

Don't forget to run your virus scanner and antispyware checkers to ensure there isn't anything unwanted sucking up your memory either.

If you still have low memory, you can see what's using up most of your memory resources by checking out your Task Manager program. The easiest way to access this program is to click Start, Run and then type taskmgr. If you click on the procceses tab and then click on the Mem Usage heading in the upper right corner, you will now see all the processes that are running in the background and how much memory is being used by each with the highest first. (If it doesn't try clicking the Mem usage again. )

Note: in the lower right hand corner is 2 sets of numbers 1st is how much your using and the second is total available.

Write down the 5 top memory hogs and use google to find out what these processes are and if it's safe to close them (if possible). These will only close temporarily and you won't damage your PC. If the PC does go "wonky " on you just reboot and everything will be back to normal.

See how the PC runs now. If it's good, you might want to set it up so that these processes don't start up automatically.

Answer 3

You boyfriend is assuming you have an external drive capability, it is safe to say that he has more computer savy than you.

To free up Ram, you can run Defrag, you can delete programs (non windows) that you rarely or never use, you can delete music files and video files, you can clear history and cookies.

Go to start, settings, control panel........add/remove programs.....and look to see what you run, but do not use. Right click each file it will give you the last used date, and the delete option. The more you delete, the more memory you gain.

But do so cautiously, deleting windows files can hamper connectivity.

Answer 4

What you are probably asking is:

"I am using Microsoft Windows XP. I have a disk drive with two partitions. How do I move a file from one partition to the other?"

To which the answer is:

Open Microsoft Windows Explorer. Select the file or files from the first partition (eg. C:), and press ctrl-x. Go to the second partition, and press ctrl-v.

Answer 5

Sometimes, if you have too many things in your tool bar at the bottom or too many objects on your desk top, that will affect your performance or memory.

Answer 6

there is no such thing as low drive if you make your point a little clearer to understand then we may be able to help you