Is there a way to increase your memory space because i am taking up 1.5 out 2 gigs. of memory.?

Question

what is it called, and where do i buy it

I am talking about Ram i think (when i open task manger, ctrl+alt+delete, it says pf usage 1.52 or somfin around that number).

Answer 1

PF usage? That is page file usage, not memory. Think of a page file as virtual memory that resides on your hard drive. Windows will always use page file, you do not want to shrink it or disable (unless you like your computer to freeze and crash frequently). If you are nor having any performance issues, then do not worry about it. IF you are, the only thing you can do is to optimize it and your hard drive. When was the last time you ran defrag? The only way to optimize page file is to turn off page file, reboot, run defrag, turn on page file and reboot again. Unless you purchase a better defrag app then what comes with WIndows, like Diskkeeper, which can optimize the page file for you.

Answer 2

PF is page file, virtual memory being used from your harddrive. By default it adjust it's size automatically. It slows the computer a good 10-20%. Added more RAM memory would help not to use so much virtual memory and increase your system.
For win95/98/me is 32mb minimum, 256mb recommended.
For WinXP 512mb is minimum, 1gb recommended.
For Vista 1gb is minimum, 2gb recommended.
And as a gamer, you want to double the recommended.

Answer 3

kinda need to clarify whether your talking about RAM of Hard Drive Space

Im guessing you mean your board can take 2GB's of RAM and you have 1.5GB's installed. Unless you are a serious gamer their isnt a need to add any more ram

or you have a 2gb Hard Drive meaning you must be running Windows 2000 or lower and you won't have alot of space after that

if you are talking about your Hard Drive then i would suggest getting a new hard drive off the internet cause they are pretty cheap for 40gb now
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=533139
just to give you an idea of price (never seen the website before so i can't say that it is safe ect)

Answer 4

if youre talking about a hard drive then youre outta luck. drop 20 bones on a 30 or 40 gig and get em to install it too.

if youre talking about ram you have to buy bigger or unbroken sticks to increase capacity, HOWEVER, IF your mother board limits your memory size to 1.5 there is nothing you can do.

(besides, why are you complaining? id kill for 1.5 gig of ram om my machine.)

Answer 5

You can buy more memory. Or a new computer, most computers now days come with at least 100gigs of memory.

Answer 6

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