Slow computer? Why? Serious people only.?

Question

Okay, I have like 2 programs that are running on start up, 128 mb, and a 100mb hard drive(space left) 70gb external hard drive.

How can I Switch the 70 gb hard drive in RAM. Bull, I tried the physical memory, paging file, and none of it worked. Any RAM boosters, that dont delete ram and that only boooooooooosts it up?
Any program so that I can turn my hard drive in RAM?!



-Billy

Answer 1

Right-click on each hard drive to bring up the menu that includes Properties ... Any open program will use the Random Access Memory (RAM) to some extent.

Answer 2

You say 100mb of space left, but not the size of the C: drive. If your C: drive is more than half full your computer will slow down ex potentially. You can uninstall and reinstall a lot of programs to your 70gb external. You can also double your page file and run equal amounts for both drives. Running XP I would run 2048 for the top and 4096 for the bottom on both drives. You can have a separate Program Files on the external drive as long as is stays hooked up. I have 10 drives @ 4Gb.of page file on each.3-internal, 3-USB, and 4 SCSI in a separate tower.
Another thing to gain some of your space back is to remove all but the last few system restore points. Do you know how to do that? (disk cleanup)

Answer 3

There might be more running than you expect. Besides the two programs you think are running, your wallpaper and screensaver are running constantly in the background, your antivirus program, etc.

When was the last time you cleaned up your hard drive? Here's my checklist:

Many users are not aware of how much RAM is used by wallpaper and/or a screensaver full of graphics. They run in the background and consume memory. (I have only 512mb RAM, run multiple programs simultaneously, and have set my wallpaper and screensaver to blank.)

I don’t do games, but I do know they are primarily graphics which need and use a lot of memory.

- How many programs do you load at startup? Maybe you should check it out and ensure you are running just what you need.
To do this: cl Start, cl Settings, cl Taskbar and Start Menu.
- cl Start Menu, cl Customize, cl Remove.
- cl the icon for the program you wish to remove
- then cl Remove.
- There is also a “Disable All” button.
- This will prevent the program from loading at startup, but will not remove the program from the hard disk.

- When you are working in a large file, save frequently to restore full memory access. (Your work remains in memory until you “save” it to disk.)

1. Did you run an error check? Open My Computer,
Right-cl on C:, Select Properties, Tools – Run an Error Check ( checkmark “check all and fix); then run a Defrag

2. Are you using Yahoo Toolbar? Run a full Norton Antispy.

3. From IE, click Tools, Internet Options
delete cookies
delete files (offline files)
clear history (set days to save to 0 if you want)
click o.k., and Restart

3. click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools – run Disk Cleanup

4. click Start, Run ipconfig renew (type ipconfig space renew)

All these things should be done regularly. The more frequently they are run, the less time they take.
- Note: Games and videos are mostly graphics. Graphics create large files. If this doesn’t help, you should consider getting more memory.
- A good web site to visit: http://www.theonlinefamily.net/organize/spring_clean_computer/index.html

Answer 4

There are plenty of programs that turn hard drives into virtual RAM, but they do the exact same thing physical memory does, so it would be pointless.

And besides, using your hard drive as virtual memory in order to boost RAM won't do anything to help your speed - you have to go out and buy actual RAM chips.

Answer 5

No, there isn't..
You can make your paging file use part of the 70 gig, but, not all of it..
I would suggest you study up on ram and what a hard drive is, and how they both work....
Sorry to bust your balloon.