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yesterday on my computer i saw a message u say i have problem with my virtual memory!!!
do any one know what's a virtual memory??
Thanks
by james r linn
is when part of your Hard disk is assigned to act as temporary storage to suppliment the amount of RAM you have.
Its obviously much slower than RAM, and is subject to some of the problems you have with hard drives, mainly fragmentation and corruption.
In earlier versions of Windows (3.X) techs like me used to play with the setting to optimise machine performance. In later versions, I usually let the OS manage it, as it seems to do a good job.
If you are having virtual memory problems and haven't been playing with the virtual memory settings, I'd scan the disk for problems and then defrag it.
James
by archon285
Go to Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Performance/Virtual memory and check that you have allowed Windows to manage the virtual memory.
For a machine to use virtual memory means that your actual memory has overflowed at some point. Think about installing some more - it will speed up your machine substantially. 256Meg is now only $45 or so.
Re-booting should clear the virtual memory from the hard disc.
Scan and defrag of course, as James suggests.
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