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hey guys.

So in a nutshell, my 14 gig PC computer keeps losing (or using) more and more memory. There are always notices that come up telling me my memory is too low (and it "deletes content" for me, but that that doesn't fix the problem), and i have already deleted almost every program except microsoft word, and there are about 3 small word files. all temporoay files are also deleted daily, but i'm done to less than 1 mb and i'm not sure what to do.

any advice?

if you need more information, let me know.
 
I suspect you mean 1.4 gig computer which refers to its processor speed not its memory capacity. What operating system are you using? If it's xp then ctrl alt del will bring up a task manager window that will tell you what is running and what it is using. To get good info we need to know more!
 
hi justin,

we'll need a little more information. Memory can be confusing 'cause it often gets refer to as more than one thing. It's geneally refered to as RAM or computer memory, and is talked about in terms of MB so you might have say 64 MB of memory, 128 MB, 256 MG or maybe 512 MB. There is also hard drive size which used to be in MB but is now mostly in GB. Back in 1992 i had a 1000 MB hard drive (also called 1 GB hard drive). now hard drives are up all the way to 750 GB in size. common sizes are like 60 or 80 GB.

Memory (or RAM) is not where your programs or data files are kept. memory is temporary and doesn't "save" anything.

Hard drive is where your files and programs are installed. This is "premanent" storage (at least until your hard drive breaks).

you can double left click on your "my computer" icon and then on your Drive C icon right click and select properties. this will pop up a little graph of your hard drive telling you how big it is and how much space you've used vs how much is left on the drive. let us know what that says.

you also from your desktop, you'll need to right click on your "my computer" icon and select properties and that will pop up a box that should tell you some information about your computer, like what version of windows you have, what the speed of your processor is, and how much memory you have. let us know how much memory it says you have (which it might only refer to as RAM and not memory).

alternatively you can go to this web page: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

dowload the Belarc advisor which after you run it will give you a very detailed run down of your computer. then you could just type that information out to us, or copy and paste (i think you can copy and paste it). the program doesn't send any information to those people, it just tells you what you have. it might look like it cause it uses a web browser to report your information to you, but it's ok it's not sending any information about you.

after you do that and post again, we should be able to tell you what to do. you might need to add a second larger hard drive or add more memory. if the message you get is really about "memory" then it's not your hard drive and deleting programs or files and stuff will do NO good. Because you are removing those from your hard drive and not from memory. You might have a virus or spyware that is taking up memory.

you can go here and download Spybot S&D and install and run it to see if it catches anything: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

here are instructions on how to use spybot: http://www.foxware.com/security/spybot/spybot.htm
 
Hi Justin.

If your machine is 1.4GHz, I would imagine that it came with 256MB RAM (or less).

Perhaps an extra stick or two of RAM will solve the problem - I'm finding 512MB isn't enough for me these days.

Kingston and other manufacturers have on-line tests that will check your RAM and tell you what you need to buy. You don't need to buy it from them, you can go to your local computer shop once you know what to ask for.

{If this is the answer, I can send you instructions with diagrams on how to open the case and fix in the memory sticks}
 
the computer's capacity is 14GB, with only 836 kb of free space. the disk cleanup option on "my computer" is not helping all that much either. i have no spyware or virus programs on here, but i highly doubt that there is a virus because this computer reacts the same way to viruses every time. i don't want to buy more RAM or anything, I just want to get it back up to 9 or 10 GB.

any more info needed as of this point? keep asking questions, I'm happy to answer them - thanks for your help guys!

system is windows xp by the way.
 
ok well it sounds like your hard drive is virtually full. which is likely affecting window's virutual memory, which is maybe why you are getting those error messages. do you have video files that you've downloaded saved somewhere? did the loss of space happen suddenly?

honestly if you can afford it, i'd get a second hard drive and add that to your computer. they are not very hard to add and you can get one for less than 50 bucks that is maybe twice the size of the one you have. then after you install it, it will come with a CD that will allow you to copy your old drive to the new one. once that is complete you can erase the old 14 GB hard drive. if you have a best buy or something like that you can look at their prices. wal mart also sometimes have them now. you can see some here at tigerdirect.com: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Recs=10&Nav=|c:134|c:522|&Sort=4

you'll likely be looking for a IDE hard drive but it's hard to say for sure without knowing more about your computer. if you right click on your "my documents" folder and select properties, it should tell you how large the folder is. maybe you have something large in it taking up a lot of room?
 
hey, no my documents is only 258 kb. is there any way I can complete restore or flush out my system to put it back to 10 or 11 GB out of the 14 GB?
 
justin77 said:
the computer's capacity is 14GB, with only 836 kb of free space. the disk cleanup option on "my computer" is not helping all that much either. i have no spyware or virus programs on here, but i highly doubt that there is a virus because this computer reacts the same way to viruses every time. i don't want to buy more RAM or anything, I just want to get it back up to 9 or 10 GB.

any more info needed as of this point? keep asking questions, I'm happy to answer them - thanks for your help guys!

system is windows xp by the way.
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Well first off, as has been mentioned, you're actually talking about hard drive space, not memory.

I think others have sufficiantly gone thru how to clear up space, so i won't talk about that. What i will say is that a 14GB hard drive is an extremely abnormally small hard drive by today's standards.

If you don't have the financial means to get a newer computer right now, i'd seriously consider at least buying a new hard drive. Something like This Hard Drive for $44 would go well beyond suiting your needs for right now, and be a good choice should you get a new computer in the future, as it seems you don't require a extra large amount of HDD space.

Something around 80GB, with a decent 8MB cache would be just right for you. To be perfectly honest with you, it would be a waste of time for you to format and reinstall windows on a HDD that small, you'll run into the same problem in a few months.
 
mike_n_herrin said:
you'll likely be looking for a IDE hard drive but it's hard to say for sure without knowing more about your computer.
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If his HDD is 14GB then there is no doubt he's using an IDE connection for it, they don't make SATA, SCSI, or SAS drives with that little space. In fact you can't buy a new HDD with less than 36.7GB on any major retail website.
 
if you decide to reformat and reinstall windows, remember a REFORMAT will ERASE everything on your computer. So yo need to have the CD (or other installation media) for all the software you want back on it including windows XP. You should also save any data files you want to keep (like word documents, music files, email files you have saved, your bookmarks in your browswer, etc etc).

before you reformat you need to make sure your computer will start up (aka boot from) the Windows XP CD. You need to make sure you have your CD key and product ID and what not because you will likely have to activate windows if you reinstall, which means calling MS. You might call them ahead of time and make sure their wont be a problem. i've never had to call them so i don't know how that process works...maybe one of the other folks here can say.

My preference would still be to get a second hard drive and install that then use the software that comes with the new hard drive to copy the contents of your existing drive to the new one. then you can erase your old one if you want and have it empty or you can leave it there as sorta a back up. The only problem with this is that if you have something "wrong" that is taking up a lot of space the problem may just keep getting worse...but you should not get the memory errors anymore even if get a new larger hard drive and copy everything over to it.
 
Not every hard drive you buy will come with that kind of software... in fact most DO NOT. Certainly no OEM product will. If you want to purchase a hard drive with that kind of software with it, you're going to have to do research and make sure it comes with said hardware.

That said, i'd still recommend that you toss the 14GB in favor of a new HDD. Once you install everything on your new HDD you can hook up the old one as well, long enough to grab the data off of it that you need. You could leave it hooked up if you want, but any HDD that is that small has to be years old, and is going to be very slow.

And mike is right, you will need your windows XP CD and a CD-Key or registration information. You don't need to be able to boot from a CD, you can download a windows XP boot program onto a series of floppy disks. the program can be found on microsoft's website.
 
every hard drive i've ever purchased from a "real" store, like best buy, or wal mart (whether it was western digital, seagate, or maxtor) came with a CD or in the old days a floppy with the software to copy your old drive. The times i've gotten hard drives from online stores like Tigerdirect they did NOT come with a CD. If you get a drive and it doesn't come with software, it's generally free for download from the hard drive's manufacturor's web site.
 
if you buy a bulk drive (without any package, just the drive in a bag) you don't get anything with it and save yourself 10-20 EUR
 
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