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Jana Panarites - 09 Feb 2004 05:28 GMT

Hi folks,

I have 142MB RAM, but my C drive is showing only a tiny
bit of disk space and my system performance hovers around
66%. I don't have very many programs on my computer, so I
can't figure out why my drive space is so low and
performance so bad. Any suggestions to fix this?

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Richard G. Harper - 09 Feb 2004 11:49 GMT

You're looking at three very different numbers here.

RAM is the amount of physical memory installed in your system. It has
nothing to do with your hard drive space.

Disk space is the same thing as hard drive space, and is where programs and
data are stored long-term. The only cure for an almost-full hard drive is
to either selectively and carefully get rid of files and uninstall programs
you don't need, or to buy a larger hard drive.

The system performance number is actually the system resources, special
areas of memory used to hold menus, graphical elements and so on. 66% here
is a very respectable number and needs no action on your part.

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Jana Panartes - 09 Feb 2004 16:02 GMT

Thanks for your message. I'm still puzzled, because less
than 24 hours prior to detecting a nearly full hard drive,
there was tons of space on it. I did, however, install a
newer version of Iomega CD-RW software on the system,
which overwrote the original Iomega software I had on
there. Maybe something's wrong in there. The Iomega
software has been giving me lots of problems as well.

You say that 66% performance on system resources is
respectable? I thought 85% or so was the norm.

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Richard G. Harper - 10 Feb 2004 00:26 GMT

As for why your hard drive is full ... I can't tell from here. If you're
uncertain what you should keep and what you should throw away, you will want
someone who can lay their hands on your system and help you figure it out.

As for the resources - there's no magic number that's good or bad. 66% free
resources is plenty. It's only when you get to 10% or less that you even
need to think about the issue.

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LOSTSOUL - 11 Feb 2004 09:13 GMT

UNDER WINDOWS..DUMP BOTH TEMP & TEMP ENTER NET FILES THEN
REBOOT PC RUN DEFRAG TO SEE IF IT WILL PICK UP SPACE FOR
YOU
ALSO UNDER MY COMPUTER IT WILL SHOW HOW MUCH SPACE IS
USED AND NOT USED

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