simple hard drive question :)
Saturday, November 29, 2003 by Z06Leonhart | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I have a 40gb hard drive, Ive only use about 2gb when when I select all the folders and check their the size. But then I click on my hd and it show that Ive used over 5 gb already. I really dont know where the 3 gb went. Can someone tell me, and sorry for my poor english(please correct me).
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Z06Leonhart
Reply #22 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:07 AM
Reply #22 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:07 AM
hey Yrag can you give me the a link to that because I couldnt find it 
yrag
Reply #24 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:10 AM
Reply #24 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:10 AM
Tom: XP will run on 128+. It really depends entirely on how many processes you have running in the background that eats up memory....mine runs at approx 550 MB on a re- boot and then slowly builds as time goes on and more gets loaded to memory. As long as you get a handle on the processes even that Lap will run fine 
Billy: I show it in SDC....you don't?
Billy: I show it in SDC....you don't?
kona0197
Reply #27 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:31 AM
I disagree. If you are running a new P4 with that hyperthreading technolgy and PC 3200 DDR 512 is more than enough....
Reply #27 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:31 AM
| BTW: 512 is not a lot of memory in an XP machine...... |
I disagree. If you are running a new P4 with that hyperthreading technolgy and PC 3200 DDR 512 is more than enough....
Jafo
Reply #28 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:34 AM
Reply #28 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:34 AM
Kona...yes....I'm 'fine' with 2 sticks of 512meg 3200 DDR 400fsb in parallel for an 800fsb MoBo.....and highly unlikely to need any more for a 'little while'...
kona0197
Reply #29 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:36 AM
Reply #29 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:36 AM
yeah but you have 2 sticks of 512? 1 gig?
overkill.
I was saying that 512 by itself is enough. I only have 192 and i zip along fine on my P3 733 mhz setup.
overkill.
I was saying that 512 by itself is enough. I only have 192 and i zip along fine on my P3 733 mhz setup.
Jafo
Reply #30 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:39 AM
Reply #30 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:39 AM
Kona...it's a four slot board....so eventyally I may add 2 more 1 gig sticks, bringing the total up to 3 gig.....if and when 'bloat-ware' REALLY becomes 'bloat-ware'....
kona0197
Reply #32 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:47 AM
Reply #32 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:47 AM
I was just trying to point out that 512 is more than enough IF you have the latest DDR and mobo and prcessor.
Z06Leonhart
Reply #33 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:49 AM
Reply #33 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:49 AM
I agree with Kona, for most of us 512 is more than enough. I keep my computer up for days i never have any problem at all, it run just like the way it started
Jafo
Reply #34 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:53 AM
Reply #34 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:53 AM
For XP, 512 is an ideal minimum...if you actually want to do anything other than just boot the OS....giving you sufficient 'space' to minimise swap-file use, etc.
Since ram, even PC3200 DDR is currently sooooo cheap it's clever to 'overdo it'. My first PC100 128 meg stick went up to over AUS $400 at one time....a stick of 512 PC3200 put me back $160...quite a difference...
Z06Leonhart
Reply #35 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:57 AM
Reply #35 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:57 AM
I think I will just boot the OS for now and when I want to do anything other than that I will get more RAM 
kona0197
Reply #36 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:59 AM
thats funny. Right now I have 192 mb of RAM installed and out of that I have 107 mb free. I am running XP pro, rainy, OD, WB, IE, and freeram xp.
handles: 5134
Threads: 297
processes: 25
and my cpu is barely hitting 30% usage.
512 can wait, I will stick to 256 or 384 when i can get it. (funds)
Reply #36 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:59 AM
| For XP, 512 is an ideal minimum...if you actually want to do anything other than just boot the OS....giving you sufficient 'space' to minimise swap-file use, etc. |
thats funny. Right now I have 192 mb of RAM installed and out of that I have 107 mb free. I am running XP pro, rainy, OD, WB, IE, and freeram xp.
handles: 5134
Threads: 297
processes: 25
and my cpu is barely hitting 30% usage.
512 can wait, I will stick to 256 or 384 when i can get it. (funds)
kona0197
Reply #37 Saturday, November 29, 2003 3:01 AM
Reply #37 Saturday, November 29, 2003 3:01 AM
Oh and I would like to add, when i fire up the most memory hogging game I have, red alert 2, I still have 50 mb of memory not being used.
Jafo
Reply #38 Saturday, November 29, 2003 3:10 AM
Reply #38 Saturday, November 29, 2003 3:10 AM
Kona....10161 handles...503 threads....44 processes....308 meg in use... cpu at average 3%....
It's about horses for courses...
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Reply #21 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:07 AM
EventHorizon needs the editpost function....NOW!