sytem resources/ memory problems

[skkingy]

Hi guys I wondering if someone could tell me why iam getting this in my system properties/performance/virtual memory. freespace for my c drive it says c:-6769mb free for D:108037mb and e:10569mb free. I have just put another hard drive in my computer 120GB which i split into two 60GB and i have a 80GB as my e:drive. I slave a dvd cdrom of the big drive and the 80gb drive is slaved of my plextor writer.my resources seem to drop like a stone and my memory is not to good as well even though i have 512mb installed any help would be great

my system is Iam running windows 98se
abit KT7A motherboard rev 1.3
Athlon XP 2000+
512 MB pc 133 sdram
120gig harddrive split into 2 x ie 60gig each
a 80gig harddrive
soundblaster live soundcard 5/1
nvida verto geforce 4 MX 440 g/card
plextor writer 16/10/40
dvd cd rom
creative web cam go plus
Xerox docuprint m750 printer ( default)
Epson stylus color 300 printer

 

[cdogg]

Well, 512MB of RAM in Windows 98 isn't always a good idea. Earlier versions of Windows (95, 98, 98SE, and even ME) all had problems with memory & resource management. Granted, even Win2K and WinXP aren't perfect, but they are far more advanced.

Besides lowering the amount of RAM you have, there are a number of things you can try. First off, read this FAQ to get an idea of why this might be happening to you along with a few tricks to try:

faq615-1638

* Be sure to pay close attention to the suggestion about MaxFileCache. That one will probably help you the most


Finally, take a look at your resources right after you boot up (right-click "My Computer", click Properties, and go to the Performance tab). You'll see the % of System Resources that are available. This percentage should easily be around 85% or more right after rebooting. If not, then you've got some work to do on controlling what starts up with Windows.

Post back and let us know where this gets ya!



~cdogg

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