I got ovr 100GB of free space, yet it keeps telling me I'm low on it.

Cooto3s

Cooto3s

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The title says it all.. Same goes for my RAM when I have a total of 8gb, I doubt I've used all of it..
 
Where are you getting the free space information from? (Windows Explorer properties? Disk Management?) What is telling you that you're low on disk space? What version of Vista are you running? (32 or 64 bit?)

We need to know more.

* Make sure that the missing disk space is actually formatted and on an active partition.

* If you're using the 32 bit version of Vista, you're NOT going to get all 8 GB of system RAM.
 
I'm guessing it's referring to RAM. The only way I could think that you would be out of ram is if you are using a 32bit OS instead of 64bit. If you press CTRL+ALT+DEL and go to the Performance tab, what is your PF Usage? Also, go to Start>> Right click on Computer and select Properties, how much RAM does it say you have?
 
Physical Memory (MB)
Total: 8189
Cachestored: 4879
Free: 1300

When I go to computer propertys thingy It says that I have 8 gigs of RAM.
 
Huh, that is weird. Does the whole Low Memory error effect anything as far as you can tell?

When it gives you a low memory error press CTRL+ALT+DEL and go to the Performance tab and see what your PF usage is.
 
I only get it sometimes when I try to install games, I also get it when I try to play CS, but running it in compabiliy solves it :s
 
xp 64 or vista 64?

try adding /3gb and (if you have an intel cpu) /pae to your boot.ini

make it so you have two entries, your existing one, and a new one with these switches, that way if it doesnt work, you can still boot
 
jdbennet said:
xp 64 or vista 64?

try adding /3gb and (if you have an intel cpu) /pae to your boot.ini

make it so you have two entries, your existing one, and a new one with these switches, that way if it doesnt work, you can still boot
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I think you've misunderstood what the /3Gb switch is used for. It's completely useless and will achieve nothing if used under a 64-bit environment, the /3Gb switch is to be used in 32-bit OS's to enable certain applications to access over a certain amount of physical memory. The whole point of 64-bit processing is the fact that the addressable memory and the associated registers are capable of seeing/using/addressing larger amounts of RAM.

Google it if you need more info
 
if your hard drive is over one terabyte in size, it will tell you at approx. 100 GB that your disk space is low, due to the fact that Windows, by nature, thinks that 10% of the disk space is a good number for telling you it's low...even if it's not...i think it should be a sliding scale but hell, i'm just a 15 year old kid.
 
if your hard drive is over one terabyte in size, it will tell you at approx. 100 GB that your disk space is low, due to the fact that Windows, by nature, thinks that 10% of the disk space is a good number for telling you it's low...even if it's not...i think it should be a sliding scale but hell, i'm just a 15 year old kid.
 
it's 500GBs, the one on my signature is wrong, havent bothered to change it since I copied my signature from my comps manufacturer. And they changed the size of the harddrive a few days after I bought my comp.
 
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