re: videos lagging due to very low space...
Friday, October 26, 2007 at 4:39 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Keith Stanier
(1251 messages posted)
Well if she has a maximum capacity of 1.96gb then its only a 2gb drive. I think she
needs to invest in a new drive. If its a very old computer which it sounds like with
a drive of that size then she would need to check the BIOS to see if it will accept
a larger drive. A good web search for BIOS make and model should tell her these details.
Just open up My Computer and it will tell her the Total Size in GB and the Free Space.
Its the 192mb left to use thats the problem. Windows uses a swap file Win386.swp
mine is 100mb at the moment. So the size of this file will vary according to what
is being used. So if she only has 192mb left its topping out.
Mine is a 9 years old computer and that came initially with a 6.4gb HD and 64mb of
RAM and Win95.
I updated the RAM to 256mb and installed Win98se 7 years ago. A couple of years ago
I bought a 20gb HD and increased the RAM to 500mb.
I bought Win2k 4 years ago, installed it, I didn't like it so Win98 went back. I
also bought WinXP a 3 years ago. I installed it and ran it for a week didn't like
it so I out Win98 back. Last year I decided that I must put WinXP back and get used
to it. This time it wouldn't install I just get the blue screen of death in initialization.
Why would it go in 3 years ago and not now, nothing as changed hardware wise. I've
posted this problem on here and other windows forums but no one can help.
Anyway I'm moving of your point. She has to decided whether she tries to fit a larger
HD and more RAM or she buys a new computer. The cost of computers and internal part
is coming down all the time.
I presume you are both living in the States?
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