SPace available/memory

[MR]

I analyzed my "c" drive (NTFS)to see if it needed to be defragmented & it
said no.
But, what do these things mean.
1-capacity it says is 37.24GB
2-Free space it says 26.07 GB
3-% Free space it says 69%
My pc is 2 years old, and has 256 MG of RAM/ So it is pretty basic.
When I right click on C drive, the circle shows about 1/3 used space.
thanks for clearing this up

 

[Larry Samuels]

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I analyzed my "c" drive (NTFS)to see if it needed to be defragmented & it
said no.
But, what do these things mean.
1-capacity it says is 37.24GB

That means you have a 40gb hard drive

2-Free space it says 26.07 GB

That means you still have enough space free on the drive to store 26.07gb of
data

3-% Free space it says 69%

This means you are only using 31% of the space available on the drive.You
have plenty of storage space left for data.

My pc is 2 years old, and has 256 MG of RAM/ So it is pretty basic.
When I right click on C drive, the circle shows about 1/3 used space.

You are acually using a little less than 1/3 of your hard drive.

thanks for clearing this up

You're welcome!

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[Stan Brown]

I analyzed my "c" drive (NTFS)to see if it needed to be defragmented & it
said no.
But, what do these things mean.
1-capacity it says is 37.24GB

"Capacity" is the total amount of storage your C: drive can hold.

2-Free space it says 26.07 GB

"Free space" is how much is _unused_. You can add 26 GB to your drive
before it fills up. (Actually, a drive that's nearly full tends to
develop problems, so in practice you wouldn't actually max it out.)

3-% Free space it says 69%

26.07 is about 69% of 37.24. Your disk is 69% empty.

My pc is 2 years old, and has 256 MG of RAM/ So it is pretty basic.

The above figures are about permanent storage on your hard disk. Your
256 MB RAM is different -- that's working storage for programs and
documents and images while the computer is running. If you don't do
too much, that should be adequate for XP.

XP uses disk storage, called "virtual memory", when you don't have
enough RAM for your tasks. That works, but it's slower than real RAM.
If you feel your computer is running slow you'll get the most bang
for our buck by adding RAM.

When I right click on C drive, the circle shows about 1/3 used space.

That makes sense. If your C: drive is 69% empty then it's 31% full.
31% is about 1/3.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

MR

Others have answered your questions.

Some would say RAM memory of 256 mb is minimal. However, what you need
depends on how the computer is used. If the computer starts running
slowly Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task Manager and select the
Performance Tab.

What is the Commit Charge? What was the Peak?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Stan Brown]

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:57:13 +0100 from Gerry Cornell

Some would say RAM memory of 256 mb is minimal. However, what you need
depends on how the computer is used. If the computer starts running
slowly Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task Manager and select the
Performance Tab.

What is the Commit Charge? What was the Peak?

Out of curiosity, I tried that. The Commit Charge is 229 MB and the
peak is 236 MB. I've got 1 GB in my system.

I'd better start doing more.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Stan

More RAM than you need when you checked <g>.

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