sometimes a memory dump will just happen in the middle of working on a project.  How do I fix this?  Or are memory dumps a serious problem with software, ram,cache, memory or hard drive?  I installed a new hard drive, and this problem started happening off and on since I installed SP2.
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Yes! A memory dump is very severe. You might have a severe spywayre or hijacker on your computer. Your best bet is taking the computer in for a look or completely rebooting your computer to new.
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I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.\nSome RAM/ hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful\nYou can try to down load a suitable spyware remover also from the above site...!
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BEFORE you format your hard drive or try anything drastic try switching out your RAM modules.\n\nOccasionally a RAM module goes bad. If there is more than one installed take one out and boot, if still the same problem replace it and take the other one out and boot.  If problem goes away you know you have a bad memory module that you can cheaply and easily replace.\n\nIf this is not the case then it could be any number of things such as a bad device driver, a damaged device, bad hdd, bad m/b, and so on.  You can eventually figure it out, but not easily or cheaply.  It will save you a lot of time and stress to just take it to a shop at that point.
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You need to format your computer. How many partitions are there on your hard disk. When format your PC, set the size for your system drive ( C: ) not more than 10 GB. Other reason may be that you are using a short memory RAM. If RAM is of 128 MB or more than that, the RAM is probably defected. But I am sure you format your PC your problem will be over.\nGood Luck.
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your problem is not the ammount of memory your pc can handle but the type it can use, see computer memories have different names and numbers those mean the type of memory that it is and the ammount of Hertz that the speciffic stick is rated at. The best thing to do is to get the same kind of memory stick that you were previously using and make it 2Gigs or 3 that way, dont worry, nothing is broken, it is just a symple mistake.
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The problem may be of - 1)RAM 2)Hard disk 3)Others\n\n1) RAM - If u have two RAM s try to find if there is a    prob in any one of them by trial and error method (use the two rams indivually and see if prob persists) If u have one RAM u might try a interchanging RAMs with ur friends\n\n2)Hard Disk - It might have developed hard disks. To check if u have, run scank disk and/or disk defragmentor.\n\n3)If all of these fails try reinstalling the OS.\n\nNB - THE THIRD ONE I THINK IS THE PROBABLE ISSUE
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This means, literally, there is not enough system memory available to run the application.\nTo fix this you could install more RAM, but a better solution is to increase the size of the paging file.\nIn XP this can be done by right clicking 'My computer' --> properties --> advanced. Then under 'performance' press settings. Go to advanced again.\nUnder virtual memory press Change.\nThe easiest thing to do is press 'system managed size' and press set.\nrestart you computer to apply the changes and it should be ok.\nIf you are running a different operating system then just go to help and look for 'Virtual memory' and follow what it says.\n\nEDIT: Just noticed you specified windows ME. Follow this link for more specific information:\nhttp://kb.iu.edu/data/akpr.html
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Before I answer this question you need to understand what memory is.  Memory is RAM (Random access Memory) measured in Megabytes or Gigabytes or on a really old computer Kilobytes. My laptop has 768MB (megabytes) of RAM.  Deleting files and un-installing programs wont do anything to your memory (unless they are programs running in the background such as virus killers which use a certain amount of memory to run) RAM is a temporary way your computer exchanges information it is fast and volitile (i.e when you switch your computer off or restart it erases itself).  When you load windows up it stores certian small programs in RAM in order to access them quickly. The memory I think you are talking about (and lots of people make the same mistake) is your Hard Drive which is the disk drive inside your computer which stores the operating system (i.e windows XP) and your programs.  The reason why people get this confused with there RAM is that Hard Drives and RAM capacity is both measured in GB and MB (Gigabytes and Megabytes)  If you want more RAM then you need to get someone who knows what they are doing to install a memory stick inside your computer.  If you want more hard drive space, yes you can delete files you dont want.  But only remove what you dont need, if you want to remove programs, dont just delete them from your desktop (that just removes the shortcut to the program) click on start/control panel, double click on Add/Remove programs, click on a program you wish to remove and click on remove.  You can free up more space on your hard drive by using disk cleanup.  Click on Start/All programs/Accessorys/Sytem Tools/Disk cleanup.  Then tick all the files that have at least 1KB next to them and click on ok then yes.  If you still don't have a lot of hard drive space then you could get someone in the know to either fit another hard drive (so you would have 2) or copy all the stuff accross from your old hard drive to the new unit and sell your old HD on Ebay (make sure you get your expert to low level format it first or the buyer could access your personal files)  I recomend a HD size of 80 GB if you are just an average user and 160-300GB if you deal with a lot of chunky video files.
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XP W/ SP 2 IS ACTUALLY (man, that's annoying) quite stable.  With problems like that I'd try reinstalling Windows--this'll give you a fresh install and wipe out stuff running in the background.  If same thing happens with fresh install you probably have a hardware problem.
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I think you should start copying your files....!I too lost my hard drive and lost all the data...!I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems. Some RAM/hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in  useful. Try this site, if you can get what is required.
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Your memory is bad.  Replace the sticks one at a time to see which is bad.  If you can download them and use them on another PC then the files are not really corrupted, its just your memory is failing.  If you don't know how to pull RAM sticks out and replace them and swap them around, take it to a shop, its a quick process to determine which stick is bad.
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RAM cannot store information unless your computer is running.  As soon as you turn it off, all the information in RAM is gone.
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Possibly, sounds like a memory problem (RAM).  Poor RAM can cause random problems.
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If your keen on looking at dump files that windows creates when a program crashes you might be able to pin down the problem there, you may also wish to try scanning the hard drive for errors you may actually have to let windows scan for errors on the next reboot to get full features of its scanning.\nYou can find this by going to my computer right clicking on the drive you want to scan for errors and then clicking properties then going to the tools tab and hitting the check now button. If that doesn't help and I hate to say it but clean reinstalling windows always fixes even the most stubborn of errors.\nAnother thing you might try is checking the registry for errors, I find that Registry First Aid is a fairly good program for that.
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plug the damn thing out.....wait 10 seconds....try it again\ntrust me. this has happened to me before,you wont lose memory
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When your computer needs more temporary memory space and your RAM does not have enough capacity, your operating system will consider a part of your hard drive as a temporary memory space which is called virtual memory.\n\nBuy a RAM with more capacity or try to consult a computer technician and remove some un-necessary programs from the windows start-up.
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Say "no" to the debug question.  Then shut down your computer and reboot.  If in continues, I would need to know what software you are running when it occurs.