Can anyone help me? I need to increase the memory on my hard drive.?
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The best thing to do is buy a new computer since you can get them so cheap right now. That processor (celeron 333) is very slow, so even upgrading the memory (ram) may help a tiny bit, but it can only go so fast. \n\nYou probably don't have a cd-rw in that old computer right? Probably a cd drive and floppy? To transfer files I would first start by signing up to a free photo sharing program (www.photobucket.com) and uploading as many pictures as possible! Save anything you don't want to lose that is small enough on floppies (unles you do have a cdrw then it's much easier, just put everything on there).\n\nWrite a list of all the programs you use on your start menu. This is important so you know the names of everything you want to replace. If there are games you installed or other programs from cd, find the original disks.\n\nAnother thing I found helpful when transferring was to find a website you can load your files to or emailing them to yourself online so you don't lose the important ones.\n\nThere are other ways of transferring data (networking the computers, buying the software that transfers everything over with a click) that you might want to look into also. You can also pick up a thumb drive that will fit in your usb port to back up to that might be easy for around $50.
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Separate hard drives you can buy to increase memory for your computer, they are worth the money.
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po-up saying your virtual memory is low or is it something more like "you need more memory, click here"\nif its "virtual memory is low or has been adjusted" then that is something windows does....you can increase your virtual memory by right clicking on the my computer icon, select properties and go to the advaced tab...then under performance click on the settings button, then the advanced tab then under virtual memory click on the change button......you can select the drive and how much or little virtual memory is used on each hard drive or you could go with the reccomended or set it manually.\n\nIf its the second possibility "click here to fix" that is more likely some sort of adware.
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Go to HP's web site and in their search engine type in the model number of your laptop. There should be something there on how to update your computers memory, if not, write them. Good Luck.
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Space on hard drives is not memory, it is physically on a platter. You might have another partition that you don't know about, can't see. Try a partition managment software (look on download.com to find some free downloads.) If not, I would reformat the drive.
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you can get a larger memory stick\nE
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YIKES!!!!!!!!!! Don't perform an upgrade on that system!! Always perform a clean installation of Windows XP so that you can use NTFS. Also, as was stated earlier, you really don't want to install XP on anything less than 256megs of memory or it will move slow as pond water.
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Buy larger capacity sticks of ram like 512MB sticks or 1GB sticks.
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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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You can't lose "memory" on your computer. All you are running out of is "hard disk space".\n\nThe only way to regain back hdd space is to ARCHIVE things you no longer need to look at or play. Winzip is the most common archiving method. \n\nBut then most image and video files are already in compressed format like MPEG and JPEG. In which case, simply burn your stuff to DVD/CDs and then delete all copied version off your hdd to regain space.\n\nOne alternative is buy a new HDD and install it via USB connect adaptor.\n\nIf you can't do either, it's time to start deleting obsolete stuff off your HDD!!
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I really would reconsider upgrading the memory only.\n\nThe reality is that your PC is very old and needs to be upgraded.  For $100 you could buy a good used PC where the memory you're gonna buy is gonna cost around $40\n\nAnyway...you'll need:\n\nTechnology: SDRAM - non-ECC\nForm Factor: DIMM 168-PIN\nUpgrade Rule: Max 128 MB module\n\nGood luck!
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YOU CAN UPGRADE IT BY ATTACHING ANOTHER 40 GB HD.\n\n\nTHATS VERY EASY AND CAN FIX IT YOURSELF.
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It sounds as if you need more Memory=RAM which you didn't mention how much the machine has..\ngo to http://www.crucial.com put the name and model number in the search place and they will show you the excat amount  and kind  the pc uses
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This means that your actual RAM is small, maybe 256 Mb or 512 MB and you are using applications that need more, like for example a video editing software. In this case the OS use a small part of your HDD as a temporary RAM solution to overcome the problem of less enough memory. When also this temporary RAM (also known as virtual memory) is not enough, the OS tells you that is increasing it's size to match the demands of your applications. Since virtual memory uses HDD space for temporary RAM, this is very very slow compared to a traditional RAM. My suggestion is to upgrade your RAM, at least double it. If you are unsure about what type of RAM you need, i will advice to go to www.crucial.com They have a cool tool called Memory Advisor Tool which can help you find out about the type of RAM you need. You can also scan your system with Crucial to find out, it's safe and doesn't contain spy-ware. At the end, they will (of course) suggest you to buy from them the right memory, but at the same time they will give you the info about what you need.\n\n\nSo, the solution in few word: Upgrade RAM.
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Use Crucial's Memory Tool Advisor.\n\nhttp://www.crucial.com/index.asp
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It'll take a lotta time to describe the whole process, so i've listed a couple of links here. Visit those links n read 'em.\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,18024,00.asp\nhttp://www.ehow.com/how_895_install-ram.html\nhttp://www.pcmech.com/show/memory/87/
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A few tips for getting your  PC to run a little better.\n\n1. Right click My Computer\n> Click Properties  \n>Click Advanced tab at the top.\n>In the Performance box click settings,\n>Click Adjust for best performance and Apply.\n2. In the same window click on the Advance tab.\n>in the Virtual Memory box click Change,\n>In the Paging file size for selected drive click Custom size,\n>You can put what you want in the initial size, depending on how much hard drive space you have, I put about 2000-3000, it is not going to work like upgrading RAM, but it does help, when you've determined how much to put in click OK, then apply. You might have to restart your computer.