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RAM alternative???

Dec 16, 2004 6:31AM PST

is there any way we can attribute some memory from hard drive towards RAM or RAM-like uses????

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virtual memory
Dec 16, 2004 6:37AM PST
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thanQ
Dec 16, 2004 7:31AM PST

thanx a lot

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RAM Alternative
Dec 16, 2004 8:01AM PST

I'm not sure what OS you're using. but on the windows platform. from '98 and up I think, there is a very simple way to do this. Go to the control panel and open the system tools or just System, depending on what version of windows you are running. Now what you are looking for is called Virtual Memory. It's usually under the Advanced menu. Look through all the tabs until you find Virtual memory under one of them.
Most prebuilt computers come with this already enabled.
But anyways, it should say something about the total paging file sze for all drives and hav a button called "Change". Naturally, you're gonna click on change. Now it will display all the currently selected properties and the different adjustments you can make.
How you set this is up to you. Hope this helped and Good Luck.