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Swapping boot and backup disks during WinPE's image restore procedure
I have 4Gb of DDR in a laptop running Windows 7. I want to do a full Windows system image restore from a 2nd hard-drive that I use in the CD/DVD cartridge slot with a "drive caddy" adapter. ...
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Windows 7 Less ram usage = less performance [closed]
I am using Windows 7. But I have a problem. My pc boots slowly for no reason. 1 day ago, it was fast and normal. But now it's lagging. Even the task manager is showing a static memory usage. It doesn'...
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Which Windows 10 version to install on Intel Core2Duo E7400 2.8Ghz with 4GB RAM
I searched but I did not find a satisfactory answer to my specific query thus putting it here.
I have an old PC Intel Core2Duo E7400 2.8GHz with 4GB RAM running a Windows 7 32bit. I want to upgrade it ...
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Memory Usage - 32GB RAM [duplicate]
I'm surprised recently by the fact that my OS complain about "lack of memory". So basically, I open and run many applications. I have installed 32GB RAM (Corsair) and as you can see in the ...
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RAM usage discrepancy - processes don't add up
Noticing issues with RAM usage on laptops. Windows 10 x64.
The RAM usage on the performance tab does not match that on the user tab of Task Manager.
If I add up all processes on process tab, they don'...
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Why doesn't sum of of the values in the commit size in the processes view match the commit size in the performance view in the Windows Task Manager?
Commit Size in the Processes view:
Commit size in the Performance view:
Why doesn't sum of of the values in the Commit Size in the Processes view match the commit size in the Performance view in the ...
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How to know my Ram in Windows 7?
I know that how to check my ram and here is my ram.
But from some resources, I found that if I have more than 4 GB ram and still using Windows 7 32 bit, it would show only 4 GB ram because Windows 7 ...
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The Adobe Desktop Service process is taking 7 GB of RAM: how can I disable it?
The Adobe Desktop Service process is taking 7 GB of RAM: how can I disable it?
The gif below shows it is taking 7 GB of RAM (the computer has 16 GB of RAM, killing the Adobe Desktop Service process ...
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Chrome, Discord and Visual Studio 2019 instability with low pagefile size
So this is an interesting scenario. I have 16GB of RAM and found out windows had somehow created a 64GB page file. I thought that was excessive and limited it to 16GB manually.
It all seemed to be ...
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Windows 7 RAM usage - Rammap shows "Transition" pages constantly growing under "Process Private"
Very recently, I noticed my memory usage would slowly approach 100% with normal computer usage, until eventually the system would crash. I went hunting to see if any particular process(es) were ...
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How to troubleshoot sata problems?
I got this issue where when the computer boots, sometimes it waits up to 30 seconds detecting the one sata drive, and sometimes after this period it just says that the sata drives are empty.
At first ...
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What should I do first? Add more ram or upgrade windows?
So hi, I have a Windows 7 Home premium 32-bit with 2GB ram and Core i5,(I've had this since 2015) and I want to add a 4GB ram to it because it started getting slower. I know that 32-bit OS won't fully ...
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How to fix irql_not_less_or_equal BSOD after installing new ram?
Hey everyone I'd be glad if anyone could help me out please.
My problem is with new ram I bought, my fujisto lifebook ah530 current ram that I've been using is Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 and the one I ...
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First experience with new SSD - slow, resource hog?
I just bought my very first internal SSD and installed it into my desktop PC. I was running out of disk space and want to use it for data storage. The OS is installed on the first disk, which is a ...
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Use a Flash Device for ReadyBoost with SSD
I have a rather old computer - an Asus Zenbook with just 4GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD.
Using Firefox, running a few tabs simultaneously, I sometimes get a notification telling me the system is running ...
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Run 32bit program with memory for a 64bit
I want to run an old 32bit game with enough memory as if it is a 64bit game.
I want to do this because the original was poorly designed and at some point runs out of memory and crashes. So I want to ...
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BSOD after adding an extra RAM
A couple of months ago I have decided to add an 8G extra RAM to my laptop
from same brand (Samsung) with same specs. Since then, I have get BSOD from time to time even multiple of times in a day. I ...
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Why is my 32bit Win 7 installation limited to less than 1GB of ram (out of 16GB)? [duplicate]
I recently installed win 7 32bit as dual boot (to Win 10 64bit) on my Alienware 17 R3. I forgot what a pain manual driver installation used to be and probably got something wrong.
32bit is usually ...
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Will the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool for Windows 7 check all available RAM or only the first 4GB?
According to this article:
https://www.lifewire.com/windows-memory-diagnostic-review-2626154
The Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool for Windows 7 only scans the first 4GB of RAM for errors. This Super ...
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Logitech Gaming Software NOT Saving Custom Profiles to the On-Board Memory for their G9x Mouse on Windows 7 64-bit
I have a Logitech G9x gaming mouse and I have Logitech Gaming Software v9.02.65 installed on my Windows 7 64-bit machine.
When I open the application and have it set to the On-Board Memory option and ...
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What will be the best to increase the speed of the computer i.e. RAM should be increased or SSD should be installed in the computer [closed]
I have Dell,i5 laptop 7th generation windows and I am a android developer and we know android studio requires a lot of memory. So, to increase the working speed of my computer what should be done. I ...
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Four memory modules wont work
I decided to up my memory to 32GB and installed an additional 16 with the 16 that was already present. The system wouldn't boot but I tried running with only the new modules and it did. The only ...
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Physical memory problems on Win7. Physical memory and System Commit memory [closed]
I have 16GB of RAM setup. I have enough of this memory, but WINDOWS does not want to use it in full, applications close at 11GB / 16GB. That's bad.
I understand why this happens. WINDOWS focuses on "...
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Watch Dogs 1 runs good in windows 7 at low settings but is unplayable in windows 10
Watch Dogs used to run fine at low settings on a windows 7 pc but on a windows 10 pc it does not give me even 20 fps. Win 7 gave me at least 20-25 fps.
My specs:-
Intel I3 5005u @ 2GHZ
4 ...
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Windows successfully boots after power outage being in sleep mode
So, something weird is happening here. The scenario is as follows:
I put the computer to sleep
A power outage occurs
Power gets back
I start the computer
It boots normally as if power never went out (...
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Process Explorer showing RAM use of 99.73%
Is it possible for for Process Explorer to show a RAM use of 99.73%, on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate (virtual memory disabled to avoid swap)? I thought that Windows was reserving a few % of RAM for ...
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Create a small file in RAM
I know there exists several RAM disk programs, that allow to create a whole (temporary) filesystem in RAM, but here I have a slightly different request:
How to create a single file in RAM (just a few ...
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I cant find correct information about my laptop max ram capacity
I have msi ge60-0nc-037tr laptop using windows 7 when i check the model of my motherboard
wmic baseboard get product,Manufacturer,version,serialnumber
return MS-16GA model motherboard when i check ...
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Random 10 letters .exe file at startup takes up 150MB of RAM then immediately kill itself [duplicate]
A process named 'eepBn5hbZX.exe' takes over 180MB of RAM at startup (the computer is up for 55s) for a while before disappearing. It's pretty large (85.9MB) and located in the Desktop folder
This has ...
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Windows reports "Out of Memory" despite huge pagefile
How to force Windows to use the swap file to the fullest?
I use Windows 7 64-bit and I have 16 GB of RAM + 8 GB (static) pagefile.
When I open many Chrome tabs, and the physical memory is almost ...
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Installed new DDR3 RAM DIMM, BIOS shows the RAM, but Windows is stuck at the boot logo
After installing the new RAM, BIOS registered 4096MB of RAM, but when trying to boot Windows, the Windows logo appears, then the PC reboot as soon as the loading animation starts, sometimes with a ...
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Virtual Machine client slow and crashing
Admittedly I am working VirtualBox quite hard with this idea. I have a 32 Intel core (64 HT core), 128 GB workstation running CentOS 7. I am looking to run Windows in virtual machines, ideally in 16 ...
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Half of the 8GB RAM sometimes "missing", sometimes not
I've got 8GB installed on my ASUS Windows 7 laptop. Recently, there have been times when I've noticed the computer slowing down, and when I open the task manager I see only 4GB maximum on physical ...
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Is a RAM upgrade required for this new dual boot configuration?
My computer usage is very basic, mostly reading and writing documents and searching the Internet; no games. I do this on an old Toshiba Satellite C650 laptop with 3 GB RAM, running the original ...
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Is there a way to fixing my slow computer without SSD, Lightweight Linux. and RAM and CPU upgrade?
I start a my old acer veriton m420 computer. and now open chrome on windows 7 computer. it slow for 1 minutes. and then page unresponsive.
I have tried:
Uninstall unused programs. (AP)
Delete ...
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usable ram is less than actual in dual channel
I have an acer aspire 5742zg-p613g32mnkk
cpu: p6100 Pentium dual core
ram: 3gb 1066 MHz
hdd:300 ahci
gpu: radeon 5470 512 mb
in properties of computer or system information usable ram is 2.54 of ...
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Windows 7 and 10. Low on memory error
I have a laptop of about 8 years old. Recently I have changed its hard drive for a new SSD. After that, I installed Windows 7 because there is a notion that it would be faster if you have Win 7 ...
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IntelliCred 16.2 using Live System
I am a Data Analyst, and I need your help guys. This is my first question ever on superuser. I will explain quickly how this software works. This is credential software which saves some "information" ...
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3.95GB ram usage out of 8gb available windows 7 64bit
EDIT: I did see most of the questions with similar problem, and as stated below I did try most of the things that were proposed as a solution, none of it worked tho, hence why I asked my question to ...
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BIOS and Windows 7 only detect 4GB of RAm out of 8GB
I don't know for how long this has been going on, but my BIOS only detects 4GB (2x2GB) out of 8GB (total of 4x2GB). CPU-Z tells me I have 8GB of RAM installed and Windows tells me that I have 8GB (4GB ...
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Laptop will POST but not fully boot, reading too much RAM?
I'm currently 'furbishing an HP 630 laptop running Windows 7 Pro Service Pack 1. It has two slots for RAM and uses type DD3L-128000S. Documentation states a maximum of 8 gigabytes supported, which ...
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Windows never using the last 15% (5GB) of RAM
I have 32GB of RAM on my Windows 7 x64 system, but it seems every time I get to around the 85% utilization mark everything starts to go haywire. Windows nonstop complains about low memory, Firefox and ...
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How can I prevent unused HDs from turning on all the time?
I'm using a desktop x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) platform with 32 GB working memory and a Synology DS212J with 3 TB space. In the workstation I have a SD drive for system and programs with just a ...
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Task Manager & Resource Monitor Does Not See Added RAM
I added a stick of RAM in my Sony Vaio laptop which runs on 32-bit Windows 7 Home Premium, the laptop had 3GB of ram, now it has 4GB (I swapped a stick of 1GB ram to a stick of 2GB).
After that, ...
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What kind of RAM should i buy for my laptop
I have a HP Pavilion dv6-7000-sy laptop. It's about 5-6 years old now. It has a nvidia geforce 630m 2GB grpahics card. Laptop itself has 6GB ram installed, but with some investication it seems that ...
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Computer beeps at boot 3 times and loads Windows
Just recently for the last 3 weeks, my desktop PC is beeping at boot and then boots Windows successfully. When I am on the PC, I don't see any issues at all.
The beeps are short and as follows.
beep ...
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How can I know how much dedicated video memory in AMD GPU (NOT Intel) and increase it? (Dual GPU Laptop)
Yo, I tried checking my AMD GPU Graphics card dedicated memory in my dual GPU laptop but I when I right-click on Desktop -> Screen Resolution then Advanced settings, I see only Intel and not AMD. So, ...
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Image and sound freeze during gaming, after crash during nvidia gfx driver installation
I encountered crashes during gaming (like Doom etc.), meaning freezed image and sound. A bluescreen wasn't even shown and I had to turn off power.
These crashes occured during workload, but no ...
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How to reduce Hardware reserved memory on ASUS motherboards? [duplicate]
I have read lots of topics but i still couldn't lower the hardware reserved memory which is over 1GB
There is only 2.21 GB RAM that is being usable by the OS.
I had another computer where the usable ...
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What are the differences between a physical and virtual RAM disk?
I'm using ImDisk to create a RAM disk for the purposes of creating an environment where I can run some performance benchmarks and ensure that all benchmarks run are consistent, by making sure any ...
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