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Roger Myers <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:24:07 -0500
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Hi All,

When my hard disk gets down to about 350 MB of free space it starts locking up
grinding a lot more then usual etc.
It also complains of memory problems and advises me to delete files.
It even grinds a lot at 580 MB of free space on the disk.
My PC runs Windows 95 and has 32 MB of RAM memory.
We use the computer mostly for playing lots of children's computer games.
Lately though the hard disk grinds all the time even when just
moving around in Windows on the desktop.
I know Windows is slow but it can take 30 seconds just to get from the
"My computer" choice on the desktop to the control pannel choice and this
is a Pentium 233 MHz PC so that is very slow.

Is it likely a disk problem or a memory problem?
Could the disk be fragmented?
Does Windows 95 need more then 32 MB of RAM?

If the disk is fragmented then how can I go about defragmenting it?
Is there a program to do this in Windows 95 or is there one
I can purchase?

Would it be better to just get a larger disk and transfer everything onto it?
It would be defragmented then. (smile)

Roger
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