>At 07:53 AM 5/28/03 -0700, you wrote: Virtual memory is a feature which
>allows you to run several large tasks at once, by moving some of each task
>out onto the hard drive when it's not urgently needed.  The message could
>be arising due to any of four conditions:
>
>1.  You have this feature turned off.  This *can* improve performance, but
>only if you have lots of real RAM to spare.  Turn it on.
>
>2.  You don't have enough free space on the drive where the virtual memory
>"paging file" is located.  Assign it to a different drive, or free up some
>space.  For best performance, the paging file should be of fixed size and
>contiguous, and one of the best ways to guarantee that this is true is to
>put it on its own partition.
>
>3.  You have specified the size of the paging file (or are using one of
>the Windows versions where it's a fixed size by default), and it needs to
>be larger.  Increase it, and see #2 above.

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I think I don't understand where the RAM resides.

According to my Virtual Memory window, I have on the Hard disk: C:\1258MB
Free and D:\28055MB Free

It's been set on the "Recommended, Let Windows manage the settings" radio
button.

If I let Windows manage my virtual memory settings,  does it automatically
go for the C:\ or does it know to go for the D:\ ?  It seems that Windows
likes to put everything on the C:\ directory, but my D:\ directory has the
majority of the gigs of space.

If I tell Windows to let me specify my own settings, then choose the D:\ ,
I then get the warning that I may not be able to restart my computer or
that some of my programs may not function correctly, do I really want to
continue.

If 90% of my programs are installed on the D:\ directory, don't I want to
use that directory with all the free MB?

My system has been acting squirrelly lately, and it seems logical to me
that utilizing the most free MB is well, logical. Of course, I'm no
programmer, and I've discovered over the years that my logic doesn't mean
beans in the world of computers.

I'm running Win98se with 286MB RAM and use lots of heavy apps (Eudora,
image and graphic fiddlers, ZAPro, NAV).  Memory usually runs at 66%.

Thanks in advance,
Diane

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