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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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