Re: How Does One


"Foxy" <tuckertunstalls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:dds6fk$u8t$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Jeff Gaines wrote:
>> On 15/08/2005 Foxy wrote:
>>
>>>> There's a graph in the middle of that tab showing Page File Usage.
>>>> On the left there's a heading saying 'PF Usage', mine says 294MB,
>>>> what does yours say there?
>>>
>>> 274 MB
>>>
>>> Jen
>>
>>
>> OK, you have 256MB of physical memory on your PC so XP would normally
>> set up a pagefile of 1.5 x 256MB = 384 MB, (you can check by opening
>> Explorer, selecting the 'C:' drive and looking for a file on the right
>> hand pane called 'pagefile.sys' which should be 393216 KB).
>>
>> You are using 274 MB of the pagefile and still have some physical
>> memory unused so it doesn't appear to be a memory shortage.
>>
>> Other possibilities are:
>>
>> Malware, but as a subscriber to this group you will have checked that
>> :-)
>>
>> Have you installed a new program recently? I installed Copernicus
>> desktop search and it definitely had an effect on performance because
>> it was beavering away in the background all the time.
>>
>> Do you empty your Recycle Bin regularly? Once it starts to reach its
>> capacity XP has to permanently delete old files before it can put any
>> newly deleted files in there.
>>
>> Do you de-fragment your hard drive regularly? If files are fragmented,
>> i.e. spread over the disk instead of being all together it takes XP a
>> bit longer to read/write them.
>>
>> Have you checked your disk recently? If you have a sector going bad XP
>> will take several attempts to read a file which slows things down.
>>
>> Apologies if I am 'teaching granny to suck eggs' but you can check the
>> disk and de-fragment it by opening Explorer, right clicking on the C:
>> drive, select properties and then select the 'Tools' tab. You will see
>> options to check and de-fragment there. Checking shouldn't take long
>> but de-fragmenting, especially if it hasn't been done recently can
>> take a couple of hours. You can set it running and mow the lawn or
>> something :-)
>>
>> If you select 'Automatically fix errors' and 'Attempt to recover bad
>> sectors' XP will tell you it can't check the disk now but will do so
>> on the next re-boot, if you select OK then next time you re-boot it
>> will carry out the check.
>>
>> It's best to close all programs before checking/ de-fragging.
>>
>> Give it a try and see if it helps.
>
> Oh dear. I have printed that Jeff to ponder over. I am the most numpty of
> numpties so need to digest it.
>
> Jen

Join the club Jen ,the only thing I have in my favour is age , it just
doesen't go in the same as you get older .
I do defrag fairly regularly ,but will do the "Automatically fix errors " we
will get there Jen hopefully if i haven't
thrown it by then ;-))
--
A thing of beauty is a joy forever .
"from fast finger Noreen !!





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