If you max out the memory on the computer, can you delete stuff to get the memory back?
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Before I answer this question you need to understand what memory is.  Memory is RAM (Random access Memory) measured in Megabytes or Gigabytes or on a really old computer Kilobytes. My laptop has 768MB (megabytes) of RAM.  Deleting files and un-installing programs wont do anything to your memory (unless they are programs running in the background such as virus killers which use a certain amount of memory to run) RAM is a temporary way your computer exchanges information it is fast and volitile (i.e when you switch your computer off or restart it erases itself).  When you load windows up it stores certian small programs in RAM in order to access them quickly. The memory I think you are talking about (and lots of people make the same mistake) is your Hard Drive which is the disk drive inside your computer which stores the operating system (i.e windows XP) and your programs.  The reason why people get this confused with there RAM is that Hard Drives and RAM capacity is both measured in GB and MB (Gigabytes and Megabytes)  If you want more RAM then you need to get someone who knows what they are doing to install a memory stick inside your computer.  If you want more hard drive space, yes you can delete files you dont want.  But only remove what you dont need, if you want to remove programs, dont just delete them from your desktop (that just removes the shortcut to the program) click on start/control panel, double click on Add/Remove programs, click on a program you wish to remove and click on remove.  You can free up more space on your hard drive by using disk cleanup.  Click on Start/All programs/Accessorys/Sytem Tools/Disk cleanup.  Then tick all the files that have at least 1KB next to them and click on ok then yes.  If you still don't have a lot of hard drive space then you could get someone in the know to either fit another hard drive (so you would have 2) or copy all the stuff accross from your old hard drive to the new unit and sell your old HD on Ebay (make sure you get your expert to low level format it first or the buyer could access your personal files)  I recomend a HD size of 80 GB if you are just an average user and 160-300GB if you deal with a lot of chunky video files.
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A few tips for getting your  PC to run a little better.\n\n1. Right click My Computer\n> Click Properties  \n>Click Advanced tab at the top.\n>In the Performance box click settings,\n>Click Adjust for best performance and Apply.\n2. In the same window click on the Advance tab.\n>in the Virtual Memory box click Change,\n>In the Paging file size for selected drive click Custom size,\n>You can put what you want in the initial size, depending on how much hard drive space you have, I put about 2000-3000, it is not going to work like upgrading RAM, but it does help, when you've determined how much to put in click OK, then apply. You might have to restart your computer.
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You really seem to have a need to get rid of the data on that hard drive. Hmmmmm.................
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The best thing to do is to get more RAM memory installed.   Some actions can free up small amounts of existing memory, but that usually isn't very significant.\n\nIf you cannot buy more memory right now, here is what you can do:\n\nEvery program that is started when you boot your computer takes up some of the RAM memory.   Often there are programs being srarted that you don't even know about.  If you find some that you don't need to have running all the time, you can take them out of the start lists and free up some memory.   You can always start them later if you need them. \n\n. Look at the Startup tab in All Programs.    If there are any in the list that you don't want running, Delete them from the Startup list.  This does not delete or uninstall the programs. It just takes them out of the startup list.\n\n. Look at the list of icons on the bottom right of your screen.  Each of these is a running program.   If there are any there that you don't need running all the time, get someone who is good with computers to help you run "msconfig".   There is another startup list there and you can uncheck the ones you don't want.    (But there are also things in this list that do have to run, so you need some expert help to uncheck only the extra ones.)\n\nGood Luck
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Yes, you will have to empty the recycle bin to remove it from the drive and free up disk space.  Still, it is not completely gone.  Someone can still recover it if they have the know how!
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Reformatting the drive will get rid of all the garbage in your system.  You have the remnants of files that have been deleted, a pile of junk in your Windows temp file plus a load of other junk floting around.\n\nRather than formatting your drive, download Window Washer from Limewire,com - this will clean all the sheit off the drive and make the maximum amount space available to you.
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You know... you could just buy the Windows Vista and install it on your computer. It would erase all the memory it had, but if you want Vista that badly, you could save the things you need onto a pen drive or something before installing it.
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you can do system recovery which clears your hard drive memory, and when finished, it starts as if your pc is brand new
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impossible\n\nb'coz by deleting the deleated folder all the data is destroyed by the server
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Get all your files off of it that you want to keep, then reformat/reinstall the operating system
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Well, it won't be in the trash bin because it recycles to the hard drive, so unless you want to waste 200 bucks taking it to a technician that will merely use high-tech equipment to restore it, I suggest you just don't bother.\n\nBesides, clearing your history can be good, the less space used on your computer the better!
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TRY TO FREE UP SOME SPACE
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Delete unused files that clutter up your space. Restart your computer as well if needed.
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when you delete any thing on the hard drive.\n\nthe reference to the data is removed and it will be used only when there is no more space to use.\n\nhopefully you should be able to recover it unless the location has been overwritten.
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you can also try running virus scan and spyware removal, to get rid of all the junk that is using your system resources without your knowledge, also if you are running windows xp or 2000 press ctrl, alt, delete and bring up the task manager, go to the processes tab and see what is actually running on your system and how much memory usage each program is running, if you see something that is using a large chunk of memory and you know for absolutely certain that it is not a vital program for your operating system, like explorer, shut it down if you arent using it, you can also run through the add/remove programs list in control panel and remove programs that you will never use that run in the background while your computer is on, there are a lot of little tweaks you can do to take advantage of what little ram you have
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use a good shredder.\nit completely removes the data
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The optimum thing to do would be to swap the drives and re-install windows on the 80 gig.  But unfortunately thats a lot of work as everything will have to be re-installed.\n\nYour only other option would be to move as much as possible over to your drive D:. Data, files, anything you can. You won't be able to move your programs to D: unless you uninstall them from C: and re-install them on D:.\n\nOne thing you can do... if you have a lot of files in your My Documents folder is re-locate it to the D: drive.  To do this, just right-click on the "My Documents" folder on your desktop and hit "Properties" There will be a button that says "Move". Click on it and move it to say "D:&#92; My Documents".  It will even move all the files over for you. This should free up quite a bit of space.\n\nIf your C: drive is full, you can always delete some of the Windows Garbage files... here's a list of stuff you can safely delete...\n\nIn C:&#92; Windows... Any folder at the top that starts with "$" before it. Those are left-over Windows Update folders and can be safely deleted.\n\nAnything in C:&#92; Documents and Settings&#92; {username}&#92; Local Settings&#92; History&#92;\n\nAnything in C:&#92; Documents and Settings&#92; {username}&#92; Local Settings&#92; Temp&#92;\n\nAnything in C:&#92; Documents and Settings&#92; {username}&#92; Local Settings&#92; Temporary Internet Files&#92; \n\nYou can also move your windows page file over to D:. This is actually recommended by Microsoft for systems with more than one hard drive.\n\nTo do this Hit your Start button, Settings, Control Panel, System. Hit the Advanced Tab, then the Settings button under "Performance", then the Advanced Tab again, then the Change button.\n\nSelect drive C: in the list at the top, select the "No Paging File" radio button and hit the "Set" button.\n\nThen select drive D: in the list, select the "System managed Size" radio button, and hit "Set" again. Hit OK three times and re-boot the PC.\n\nWhen it comes back to your desktop, use Windows Explorer to browse to drive C: and delete the page file if its there. (It'll let you delete it now. You may have to turn on "Show protected operating system files" in Folder Options/View to see it.)\n\nThat should at least get you started...