I am trying to increase the number of useable gigs of RAM. I have 8G installed, BIOS recognizes it, and I have changed the size of the paging file from 2048MB to 4096MB. Rebooted and under basic information of my computer it still says "Installed memory (RAM): 8.00 GB (2.00 GB useable). I am running the 32-bit Windows 7 OS, i've seen some people say that installing 64-bit could solve this but other say it shouldn't matter. Lastly, I checked the box next to maximum memory under BOOT options but still no change. All i am trying to to is increase it to have 4 GB useable. Suggestions?
Increasing usable RAM >2G, 8G installed
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damric
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32 bit is limited to 4GB including your VRAM, but...
You could use a RAM Disk to bypass that. Create a 4GB RAM Disk labled X or whatever. When the drive appears, desgnate the whole thing to ready boost. Win.
This program is freeware up to 4GB.
http://memory.dataram.com/products-and-services/software/ramdisk
You could use a RAM Disk to bypass that. Create a 4GB RAM Disk labled X or whatever. When the drive appears, desgnate the whole thing to ready boost. Win.
This program is freeware up to 4GB.
http://memory.dataram.com/products-and-services/software/ramdisk
damric
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USAFRet :
damric :
It works mate. It just works
Yes, it probably does. So does starting with a proper 64bit OS. And then do the ReadyBoost RAMDisk thing if wanted.
I agree a 64 bit OS would be better in every way imaginable. But maybe he doesn't have $100 for a new OEM OS?
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