Expand my storage
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ElectrO_90
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- Apr 17, 2007
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Memory and Storage isn't the same.
What is it you need?
You can store anything on an external hard drive
What is it you need?
You can store anything on an external hard drive
- Jul 7, 2008
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Can increase virtual memory but probably wont improve performance as hdd is much slower than physical ram but you can try.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.thewindowsclub.com/increase-page-file-size-virtual-memory-windows/amp
If your laptop has the ability to upgrade to more ram that would be most effective.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.thewindowsclub.com/increase-page-file-size-virtual-memory-windows/amp
If your laptop has the ability to upgrade to more ram that would be most effective.
- Apr 29, 2006
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Do you see the issue? As mentioned above, you need to pick what the problem is. Hard drives/storage is where you store the stuff on your PC. RAM/memory is an area where your PC stores stuff while it works on things before being moved back to the hard drive. Are you running out of room to store stuff? Or is your PC saying it's running out of memory and to close programs?
If the problem is storing stuff then yes, move things to the external hard drive. If the problem is ram related, you need to buy new/more ram and install it.
- Sep 7, 2013
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If it's really RAM your referring to as opposed to storage space, then the only remedy is to add more RAM.
If, as the title suggests, it's more storage space you need, then you can indeed use an external HDD for that (documents, videos, pictures etc. but not to install applications on).
Storage space is not memory, please don't get the two confused.
If, as the title suggests, it's more storage space you need, then you can indeed use an external HDD for that (documents, videos, pictures etc. but not to install applications on).
Storage space is not memory, please don't get the two confused.
- Apr 29, 2006
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But why suggest he buy anything until we know what the problem is? I can suggest he buy a new board, 16GBs of ram, new CPU and a new 4TB drive. Way overkill, but it will fix all his problems. To suggest buying anything is just pointless.
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