lost memory on c: after reformat & install of Windows XP

Hubby reformatted c: drive and installed Windows XP. He then went to Windows
Updates and tried to install the critical updates and services packs (23
total) but was told that he didn't have enough memory...only 103MB. His c:
drive total memory is 2GB and ONLY has the XP installation on it...where did
the rest of the memory go? BTW, he has several other partitions already, no
new partitions were added and they are all the same size that they were
before. Windows XP won't do him any good if he can't run the updates and
service packs. Any tips/suggestions/ideas/etc. would be greatly
appreciated.

loneshewolf

Memory is not a hard drive. Memory is random access and is where programs
are loaded each time your PC is booted. The hard drive is where they are
permanently whether your PC is powered up or not. If too much is loaded into
memory on booting then you will get to be 'short of memory'. Have a read
on www.computerhope.com HF



"loneshewolf" <> wrote in message
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> Hubby reformatted c: drive and installed Windows XP. He then went to
Windows
> Updates and tried to install the critical updates and services packs (23
> total) but was told that he didn't have enough memory...only 103MB. His
c:
> drive total memory is 2GB and ONLY has the XP installation on it...where
did
> the rest of the memory go? BTW, he has several other partitions already,
no
> new partitions were added and they are all the same size that they were
> before. Windows XP won't do him any good if he can't run the updates and
> service packs. Any tips/suggestions/ideas/etc. would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
>

He has 768MB RAM on his computer, I guess I should have been more specific
and said drive space...sorry.

"HF" <> wrote in message
news:3fb18abe$...
> Memory is not a hard drive. Memory is random access and is where
programs
> are loaded each time your PC is booted. The hard drive is where they are
> permanently whether your PC is powered up or not. If too much is loaded
into
> memory on booting then you will get to be 'short of memory'. Have a read
> on www.computerhope.com HF
>
>
>
> "loneshewolf" <> wrote in message
> news:418sb.7290$ nk.net...
> > Hubby reformatted c: drive and installed Windows XP. He then went to
> Windows
> > Updates and tried to install the critical updates and services packs (23
> > total) but was told that he didn't have enough memory...only 103MB. His
> c:
> > drive total memory is 2GB and ONLY has the XP installation on it...where
> did
> > the rest of the memory go? BTW, he has several other partitions already,
> no
> > new partitions were added and they are all the same size that they were
> > before. Windows XP won't do him any good if he can't run the updates
and
> > service packs. Any tips/suggestions/ideas/etc. would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> >
>
>

The problem is that he is using 2GB partitions. He will need to repartition
the drive to give Windows more space. 2GB partition sizes are really
inadequate. Either use the Windows XP setup program to wipe out some of the
other partitions, and then consolidate the space for the boot partition, or
wipe the entire drive, and put all the space into one FAT32, or NTFS
partition, or use a program like partition magic to consolidate the
partitions without destroying the existing data. Either way, he needs a
partition larger than 2GB.


...
"loneshewolf" <> wrote in message
news:lMcsb.9652$ ink.net...
> He has 768MB RAM on his computer, I guess I should have been more specific
> and said drive space...sorry.
>
> "HF" <> wrote in message
> news:3fb18abe$...
> > Memory is not a hard drive. Memory is random access and is where
> programs
> > are loaded each time your PC is booted. The hard drive is where they
are
> > permanently whether your PC is powered up or not. If too much is loaded
> into
> > memory on booting then you will get to be 'short of memory'. Have a
read
> > on www.computerhope.com HF
> >
> >
> >
> > "loneshewolf" <> wrote in message
> > news:418sb.7290$ nk.net...
> > > Hubby reformatted c: drive and installed Windows XP. He then went to
> > Windows
> > > Updates and tried to install the critical updates and services packs
(23
> > > total) but was told that he didn't have enough memory...only 103MB.
His
> > c:
> > > drive total memory is 2GB and ONLY has the XP installation on
it...where
> > did
> > > the rest of the memory go? BTW, he has several other partitions
already,
> > no
> > > new partitions were added and they are all the same size that they
were
> > > before. Windows XP won't do him any good if he can't run the updates
> and
> > > service packs. Any tips/suggestions/ideas/etc. would be greatly
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Thanks for the info, I guess it's just hard to believe that one program
would take up that much drive space.
"Thor" <> wrote in message
news:...
> The problem is that he is using 2GB partitions. He will need to
repartition
> the drive to give Windows more space. 2GB partition sizes are really
> inadequate. Either use the Windows XP setup program to wipe out some of
the
> other partitions, and then consolidate the space for the boot partition,
or
> wipe the entire drive, and put all the space into one FAT32, or NTFS
> partition, or use a program like partition magic to consolidate the
> partitions without destroying the existing data. Either way, he needs a
> partition larger than 2GB.
>
>
> ..
> "loneshewolf" <> wrote in message
> news:lMcsb.9652$ ink.net...
> > He has 768MB RAM on his computer, I guess I should have been more
specific
> > and said drive space...sorry.
> >
> > "HF" <> wrote in message
> > news:3fb18abe$...
> > > Memory is not a hard drive. Memory is random access and is where
> > programs
> > > are loaded each time your PC is booted. The hard drive is where they
> are
> > > permanently whether your PC is powered up or not. If too much is
loaded
> > into
> > > memory on booting then you will get to be 'short of memory'. Have a
> read
> > > on www.computerhope.com HF
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "loneshewolf" <> wrote in message
> > > news:418sb.7290$ nk.net...
> > > > Hubby reformatted c: drive and installed Windows XP. He then went to
> > > Windows
> > > > Updates and tried to install the critical updates and services packs
> (23
> > > > total) but was told that he didn't have enough memory...only 103MB.
> His
> > > c:
> > > > drive total memory is 2GB and ONLY has the XP installation on
> it...where
> > > did
> > > > the rest of the memory go? BTW, he has several other partitions
> already,
> > > no
> > > > new partitions were added and they are all the same size that they
> were
> > > > before. Windows XP won't do him any good if he can't run the
updates
> > and
> > > > service packs. Any tips/suggestions/ideas/etc. would be greatly
> > > > appreciated.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"loneshewolf" <> wrote in news:nDesb.9825$6c3.433
@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:

> Thanks for the info, I guess it's just hard to believe that one program
> would take up that much drive space.

If you play any PC games, Unreal Tournament 2003 takes > 3 gigs of space,
and the original (unpatched) install of Final Fantasy XI (the online only
MMORPG game) has a 6 GB installation, plus all the new updates.

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My XP install with all updates has a 1.7Gb footprint. If you set your
swapfile to another partition, you may be able to keep your current setup.
Just setup virtual memory to another partition and it should work. System
requirements for XP are 1.5 GB free disk space.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...ng/sysreqs.asp




"loneshewolf" <> wrote in message
news:nDesb.9825$ nk.net...
> Thanks for the info, I guess it's just hard to believe that one program
> would take up that much drive space.
> "Thor" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > The problem is that he is using 2GB partitions. He will need to
> repartition
> > the drive to give Windows more space. 2GB partition sizes are really
> > inadequate. Either use the Windows XP setup program to wipe out some of
> the
> > other partitions, and then consolidate the space for the boot partition,
> or
> > wipe the entire drive, and put all the space into one FAT32, or NTFS
> > partition, or use a program like partition magic to consolidate the
> > partitions without destroying the existing data. Either way, he needs a
> > partition larger than 2GB.
> >
> >
> > ..
> > "loneshewolf" <> wrote in message
> > news:lMcsb.9652$ ink.net...
> > > He has 768MB RAM on his computer, I guess I should have been more
> specific
> > > and said drive space...sorry.
> > >
> > > "HF" <> wrote in message
> > > news:3fb18abe$...
> > > > Memory is not a hard drive. Memory is random access and is where
> > > programs
> > > > are loaded each time your PC is booted. The hard drive is where
they
> > are
> > > > permanently whether your PC is powered up or not. If too much is
> loaded
> > > into
> > > > memory on booting then you will get to be 'short of memory'. Have
a
> > read
> > > > on www.computerhope.com HF
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "loneshewolf" <> wrote in message
> > > > news:418sb.7290$ nk.net...
> > > > > Hubby reformatted c: drive and installed Windows XP. He then went
to
> > > > Windows
> > > > > Updates and tried to install the critical updates and services
packs
> > (23
> > > > > total) but was told that he didn't have enough memory...only
103MB.
> > His
> > > > c:
> > > > > drive total memory is 2GB and ONLY has the XP installation on
> > it...where
> > > > did
> > > > > the rest of the memory go? BTW, he has several other partitions
> > already,
> > > > no
> > > > > new partitions were added and they are all the same size that they
> > were
> > > > > before. Windows XP won't do him any good if he can't run the
> updates
> > > and
> > > > > service packs. Any tips/suggestions/ideas/etc. would be greatly
> > > > > appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>