Thread: Using my extra RAM for other things in an old, updated 32-bit XPPro. SP3.
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Old December 23rd 10, 12:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain,microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup
Richard Owlett
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Default Using my extra RAM for other things in an old, updated 32-bitXP Pro. SP3.
Ant wrote:
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I heard that I can use the unused memory for other things like a RAM
drive for swap files, %temp%, etc. How do I do that?
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I suspect you heard a reference to expanded memory and/or
extended memory from DOS era. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanded_memory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_memory
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