Why does my C drive fluctuate with storage?

omg...the RAM i need is like £300 - is that possible? Its from DABS -

is it always that pricey?

Seems way tooooo much

Hey sorry i hadnt refreshed my page hence the out of place message above...

OK, my motherboard details are:


Motherboard
PropertyValueManufacturerPanasonic CorporationModelCFF8-3Version1Serial NumberNone

North BridgeIntel GS45 Revision 07South BridgeIntel 82801IM (ICH9-M) Revision 07

CPUIntel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU U9400 @ 1.40GHzCpu SocketSocket P (478)

System Slots1 PCMCIA

Memory Summary
Maximum Capacity4096 MBytesMemory Slots2Error CorrectionNone

Warning!Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed

Thanks for the advice guys i really appreciate it.

I know I've been on a rant about this for a little while, but to me, people owning their computers should know the specs of those computers off the top of their heads.

That being said, you should know what hard drive is in the computer, so you'd know what it would cost to get a bigger one. I'm not sure a hard drive upgrade is needed, as it sounds to me like you just have a very small C drive partitioned. What would be most helpful is if you posted a screen shot of your Disk Management screen.

whs said:

lister said:

ah amazing news.

So that would solve my constantly fluctuating C Drive? (My understanding is that the C Drive fluctates in terms of storage owing to the swap files that are forced onto the C drive owing to a lack of RAM)

I like the idea of buying that more RAM as a solution.....

Should do the trick...

THANKS

No, No, you got this all wrong. if you buy more RAM, you will also get a bigger pagefile. So that will reduce the space on your C partition.
However, the space fluctuation on C that you see now has nothing to do with RAM. It could have several causes:
1. temporary files that disappear at times
2. Restore points that get purged
3. files that you delete at times

To get a picture on what is on C, I recommend 2 actions:
a) run WinDirStat. That will show you all system and user files and the totals thereof
b) Go to Start > right click on Computer > Properties > System protection (on top in the left pane) > highlight C > click "Configure". That will show you the "Current usage" of the disk space on C that is used for restore points (also called shadows).

And as was already said, you have to increase the size of C to at least 50GBs - else you will not be a happy camper in the future. The best is to use this program for rearranging tha space on your drive: BEST FREE Partition Manager Software for Windows supports all 32-bit & 64 bit Windows No-server OS.

Thanks for the above advice which I will do and post but in the meantime enclosed is a screenshot of the Disk Management App.

Again, cant say how much I appreciate your help with all of this.