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This happens automatically when you run out of RAM. This is the reason Game's advice at least 10GB space free on your Hard Drive. The PC uses the RAM and Cache, then the Hard Drive, then you'll get Blue Screen of Death Memory Dump.

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What is disk drive?

A disk drive is a device that computers can use to read and write information on computer disk. An example of one is the hard disk drive.


Can you wipe your hardrive without rebooting your computer?

Insert hard drive CD when you start up your computer. Check box when it asks you if you want to delete and re-use your hard drive. When completed, insert your OS CD, and money in the bank... if you want a quick re-format, dont insert the hard drive CD on startup.. just insert the OS CD on start up.. it will do a quick reformat that will give you results until you can find your hard drive CD if you dont have one. You can also use DBAN or wipedrive - both these free and paid for products will erase / wipe your hard drive to DOD standards. Be more specific please. If you mean deleting all the files, the best method i would suggest is to reinstall the OS.


Why not use a hard drive to store all data and instructions instead of RAM?

The speed of getting the next instruction to be executed. RAM nowdays is at least 100,000 times faster than accessing the same amount of data on a hard drive.


Why is the hard drive labeled C?

C:/ c is the hard drive a brilliant question, as a computer tech, i always just accepted it as fact upon contemplation i would answer that it is a randomly chosen identifer for the local drive you would probably have had to be there when the engineer was configuring, for all intents and purposes, one of the first artificial intelligence prototypes and, well, "i'll name it C" you could probably get the correct answer from a archived computer book, documentary, etc you will never see "his" notes c (lower case) is the constant for the speed of light Note: This is a correct answer but somebody changed the question on you...It has been reverted back to the original. Answer 2: The earliest computers operating under the various DOS versions were not equipped with a hard drive. They operated, in some cases by running the operating system out of one floppy drive and using the second floppy for applications. The floppies were addressed as A and B. After hard drives began to be installed, it was still common for computers to have two floppies. After the old 5-1/4 floppy format gave way to the new 3-1/2, it was common to find both drives on computers because the user was assumed to have all their important stuff still on the old 5-1/4's. That created a bit of a problem because the A and B were so firmly entrenched in their use for addressing the floppy drives that it was impractical to use A or B for anything else. Also, software was written to default to the C-drive when programs were installed. C:\ does not always refer to a hard drive, it is used to address the first un-hidden DOS sector on an IDE or SATA device. As such, a hard drive may be partitioned to have many partitions and those partitions can be assigned letters of your choosing by using drive management programs. Networked computers can also map different letters to various network locations. Optical drives are generally going to take a higher letter if the system has a hard drive. The C-drive does not always have to refer to a hard drive. When a virtual drive is created in memory, as when you use Windows' recovery, it can be addressed as C. Linux, Unix and MacOS do not use any drive letters.


What are the Main advantages of hard disk drive?

its a storage device, it stores information

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Do downloaded programs use Hard Drive or RAM space?

It uses Hard Drive


How can one increase computer storage?

There are many ways to increase the storage space on your computer. You can obtain and additional external hard drive that will give you more storage space when attached to your computer. You can also move existing files from your computer's internal hard drive to an external hard drive to clear up space on the internal hard drive. You can also compress files on your computer that you do not use often to free up space on your hard drive.


What happens when you defrag a hard dive?

You regain fragments of wasted space on your hard drive and you reallocate that space for future data stroage use.


Your laptop needs more hard drive space can you use your flash drive?

Nope, you should just get a bigger hard drive. If you don't want to just back up your files on your flash drive. External hard drives will also work if you need space, but a 120 GB hard drive runs around $40.00 - $70.00.


Memory may be logically carved out of space on the hard drive for temporary use?

Logical


Is it possible to add more space to your PC rather than buy another hard drive?

You cannot add more space without adding a hard drive, unless part of the hard drive you already have is not in use (not partitioned) which is unlikely unless you did so on purpose.


Bobs friend tells him that he should consider purchasing an external hard drive What is an appropriate reason why someone would use an external hard drive?

It saves hard disk space.


Does an external hard drive increase disc space?

You can use compression, but it can also affect the performance of the disk.


What is ripped?

A ripped game is a game that had been copyied from a original disc to the hard drive. And it has less videos and intros so it will use less hard drive space.


Can you use an external hard drive as RAM on Windows XP?

No. There is no method by which you could map hard drive space to the memory address space in Windows XP (you can use RAM as storage, but not vice versa). Even if you could, the performance would be so slow as to be useless.


What is ripped game?

A ripped game is a game that had been copyied from a original disc to the hard drive. And it has less videos and intros so it will use less hard drive space.


How much space does adobe creative Suite 4 use on a pc hard drive?

According to the Adobe site 16.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation.I'd have to do a lot of housekeeping or buy a new drive.