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I got this huge memory leak!
Fishdert
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I have this crusty old computer from 1998 that I want to run WoW on, but I don't have enough space, even though I have a 50GB hard drive! The computer says that I have 4GB left of space, but I have no clue where the other 40+ disappeared to. I deleted almost everything on the computer, I have no games except for one (GW, that takes up 800MB) and I deleted every game, every accessibility thing (I'm not fucking blind) and yet I still have no clue where that memory disappeared to. I didn't partition my drives, I only have the standard Windows XP C drive and it reads as having that grand 4GB out of 50GB remaining. Anyone know of any programs that can display more accurate information than Add/Remove Programs about memory usage on my computer? This is considering that Add/Remove Programs "lies" quite a lot sometimes.
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Edit: Grrr. But I gave him a link!
2.) "Memory" generally refers to RAM and "Memory leaks" usually means some program is taking RAM and not giving it up, degrading performance until you reboot.
Thanks! I figured out that I had a program that was something like 3GB of space that I wanted to delete but never could (it was an installation folder) and I didn't realize it. Also, my podcasts (that I never listen to) and some other programs were taking up lots of space. With this, I have reserved 55% of the space of my hard drive (25 GB) which is more than enough. Thank you very much.
EDIT: I now have 66% of space freed, and if you gave me a link without a name, how would I know what it was used for?
Also, I'm not going to reformat, considering that now I actually have enough space and I do have important things on this computer. It was a productivity computer before I got my new Mac, but I wanted WoW on both computers, even though the Mac can run the game on almost full specs and the other can barely run minimum.