I am new to win xp. My 40 Gig HD is only 40% full but
system info shows my available physical memory as 35mb to
55mb when I boot up. (There is 256 installed)
Is this typical? If the RAM is being held by programs, is
there a way to release it?
Help and thank you

I have a gig, and on boot up xp uses about 230 megs and thats with no other
apps loaded.


"Craig H." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I am new to win xp. My 40 Gig HD is only 40% full but
> system info shows my available physical memory as 35mb to
> 55mb when I boot up. (There is 256 installed)
> Is this typical? If the RAM is being held by programs, is
> there a way to release it?
> Help and thank you

You are confusing hard drive space with RAM.

"Craig H." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:d1b001c3ef85$bb9bbae0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am new to win xp. My 40 Gig HD is only 40% full but
> system info shows my available physical memory as 35mb to
> 55mb when I boot up. (There is 256 installed)
> Is this typical? If the RAM is being held by programs, is
> there a way to release it?
> Help and thank you