virtual memory or RAM??

[Guest]

Well, i found out about a "virtual memory" in the system, and i
thought...what is the difference between virtual memory and RAM?, i assume as
they are both memory, their use is for storing temporal data, am i wrong??,
does windows have a priority in the use of them?, store data first in the RAM
, or in virtual?, i don't understand this :s, could anyone help me please??
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[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following article:

"Virtual Memory in Windows XP"
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

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[Jon]

Main difference is that "virtual memory" grinds the hard disk (=slow) and
RAM doesn't.

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, who said something
like......???

 

[HeyBub]

Well, i found out about a "virtual memory" in the system, and i
thought...what is the difference between virtual memory and RAM?, i
assume as they are both memory, their use is for storing temporal
data, am i wrong??, does windows have a priority in the use of them?,
store data first in the RAM , or in virtual?, i don't understand this
:s, could anyone help me please??

Virtual = Nearly, almost. Not real. Fictious. Existing in essence but not in
actual fact. Simulated.

Understanding the difference is immaterial. The only thing that's important
is that you have lots of both.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

virtual memory == hard drive file used by Windows in order to "swap-out"
memory sections for other uses. True usage only XP or MS would really know.

RAM == Random Access Memory -- physical memory chips which the PC uses to
store/process info during the Windows session.

Important that you should be using both and that you "set aside" a good part
of the hard drive space in order for XP to have enough virtual memory swap file.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

virtual memory == hard drive file used by Windows in order to
"swap-out"
memory sections for other uses.

A clarification here: that's *not* the way Microsoft uses the term. The term
"Virtual Memory" refers to the full complement of memory in your computer:
it's the sum of physical memory (RAM) plus the Page File. See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dngenlib/html/msdn_virtmm.asp.