do i really need a 1 gig hard drive for vista business?

[Chad Harris]

Emily--

1) There are countless websites that are Vista help sites. Just google for
them.

2) Vista has a guided tour that comes up on that welcome page. Use it.

3) Vista Help and Support on the start menu has a search that goes to a
server/data base that explains how to do most things, (just search by the
term you need help for) and the MSFT web site has articles that are how tos
on vista--
www.microsoft.com/windowsvista and
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/default.aspx

4) Buy a decent book on Vista like the ones by Livingston and Thurott, David
Pogue, or Ed Bott on any large bookstore shelf.

5) Finally MSFT has a Knowledge Base which eventually will be hundreds of
articles on Vista and right now has thousands of articles on their software
you can search at http://support.microsoft.com

Good luck,

CH

 

[Guest]

Ok, I ran the Belarc advisor and under "Memory Modules" it says:

512 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM_A' has 256 MB
Slot 'DIMM_B' has 256 MB

so does this mean I have room for more or not?? is there something else I
need to look at?

 

[Guest]

Ok I found another program that ran it that made more sense. Apparently I
have 2 slots, and each has 256 MB in it. If I were to replace one of those
slots with 512 MB, how much RAM would I have? What I replaced one with a 1
G? How much RAM would I have then?? Thanks.

 

[JW]

I have had absoltutly runnnit VISTA utltimate on a 512 MB computer and
should not either.
And muy graphics MOBO chip uses some of may main memory too boot.

 

[...winston]

Ram normally comes in 128 MB, 256 MB, 512MB, and 1GB sizes.
Note some forms may not be available in 1GB due to supply, type, design.

RAM is additive. Some mobo require matched pairs..meaning that the same type and size needs to be installed. Without knowing specifics on your mobo or pc its impossible to tell all/any possible configurations or max ram.

Generally speaking if you don't need matched same size ram chips a current system with two 256 MB(total 512) if one removed a 256 then add a 512 you'd have 768.

You need to identity your mobo and machine specs and limitations before considering a Ram purchase...once understood, the necesary math will be easier.

Since you asked about Vista, imo and not knowing your system more is better.

Download, install, and run the Vista Upgrade advisor.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx
....winston

: Ok I found another program that ran it that made more sense. Apparently I
: have 2 slots, and each has 256 MB in it. If I were to replace one of those
: slots with 512 MB, how much RAM would I have? What I replaced one with a 1
: G? How much RAM would I have then?? Thanks.
:
: "emily86" wrote:
:
: > Ok, I ran the Belarc advisor and under "Memory Modules" it says:
: >
: > 512 Megabytes Installed Memory
: >
: > Slot 'DIMM_A' has 256 MB
: > Slot 'DIMM_B' has 256 MB
: >
: > so does this mean I have room for more or not?? is there something else I
: > need to look at?
: >
: > "DanR" wrote:
: >
: > >
: > > : > > >I have a 512 MB hard drive now, and I got Vista Business for free at
: > > >college
: > > > because my school is part of an academic alliance thing that gets it for
: > > > free. Do I really need 1 G hard drive for it to work properly? When
: > > > installing, is there any kind of option where you do a custom install so
: > > > you
: > > > can just pick the components you need? I really really really want Vista
: > > > (especially since I'm a CSC major) but I can't exactly afford to upgrade
: > > > to a
: > > > 1 G or higher hard drive. I have a Dell, and it says to upgrade to a 1 G
: > > > it
: > > > would be $179.
: > >
: > > Might you be talking about RAM? (memory) Surely your hard drive is larger
: > > than 512MB.
: > > If it indeed is memory you mean than it depends on how your 512MB of RAM is
: > > currently configured. Likely your computer has 4 slots for RAM. Hopefully
: > > you have two 256MB chips in there now. (or even better one 512MB chip) Then
: > > you have physical room to add another chip to get you to 1GB of RAM.
: > > Download Belarc advisor and note how many RAM slots you have and how many
: > > are filled. I'm guessing you can get to 1GB for less than $179.
: > > http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
: > >
: > >

 

[Michael Jennings]

Dell says that there are two slots, which should accept Gig sticks.
The listing of a 512 MB capacity seems to be for the Ispiron 5100.
See your owners manual, which is available online:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins5100/en/i5100-om.pdf

Examine pages 100, 101 and 102 to see how to install memory.

Page 115 indicates that the 5150 has 2 GB maximum memory.
2.5-V DDR SODIMM, clocked at 333 MHz is specified.

Your computer can tell you how much memory it sees. You must
decide how much you want, where to get it, and whether you want
to install it yourself or not, knowing that 2 GB is the limit.

 

[JW]

I have had absoltutly no problems runnning VISTA utltimate and Media Center
on a 512 MB system.
However the shared memory graphics chip onboard my MOBO can use up to 128MB
of main memory if needed.
However, I did have to add more memory to get Aero to work becuase of the
shared memory graphics chip 128MB allocation.

 

[miss-information]

You write that you are a "CSC Major". If this stands for Computer Science
why don't you ask your class instructor for help? And, if this is a computer
course and you have attended for more than a week and don't know the
difference between Ram and a Hard drive, ask for your money back.

mi