S
Sam
Hi,
My XP SP2 machine (512Mb) seems very short of memory in its DOS windows. I
get 592748 (from mem.com).
As a result, I have some DOS programs (well one in particular) that dont
run.
I have read in various places that I should get over 600k and certainly my
last PC (also XP SP2) ran these programs with no problem.
I have standard config.nt and autoexec.nt and if I run mem /c I get the
results below.
It looks like I have 'lost' some upper memory but I cannot figure out how or
where it went. Any suggestions as to what I might do?
TFAI
S
C:\>mem /c
Conventional Memory :
Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
MSDOS 12224 ( 11.9K) 2FC0
KBD 3296 ( 3.2K) CE0
HIMEM 1248 ( 1.2K) 4E0
COMMAND 3728 ( 3.6K) E90
DOSX 34720 ( 33.9K) 87A0
KB16 6096 ( 6.0K) 17D0
FREE 112 ( 0.1K) 70
FREE 928 ( 0.9K) 3A0
FREE 592784 (578.9K) 90B90
Total FREE : 593824 (579.9K)
Upper Memory :
Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
SYSTEM 229360 (224.0K) 37FF0
DOSX 128 ( 0.1K) 80
MSCDEXNT 464 ( 0.5K) 1D0
MOUSE 12528 ( 12.2K) 30F0
REDIR 2672 ( 2.6K) A70
FREE 912 ( 0.9K) 390
FREE 2512 ( 2.5K) 9D0
FREE 13408 ( 13.1K) 3460
Total FREE : 16832 ( 16.4K)
Total bytes available to programs (Conventional+Upper) : 610656
(596.3K)
Largest executable program size : 592784
(578.9K)
Largest available upper memory block : 13408 (
13.1K)
19922944 bytes total contiguous extended memory
0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
15580160 bytes available XMS memory
MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area
My XP SP2 machine (512Mb) seems very short of memory in its DOS windows. I
get 592748 (from mem.com).
As a result, I have some DOS programs (well one in particular) that dont
run.
I have read in various places that I should get over 600k and certainly my
last PC (also XP SP2) ran these programs with no problem.
I have standard config.nt and autoexec.nt and if I run mem /c I get the
results below.
It looks like I have 'lost' some upper memory but I cannot figure out how or
where it went. Any suggestions as to what I might do?
TFAI
S
C:\>mem /c
Conventional Memory :
Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
MSDOS 12224 ( 11.9K) 2FC0
KBD 3296 ( 3.2K) CE0
HIMEM 1248 ( 1.2K) 4E0
COMMAND 3728 ( 3.6K) E90
DOSX 34720 ( 33.9K) 87A0
KB16 6096 ( 6.0K) 17D0
FREE 112 ( 0.1K) 70
FREE 928 ( 0.9K) 3A0
FREE 592784 (578.9K) 90B90
Total FREE : 593824 (579.9K)
Upper Memory :
Name Size in Decimal Size in Hex
------------- --------------------- -------------
SYSTEM 229360 (224.0K) 37FF0
DOSX 128 ( 0.1K) 80
MSCDEXNT 464 ( 0.5K) 1D0
MOUSE 12528 ( 12.2K) 30F0
REDIR 2672 ( 2.6K) A70
FREE 912 ( 0.9K) 390
FREE 2512 ( 2.5K) 9D0
FREE 13408 ( 13.1K) 3460
Total FREE : 16832 ( 16.4K)
Total bytes available to programs (Conventional+Upper) : 610656
(596.3K)
Largest executable program size : 592784
(578.9K)
Largest available upper memory block : 13408 (
13.1K)
19922944 bytes total contiguous extended memory
0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
15580160 bytes available XMS memory
MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area