HDD Space decreased after installing RAM!

I just installed my 2*2 GB RAM and after logging in to Win 7 x64 I am noticing that in partition C (the OS is installed in this) the space is drastically decreased! It was around 9.5 GB before installing RAM, and now it's just 2.8 GB! What's wrong? My memory was 4 GB and now it's 8 GB. I haven't installed anything but the RAM.
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Please tell me what's wrong?

its due to increase in pagefile and hibernate file(mostly this)

^Oops! Have no idea about that.

Yeah, most probably pagefile has increased. Move it to another partition.

How to do that? Pardon my stupidity

R

My Comp>Prop>Adv system settings>Performance settings>Adv>Change >select C:\ NO paging file

Now Click ur HD01 or other partition >Click system managed partition or custum size

J

ye, it is due to page file increase. follow rajesh345's steps. or better change the page file directory to d: or e: if those partitions have moar free space.

ubuntu has much better management. separate partition only for virtual memory known as swap instead of clogging it in ur partitions. much better than windows.

Disable the hiberfile too.

R

asingh said:
Disable the hiberfile too.

@OP - to disable hibernation file

Start >Run >cmd >"powercfg -h off"

What's the advantage of this hibernation? Will there be any problem if I turn it off? And what's Page file? Never heard of it before :lol:

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Hiber File : Stores data if the computer is hibernated. Goes to sleep (literally off) but retains all your open applications/programs)

Page File : Used like temporary RAM for thrashing by the OS, when the hardware RAM is fully populated.

Rajesh345 said:
@OP - to disable hibernation file

Start >Run >cmd >"powercfg -h off"

I think he needs to run it in administrator mode.

Rajesh345 said:
My Comp>Prop>Adv system settings>Performance settings>Adv>Change >select C:\ NO paging file

Now Click ur HD01 or other partition >Click system managed partition or custum size

Changed it.

Rajesh345 said:
@OP - to disable hibernation file

Start >Run >cmd >"powercfg -h off"

I did it and now partition C has 10 GB empty

Congo to OP for the problem being rectified.

So, Its apparent, that when OP increased the RAM, the OS tried to compensate the Virtual Memory by increasing it in correspondence with the increased amount of memory.

But paging file is recommended to be 1.5 times the amount of RAM. So won't disabling Virtual Memory can cause problems? I hope OP hasn't disabled it and only moved it to other partition.

vineet369 said:
So won't disabling Virtual Memory can cause problems? I hope OP hasn't disabled it and only moved it to other partition.

I didn't move anything, I just disabled it! What problems could happen?

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Even though you have more than enough RAM, some programs may require virtual memory (pagefile). Disabling it will lead to errors. Just enable pagefile to system managed in some other partition.

Joker said:
ubuntu has much better management. separate partition only for virtual memory known as swap instead of clogging it in ur partitions. much better than windows.

You can manually assign a separate partition for pagefile in Windows, but yes, Linux does it automatically and if I can remember properly, in Ubuntu's case, without any user interaction required.

Alright, I've set it to Automatic, changing it to Off or not is not effecting the HDD space. Hope it won't create any problem. But I didn't change the, Start >Run >cmd >"powercfg -h off". In fact by doing only this the HDD space got increased, changing the Virtual Memory thing under Windows Advanced Settings doesn't have any effect regarding the HDD space !

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Is it OK now?

yeah, i think so.

Alright then

What is Meaning of page file?

R

NitrousNavneet said:
What is Meaning of page file?

asingh said:
^^
Hiber File : Stores data if the computer is hibernated. Goes to sleep (literally off) but retains all your open applications/programs)

Page File : Used like temporary RAM for thrashing by the OS, when the hardware RAM is fully populated.

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ithehappy said:
Alright, I've set it to Automatic, changing it to Off or not is not effecting the HDD space. Hope it won't create any problem. But I didn't change the, Start >Run >cmd >"powercfg -h off". In fact by doing only this the HDD space got increased, changing the Virtual Memory thing under Windows Advanced Settings doesn't have any effect regarding the HDD space !

Here,

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Is it OK now?

Well, it IS ok now. But (yeah, there's still a BUT) looks like Paging file is set to C drive, and so you can still Gain 8 GB of space in C drive, by shifting it to other drive like D !
Pls post, if you want to go to that route. :-D

Nah...it's OK for me. Current space is enough for C drive as I don't install anything on that drive

Its good then. But if you ever go short of space in C, (which from my experience you will get, sooner or later, since Windows 7 is expert in eating space :-D

), then you know what to do... Just set the Paging file to D, and remove it from C. And you will see an increase space, after a reboot!
All the best.

Thanks mate, I'll do it if I have to

If you using the same platter, then you can increase the C: partition easily.