hardware reserved

  1. Windows 10 High Memory/Disk usage

    I've read a million posts on this, none of which have aided me on the slightest. As seen here, my memory and disk usage are insanely high, with no discernible reason as to why. This is the case essentially all the time, and it's perplexing to say the least. In this screenshot, you can see...
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    Windows 10 8 gb installed using ony 4gb ram

    This computer is a home build I did in 2011. Originally Win 7, recently upgraded to Win 10. When I open up the system window it says : Installed memory (RAM) 8.00 GB (3.99 GB usable) In the Task Manager window under Performance/Memory it sees 8.0 GB ,but the Memory usage graph only shows 4.0...
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    Windows 8 Windows won't use Hardware Reserved 4gb of ram, when 6gb is installed

    Hi I'm on Windows 8 64-bit on a Toshiba Satellite L750 My computer has constantly been a pain and has not once been completely usable. There is always some sort of flaw. I deleted everything and installed Windows 8 last week because it seemed as though only 2gb of my 6gb of ram was being used...
  4. Windows 7 Only 4GB of 8GB available

    Hi, I just did a reformat of my machine with new hardware. I upgraded the memory to 8gb. Im using 64bit windows ultimate and for some reason 4 of the 8gb are showing up in system resources as 'hardware reserved'. Any ideas why? thank you.