Computor memory - having trouble with!!!

[Grey_Wolf]

I was trying to transfer Piers Anthony's Incarnations septology from wordpad-doc:s to HTML-docs in notepad and after a while (that is after I had transferred the first book to the first HTML-doc. and began working on it.) kept getting a memory deficiency warning (in fact telling me to shut down programs). I actually thought that I had quite enough memory that is 112 mb ram.
The file in question is about 55 kb.

NEED HELP!!

[mithrand1r]

What Operating System are you using?

How many applications do you have running at the same time? (Try closing down unneeded applications.)

Have you tried:
Saving your work at some point.
Shut the computer down. Wait some time. (about 15-30 seconds) Restart the computer.
Attempt your work again.
?

You may also want to defragment your computer hard drive.

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by mithrand1r
What Operating System are you using?

How many applications do you have running at the same time? (Try closing down unneeded applications.)

Do you really need to ask? of course it's windoze by microsucks. The operating system sucks - it has terrible memory management. Even closing down programs doesn't necessarily free the memory up. Sometimes the only way to do anything is to keep shutting down everytime memory gets low.

[Ruinel]

A wild guess... you are using Microsoft Windows operating systems... yes?

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally posted by mithrand1r
What Operating System are you using?
Windows ME

How many applications do you have running at the same time? (Try closing down unneeded applications.)
While I was working on the html-page and saving it progressivly, I had the webpage open to "F5" it as I progressed in the changes.

Have you tried:
Saving your work at some point.
se above

Shut the computer down. Wait some time. (about 15-30 seconds) Restart the computer.
Attempt your work again.
Yeah, I tried that but it objected again at the same place.

You may also want to defragment your computer hard drive.
That I haven't tried. Might do the trick.

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally posted by jerseydevil
Do you really need to ask? of course it's windoze by microsucks. The operating system sucks - it has terrible memory management. Even closing down programs doesn't necessarily free the memory up. Sometimes the only way to do anything is to keep shutting down everytime memory gets low.

I have never worked on a mac or other so I wouldn't know the difference on separate brands.

[Andúril]

Originally posted by Grey_Wolf
Originally posted by mithrand1r
What Operating System are you using?
Windows ME

My condolences.

How much memory do you have? How much free space do you have on your hard drive? Do you experience this problem at random, or only with the file you were working, and/or at a specific point?

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally posted by Andúril
My condolences.

How much memory do you have? How much free space do you have on your hard drive? Do you experience this problem at random, or only with the file you were working, and/or at a specific point?

112 mb. And of 20 mb, 14,8 is free. This was the first time. I've never had any problems with HTML-pages before so I was bit surprised.

Is Notepad the culprit? Is the portion of the HD for this program to small to accept a file of 55 k's?

[Andúril]

My initial impression is that a portion of that document is corrupt. If you are able to convert other documents of and to the same formats using the same app, then the problem is specific to this file, and not a general operating system (or application) problem and not necessarily a memory fault.

The best way to test this theory is to go through the same process on a friend's PC (or work PC), and see if it happens again. However, some operating systems act differently when they are faced with corrupt files.

ME is a bit of a pain in this regard.

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally posted by Andúril
My initial impression is that a portion of that document is corrupt. If you are able to convert other documents of and to the same formats using the same app, then the problem is specific to this file, and not a general operating system (or application) problem and not necessarily a memory fault.

Exactly. The problem has been with this file only and no other.

The best way to test this theory is to go through the same process on a friend's PC (or work PC), and see if it happens again. However, some operating systems act differently when they are faced with corrupt files.

Yes, back home I've got Win-95 (a very old, a slow computor) and it has never troubled me thus.

ME is a bit of a pain in this regard.

Thanks for your info.

[Ruinel]

Did you say your computer has 112 MB of RAM?

Also, I'm guessing that's 20 GB for that HDD.

If you want to upgrade your RAM, it's quite easy... let me know if you want to know how.

Anduril is correct... MS WinME is a piece of proverbial crap.

Suggestion: dual boot with a Linux operating system. Linux operating systems manage memory much better.

However, it's quit possible, as Anduril said, that it's the document you are working with... since it happens at the same place each time.

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally posted by Ruinel
Did you say your computer has 112 MB of RAM?

This one has. My home-comp. has 133mhz/65mb/1.3gb.

Also, I'm guessing that's 20 GB for that HDD.

You're quite correct it's gb, not mb.

If you want to upgrade your RAM, it's quite easy... let me know if you want to know how.

Thanks. I'll be in touch when it's time for a upgrade (since it's working fine in all other respects.

Anduril is correct... MS WinME is a piece of proverbial crap.

Suggestion: dual boot with a Linux operating system. Linux operating systems manage memory much better.

How much HD-space does it take up?

However, it's quit possible, as Anduril said, that it's the document you are working with... since it happens at the same place each time.

Another solution I've been contemplating is dividing the chapters of the books into smaller sections, thus making it easier on the memory, for now.


...and thanks for your contribution to the solving of this problem.

[Ruinel]

No problem at all.

As for the Linux operating system, it will depend on which version you download as to how much space it takes up. You want to make a partition that is separate for the Linux operating system before you do so, though... and you should have WinME on a separate partition as well.