My computer still boots up and shuts down as firmly as it did with 256 MB of RAM? 256 memory ram compaq presario

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My computer still boots up and shuts down as fast as it did with 256 MB of RAM?

I had 256 MB of RAM on my computer then I bought two 512 MB cards (I took out the 256 because my laptop holds only two cards) and my computer still seems to establish up and shut down a little faster, but not as fast as it should be. When I start it up though, I used to not be able to do anything for like 20 minutes (My laptop sincerely needed the memory...) but now I can start doing stuff in like 5 minutes, but my uncle (He's good with computers) says that it should be pursuit faster. My laptop has a 1.8 GHz processor and is running on Windows XP Home Edition. It is a HP-Compaq Presario V2405us.

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I noticed some of you have mentioned desktop, it's a laptop, not a desktop. And I be acquainted with I had like 256MB, but that's what was installed. I had about 32 MB available, then I cleared my temporary Internet files and got up to 222 MB.

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I should have also plus that I will have had my LAPTOP for 2 years as of this Christmas (Christmas of 2007).

Simple processes such as booting and shutting down do not benefit much from RAM; they are more dependent on the stony disk speed and the processor.

RAM is only a benefit when the computer can find a use for it; eg. making things more efficient in heavy tasks. It's mainly second-hand for lowering the amount of swapping, doing more operations at once, etc.

So, increasing your RAM should not create a noticeable difference unless you were really failing in RAM in the first place. Otherwise, it only helps for multi-tasking, etc.

The problem wasnt really the memory. You should reinstall xp since you may have virus's and spyware. Its recommended you do this once every 2 age. Not one antivirus can stop all virus's so it is possible you have virus's. Get your uncle to do a fresh install of windows and see how that works out for you.

ram won't naturally help boot time as much as hard drive speed. If you truly want to speed up how fast you kick and shut down, you need a faster hard drive. you have a 5400 rpm drive, most desktop have 7200 rpm drives. Now laptops have a slower career drive, because it consumes less battery power. they are 7200 rpm, and 10k rpm drives available for your laptop, but both will give you less battery life than your present drive.
it's up to you, do you want speed or battery life.

I agree with your uncle you needed more ram for your laptop, XP needs at least 512mb to enact well.
It also sounds like you need to format and reinstall windows, even with that low amount of ram the computer should not take 20 mins to have a usable desktop. Sounds parallel virii or spyware, and is probably easier to start clean.

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