Ok i was running Xp and i was getting low virtual memory. So i bought 256MB DDR ram more so now i run 384MB DDR Ram. So haven't seen the message since but i have noticed that windows xp doesn't run that much faster with the new ram except in games, but not programs and also i keep loosing mem as i run programs and my computer gets slower and slow. Just the other day i got another virtual memory problem. If u could please help. Another OS perhapes???

Virtual memory is not to do with physical ram... its the pagefile thats stored on the hard drive I would suggest that u have a look at ur hard drive and see if its full. Otherwise scan for bad sectors... or move the pagefile to another hard drive. Also a defrag might help the pagefile write a little quicker! Hope this helps

this is what you should do take the new 256 ram out of the board leave the 128 in then run this test http://www.memtest86.com/ download it on the desktop openwith winzip then put it on a floppy and run it. http://www.memtest86.com/ and see if its bad..tell me the results

I am using 20 of a 60GB hard drive, and my hard drive also make a noise when i pull up a program that hasn't been used reciently, its like a ticking noise and its brand new. WEll at leas i think its the hard drive, what else could it be. thanks i will run that test when i get a chance

Virtual Memory is on the harddrive.. You can make the adjustment to the about of virtual memory you want to use. I had this problem and adjusted my virtual memory size and never had another problem.. To do this just pull up help and type in virtual memory and this will tell you exactly how to change it.. good luck!