That's what I suspected. Thanks! --------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Tim Lider <timli...@adv-data.com> wrote: > Hello Brian, > > 32-bit is really locked to 3GB of RAM, it's just Windows is reporting the > 3.6GB of RAM. If you want to do more RAM I suggest going 64-bit OS. I have > Windows 7 64-bit running with 8GB of RAM on a machine here at work and it > is > running nicely. Using Windows XP virtual Machine to run Company Database in > the VM Window. I also play World of Warcraft on it too during lunch (using > over 1GB of RAM for some reason) and still have Outlook, Firefox, iTunes > and > OneNote opened. > > Basically upgrade to a 64-bit OS ;) > > Tim Lider > Sr. Data Recovery Specialist > Advanced Data Solutions, LLC > http://www.adv-data.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > > Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 5:29 AM > > To: hwg > > Subject: [H] More than 4GB of ram and VM question > > > > I'm currently running the beta on Windows 7 32-bit and using 2 sticks > > of 2GB > > RAM. I have a recent need to occasionally run a VM with another OS in > > it. > > I would like to assign that OS 2 GB of RAM, but as I only have 3.6 GB > > available and need to run some rather memory intensive apps in the > > native > > Windows OS at the same time, I can't. > > > > I'm looking at adding another 4 GB of RAM. I realize that a 32-bit OS > > can't > > address more than 4 GB, but my question is whether I can assign the VM > > to > > the other 4 GB? Or is that not going to work because it's running > > inside > > the host OS which has the limitation? > > > > And yes, I will probably make the move to 64-bit when Windows 7 > > actually > > comes out. > > > > --------------------------- > > Brian Weeden > > Technical Advisor > > Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> > > Montreal Office > > +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada > > +1 (202) 683-8534 US > > >
