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Lithuim t1_iujaboc wrote

Reply to comment by Unable_Gold_7554 in Do anyone know how I could Free up this ? Thanks by Unable_Gold_7554

Then Windows has chewed up 8gb with background processes and nonsense.

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Unable_Gold_7554 OP t1_iujaik4 wrote

And theres no way of geting them back ?

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Shard8864 t1_iujdyoz wrote

Might be a Windows update running in the background or whatever you have running has a memory leak

RAM doesn't work like HDD/storage space.

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Lithuim t1_iuje75v wrote

Make sure your drivers are all current, sometimes they chew up RAM like mad when they’re not.

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IforgotwhatIwasdoing t1_iujhbly wrote

ctrl-shift-escape -> sort by Memory -> Kill non-essential processes like web browser/social media apps/other game launchers.

For me, firefox alone uses 2-3GB of memory; using multiple windows with dozens of tabs.

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