Windows 7 shows 0 Free memory for 4 GB installed RAM

windows-7 memory task-manager

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The important thing is to have available memory. not free.

in this post it explains what is it for

Available is the only one that matters. Available shows what is capable of being used by Programs. Without paging other lower priority processes out of memory. It is a combination of both Cache and Free.

So don't worry about free memory because it can be used for system things or just reserved for programms

http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/114504-diff-between-available-free-physical-memory.html

this is better. http://brandonlive.com/2010/02/21/measuring-memory-usage-in-windows-7/

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NullPointer almost 2 years

Laptop: Dell Inspiron 1525 Core-2-Duo Pre-installed RAM: 2GB Additional installed RAM: 2GB OS: Windows 7

I have just installed extra 2 GB of RAM in Windows 7 and now it shows total 4 GB RAM.

After installing it when I look into Windows Task Manager it shows me 0 as Free Memory.

How it's showing 0 Free Memory?

Please, will anybody explain it to me?

How to understand it? Does it require any BIOS setting to be set?

Thanks and advance.
Ramhound almost 9 years

While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes.
Mukus over 6 years

But as the OP has posted when Free drops to 0, the computer slows down regardless of how much the available has.