Hardware reserved memory

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by Frank Tollenaar, Jan 13, 2010.

  1. Frank Tollenaar

    Frank Tollenaar Bit poster

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    Hi,

    I have a 2009 MacBookPro with 8GB memory running Leopard.
    In Parallels Desktop 5 I run Windows 7.
    If I assign 4GB of memory to the VM, it shows that 2815 MB is available; however, if I add 2GB (assign 6GB), the same amount is available.
    Using the resource monitor from the Windows task manager, I can see that the extra memory gets assigned to the "Hardware reserved" part.
    How can I change that, so I can actually use the extra memory?
     
    Frank Tollenaar, Jan 13, 2010
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  2. I-che

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    Hi Frank,
    maximum amount of memory that can be allocated to any 32-bit Windows OS is 4 GB, 1 GB of which is always reserved for system resources (that is why you have only 2815 MB available).
     
    I-che, Jan 13, 2010
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  3. Frank Tollenaar

    Frank Tollenaar Bit poster

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    Hm, I think I just assumed that an OS from 2009 no longer would have such weird limitations..

    Thanks for the clarification!
     
    Frank Tollenaar, Jan 13, 2010
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