John Ballard wrote: > > When the memory is split into partitions, only one of them can be used for > normal use, for the C drive, etc. . The rest of the hard drive is just > available for saving things, etc. So your effective hard drive becomes > drastically smaller. > Usually when we talk abut "memory" we mean Random Access Memory. The Hard Drive or storage unit can be partitioned into sections. I suggested that Jane get a book that will tell her more about her computer so she can better describe her computer and its problems. bob gillis > > > Janet Graham Theberge wrote: > > > > > > I was wondering....My hard drive crashed this past summer, and we took > it to > > > the shop where they saved all my old info, then partitioned my hard > drive > > > and installed Windows XP for me. Might it be possible that my second > memory > > > card is no longer "hooked up"? Or is it possible that all my old stuff > is > > > still on one memory card while I am using the other one? Can they work > > > separately, or do they automatically work together? > > > > > > Sorry to be such a pain, but I still don't understand how memory, ram, > hard > > > drive, etc. works in my computer. > > > > >