Lot of Free RAM during extraction.!!

Hi

Today, i was extracting a 6GB file, unfortunately it took around 25 minutes, and my laptop specs are core i7 @ 8GB RAM.

Only max of 4GB of RAM was being used as shown in Task Manager and other 4GB was free, so was wondering why doesn't extra 4GB be used and it try to extract the file much more faster ??

What does RAM have to do with extracting a file? Most likely its cause your laptop has a slow mechanical hard drive.

Can you add to the post which version of the decompression program you are using and what version of windows.
Also the type of file you are decompressing (zip rar ect)?
And is it a single media file like a video or large data file. or lots of small files?
I am curious as to why as well, as it seems to be using 4gb of ram so the above post about 32bit app's and 2gb limits, don't fit, your current findings.
At a guess i would say this document could help or at least point you in the right direction.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237740


cheers

well, i use winrar for extraction.

My laptop HDD = 5400 RPM and i have 8GB DDR3 RAM.

Well, 4GB was total RAM used, it incl both Windows + extraction consumption.

BTW, aren't their any 64 bit extraction program available or is the slowdown caused due to my slow HDD ??


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Even when i install some big softwares, it generally takes around 25-30 minutes to install. Resource consumption during installation is around 3GB ( Total Resources), so was wondering why can't it utilize more RAM and install faster /?

RAM has nothing to do with extracting files. And it doesnt matter, cause im guessing you are referring to d/led games and having them compressed. Not gonna offer any more help to this guy, pirated software isnt allowed on TH, either asking for help with it, or giving help.

oh, so does that mean their is no use of higher RAM as most of the applications are not compiled with the LAA flag ?

Except of Virtualization till now, i have not seen my rig using more than 4GB of RAM.

Most applications, sadly, are not compiled with LAA set by default, even though they should be...Without the LAA flag set, 32-bit exe's are limited to just under 2GB of RAM usage, period.

Hence, why you don't see significant gains as you move beyond about 6GB of installed RAM: Because applications aren't coded to use more then 2GB. Combine that with the ~2GB the OS naturally uses, and you see why adding more RAM doesn't really increase performance much.

Hence why I laugh every single time Toms does a memory test using 32-bit applications, then wonders why adding more RAM doesn't increase performance...