• vithigar@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    You seem to be under the impression that “16.0 GB (15.3 GB usable)” means that Windows is what is taking up the missing 0.7 GB. This is not the case.

    Most of that is probably reserved as VRAM for your integrated graphics. None of it is in use by Windows itself.

    Windows memory footprint is larger than that, without question.

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        5 days ago

        Which aligns with what I said. 500MB is most of 700MB. The difference is made up of other various hardware reservations.

        My completely standard Windows 11 install says 64GB installed and 63.9 GB usable. I can assure you that doesn’t mean Windows is only using 100MB.

        Go to task manager and look for “Hardware Reserved” at the bottom right of the memory tab. I bet you’ll see a number very close to 700MB. Mine says 87MB.