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Safe Mode Reports 4K Less Conventional Memory

Article ID: 130180

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006

Microsoft Windows 95

This article was previously published under Q130180

SYMPTOMS

The MEM and CHKDSK commands report 4K less of conventional memory in Safe mode than they do when you are running Windows 95 normally.

   Safe Mode   Running Normally
   ----------------------------
   651,264     655,360

CAUSE

The difference in the amount of conventional memory reported is due to a 4K buffer for hard disk double-buffering allocated by Safe mode. Not all computers require this buffer, but when started in Safe mode, Windows 95 allocates this buffer unconditionally as an additional safety precaution.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Keywords: kbdiskmemory KB130180