Abnormally high RAM usage?

I've noticed via my performance meters on my desktop that my g37 seems to be using a lot of RAM for not running many intensive processes. Upon boot-up it shows me using somewhere around 25% of my available RAM (roughly 1.5+ GB) . . . Without me running any programs.
I've already gotten rid of much bloatware, and have since installed Norton 360, Firefox, (never got rid of Chrome, and can't really get rid of IE)., Vuze (not open), among other small software's and monitors. Is it normal for me to to be running on nearly 2 gigs of RAM just at my desktop?
If not, what could be the cause/solution? Any input helps guys thanks again in advance.

 

If its of any relief, I'm using 21% of my RAm now. Just browsing online and streaming a movie. Been wondering about that myself lately. Usually uses up like 15% in idle too..

 

If I'm not mistaken Win7 allows programs to 'reserve' a lot of memory 'just in case'. If another program really needs memory it's released.

So no biggie

 

Hrmmm So it's cool to be idling at 20%+ !?! *gasps*... seems so high idk.
Initiate system purge v2.0

 

UPDATE
I have a new question, and rather than starting yet another thread, maybe I can get it answered here?...
*Warning noob question*
I've noticed that ALL of my HDD usage thus far has been in my OS A: Drive. Is this because I have to manually partition to the other drives, or will Windows automatically just progress through the various drives? This occurrence perplexes me; and yes I am a newbie.

 

hdd usage stems from programs which are installed on this hdd. as most of the programs running on the ordinary system come from the OS, it is normal that the hdd on which windows is located causes most of the hdd use. in particular if all the other programs are installed on the same hdd.

 

^-- That's what I'm referring to. . . all programs being installed on my OS HDD. Not the actuall HDD usage. Is it normal for ALL of my HDD storage to be just on the OS HDD. What about the other 3 partitions? When will they be used? Do I have to manually partition software and storage to them? Or will Windows just continue to use up all of my OS HDD?

 

I'm not sure what you mean by os hdd unless u are referring to the standard hardrives that are inside ur g73.

If you have an A drive as your main, you need to make it into C or a lot of programs will have issues installing on your lappy.

Not sure if that helped at all......

 

it is normal to store your software in the OS drive. For the other drives, you can put in whatever you want, like movies, music etc..

 

I apologize for the confusion... my mistake. What I meant was that all of my data storage is going into my OS (C: ) drive. Nothing is being stored onto my Data (D: ), SDATA1 (F: ) nor SDATA2 (G: ). All stock G37JH-A1 drives that came with the system. Is this normal? Will it just max out my OS (C: ) drive and then move onto the next (data, sdata1,2) progressively or what? Sorry for this ignorantly newbie question! Just need some clarification and I'll be happy
P.S. How would I manually select which data goes into which drive? (software, torrents, games etc.)

 

You actually have two hard drives in your laptop. The first one has three partitions: one is a hidden recovery partition (you can't see it and i wouldn't touch it in case you need to restore your notebook to factory settings), the 2nd partition OS (C:\) is where windows is installed and the third partition is Data (D:\). The second hard drive is partitioned in two: SDATA1 and SDATA2. If you didn't put anything on Data and SDATA partitions, it is possible to repartition your hard drive to merge OS and DATA as a single partition and also merge the two partitions on the 2nd hard drive.

See these videos on how to merge partitions in windows 7 if you want to do it. You can also use a third party software to do it. I'm sure people here will be able to point you to a good one.
YouTube - Windows 7 How To: Resize a Partition
YouTube - How to Merge Partitions in windows 7/vista

EDIT: When you install games or software, you'll have to specify to which partition you want them installed when you install them. For torrents, it should be a setting within utorrent or whatever torrent client you are using.

EDIT: RAM usage in my case is around 1.83 with opera running (5 tabs opened). MSE is also running in the background but it's ram usage is insignificant. Oh yeah and 72 processes running for all users as well. Bloatware was removed of course. No tweaking done to windows 7 either.

 

^-- Is it a good idea to merge the partitions or is there a way to keep the partitions separate and transfer data over?
Should my comp be automatically putting EVERYTHING on my OS C: drive?
P.S. thanks for the links. Useful info.

 

You can only merge C and D partitions, ad SDATA1 and SDATA2 are on the second HDD. It is maybe a little bit more comfortable when you have all your data on one huge partition, but it is surely safer when you store all your important data on another than OS partition. It is because when your system breakes down(you now Windows, right? ), you can reinstall it safely without actually touching any of your data on another partitions, thus in case of emergency you are partialy safe(except for stored Outlook mails and few other things that are defaultly stored on OS partition).

So I recommend you keep it as it is and move all of your important data(photos, movies, and other pirated stuff) to other than OS partition.

 

I agree about the keeping important data or at least a backup on another partition. However since this baby has 2 hard drives i don't really see the need for multiple partitions per hard drive since you can use the second hard drive like you normally would another partition. As a bonus if you need to RMA the notebook (for anything other than an exchange of the unit), you can even remove the 2nd hard drive and keep your data stored at home.

 

Most programs will store their data on the C driver. It's up to you to select a different folder in the settings of each of these programs.

 

Cool, thanks again guys for the clarification... Making alot more sense now! I'll probably end up just converging most of my c and d drives together and using the sd as backup and large files.