It should work, since Linux likely includes it, which Windows would also have...
It should work, since Linux likely includes it, which Windows would also have...
You might find Sysinternals or Nirsoft useful tools that help clear RAM at different stages. There’s a command for clearing buffers that functions across all Windows versions, though it mainly deals with disk caches rather than general RAM. These utilities are lightweight, free, and compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. There are many other RAM cleaning apps available, but you should be cautious about their effectiveness since they’re often untested in real environments. You could also disable Windows disk caching to test its impact, though it may slow down HDD performance. Increasing the paging file size might improve stability as well. I think addressing the problem at the hardware level would be a better long-term solution, even if it takes time and might cost money you don’t have right now.
Your problem stems from the OS attempting to store data in your HDD, possibly because of speed limitations or write caching issues. How can I be certain? /proc/sys/vm is the Linux kernel linker for virtual memory—also known as swap or pagefile. It manages writing dirty data to drives, which are files marked for caching but not yet written. On Windows, try turning off write back caching on your HDD (or if it's already off, turn it on). Also, this setting seems significant.