A user has installed video editing software and hardware on a Windows PC. The PC met the minimum requirements of the hardware. The editing program loads very slowly and takes a very long time to…

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Options

• AMore memory and a reformatting of the hard disk are needed.
• BA second hard drive must be added and the Page file should be lowered.
• CMore memory is not needed; the Windows Page file should be increased.
• DMore memory and available hard disk space are needed.

• A
  11% (6)
• B
  5% (3)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  82% (47)

Explanation

Meeting only the minimum requirements means the system will technically run the software but will perform poorly. Video editing is extremely resource-intensive in two key ways: it requires large amounts of RAM to hold video frames and project data in memory for fast access, and it requires substantial free hard disk space for scratch disks, temporary render files, and exported output. Adding RAM reduces the need to swap data to disk, and ensuring free disk space allows the application to write large temporary files efficiently. Reformatting the hard disk (A) adds no performance benefit. Lowering the Page file (B) would reduce available virtual memory, making performance worse. Increasing the Page file alone (C) without adding RAM forces more disk access, which is slower.

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