How to determine processor speed, installed memory, and hard drive size (PC)

For processor speed and installed memory:

Right-click the “My Computer” icon on the desktop. Left click on “Properties”

Photo showing my computer icon on desktop, and context menu brought up by right clicking. Properties option is selected at bottom.

This will bring up the System Properties window. The speed of the computer’s processor, and the total amount of memory will be listed under the “Computer” heading. The speed of the processor will be in GHz (I.E. in this example 1.80 GHz), and the amount of memory (or RAM) will be listed in MB or GB (In this example, 768 MB).

Image of System Properties window, descriptive information including processor type and speed, and installed memory

For hard drive size and available space:

Double-click the “My Computer” icon on your desktop. Under the “Hard Disk Drives” heading there will be an entry that says “Local Disk (C:)” Don’t click on the icon, just place the mouse cursor above it. After a few seconds, a dialog box will appear stating the total size of the drive, and available free space.

Image of My computer window showing installed hard drives, mouse is hovering over c: drive

If the dialog box isn’t showing up, you can right click on the “Local Disk (C:)” icon, and left click “Properties” in the menu that comes up. This will open the Properties window for the disk, with numerical and graphical information about disk size and available (Free) space.

Image of properties window for Local Disk C:. window displays numerical and graphical information about total drive size and available space