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| 251954 | 2004-07-13 01:18:00 | My "C" drive had 1.2 Gb of free space and suddenly Windows showed a low space message and my free space became only 242 Mb. Cannot find a virus infection. Can anyone help with areason for this. Many thanks and regards, Peter F. | Peter F (5873) | ||
| 251955 | 2004-07-13 01:20:00 | have you checked your virtual memory? What version of Windows is it? |
Growly (6) | ||
| 251956 | 2004-07-13 01:28:00 | For starters, in your browser got to Tools>Internet Options>Delete files and empty your temporary internet files. Get rid of all content stored off-line too. The above applies to Internet Explorer only, but similar options apply to alternative browsers. How big is your HDD? Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 251957 | 2004-07-13 01:29:00 | Many thanks Growly for your reply. I am running Windows XP Home. My "C" drive size was 8Gb and the Virtual Memory size is 1536 MB. | Peter F (5873) | ||
| 251958 | 2004-07-13 01:31:00 | How much RAM do you have? Cause you could turn that virtual memory down a bit - the pagefile is often what fluxes and eats up more HDD space, then becomes small again. Especially if you have 1.2 GB left and your pagefile is more than that. |
Growly (6) | ||
| 251959 | 2004-07-13 02:03:00 | Many thanks to Growly and Billy 8 for your replies. I will try your fixes and see if everything goes Ok. Petre F. | Peter F (5873) | ||
| 251960 | 2004-07-13 02:47:00 | Further to other suggestions had a similar experience when Penicillin suddenly quarantined 24,000 files and left the C drive with no space. Suggest open C drive, check folder sizes and look for an abnormally large folder, go into that folder and see what folder/file has been on steroids. I updated and run Penicillin, emptied the quarantine folder and reclaimed about 24Gb from a 40GB drive. | FrankS (257) | ||
| 251961 | 2004-07-17 01:21:00 | Many thanks Frank S. Sorry to be slow answering but have been away. I did what you suggested and found a file named Pagefile.sys which is 1.610.612.736 in size. What is this file? Can it be reduced or deleted? Again, many thanks and regards, Peter F. | Peter F (5873) | ||
| 251962 | 2004-07-17 01:30:00 | > Many thanks Frank S. Sorry to be slow answering but > have been away. I did what you suggested and found a > file named Pagefile.sys which is 1.610.612.736 in > size. What is this file? Can it be reduced or > deleted? Again, many thanks and regards, Peter F. Pagefile.sys is the swap file or virtual memory. You can make it smaller but a better option is to buy more RAM. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 251963 | 2004-07-17 01:34:00 | Hi Peter, The pagefile . sys file is your virtual memory - you cannot delete that file . To reduce the size, or change the location of your pagefile, go to "System properties" (windows key + break) click the advanced tab, then the settings button under performance, and then advanced again . At the bottom you can see an option to change the size of your pagefile (virtual memory) . Even when I had 256MB RAM I found a pagefile of 512MB made sure windows never complained . BTW . many recommend setting the the initial and maximum size to the same figure, to ensure no pagfile fragmentation . Dan |
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