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| Thread ID: 135577 | 2013-11-20 04:39:00 | Windows 7 reformat | micky (7329) | Press F1 |
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| 1360309 | 2013-11-20 20:18:00 | I see there's a folder named files with 90% 393.5GB I guess thats whats taking up all the space I don't know how to access it? |
micky (7329) | ||
| 1360310 | 2013-11-20 20:44:00 | I see there's a folder named files with 90% 393.5GB They're actual files ;) and for some reason your paging file has managed to balloon to over 300GB :eek: |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1360311 | 2013-11-20 22:08:00 | Looks like as PCUSER said the page file has gone nuts :waughh: As a general rule, the page file should be approx. 1.5 -2 times the amount of Installed memory, so unless you have 200GB of memory ;) there is certainly something wrong. Check the following settings: Open the Control Panel > System > On the Left, Advanced System Settings> Advanced Tab - under Performance Settings on the right will be the Setting Button, click that, Advanced Tab> ( make sure its set to programs) then Change Button. Make sure its set to Automatically Manage Page file -- These are the default setting -- Follow the red line below in the Picture: :D 5320 May be of Interest to Read (blog.shawnhyde.com) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1360312 | 2013-11-20 23:03:00 | As a general rule, the page file should be approx. 1.5 -2 times the amount of Installed memory, That rule goes way back to Win3 . Is it still relevant?? Seem to remember reading its not relevant for modern OS's ??? 2x may not allways be enough. Just asking as some use it as a strict rule , not a guideline. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1360313 | 2013-11-20 23:21:00 | I have a clean install of windows 7 with just an anti-virus program and VLC installed and fully updated on an 80Gb hard drive, it's less than half full. You clearly have more than windows on yours. You can right click each folder and chose properties to see how much space each one occupies. That might help narrow it down. Also under the folder view options turn on hidden files and see if anything else shows up. As mentioned already when doing a fresh install the best way to ensure there is no left overs is to either Format the drive or delete the partitions, just deleting files never seems to get everything. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1360314 | 2013-11-20 23:23:00 | That rule goes way back to Win3 . Is it still relevant?? Seem to remember reading its not relevant for modern OS's ??? 2x may not allways be enough . Just asking as some use it as a strict rule , not a guideline . really rough guideline . page-file-size-on-a-windows-7-64-bit-installation ( . technet . microsoft . com/Forums/windows/en-US/8ba26253-9a71-4349-91b2-117985a6196e/page-file-size-on-a-windows-7-64-bit-installation?forum=w7itproperf" target="_blank">social . technet . microsoft . com) Theres something certainly wrong though, theres no way the page file should be that high . I'm running 8GB mem, and the page file is only 7GB, AND looking at the amount of used space for programs mines around 10GB, where micky's is only just over 2GB ( programs Files & x86 combined) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1360315 | 2013-11-21 00:21:00 | really rough guideline . page-file-size-on-a-windows-7-64-bit-installation ( . technet . microsoft . com/Forums/windows/en-US/8ba26253-9a71-4349-91b2-117985a6196e/page-file-size-on-a-windows-7-64-bit-installation?forum=w7itproperf" target="_blank">social . technet . microsoft . com) Im drifting OT , I guess the real world answer to pagefile size is ADD MORE RAM . :rolleyes: If 2x or 3x isnt enough the whole system may start to run slow away, from lack of RAM . A good link off that link you gave . Goes more into why . . technet . com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2008/11/17/3155406 . aspx" target="_blank">blogs . technet . com Quoteth How Big Should I Make the Paging File? Perhaps one of the most commonly asked questions related to virtual memory is, how big should I make the paging file? There’s no end of ridiculous advice out on the web and in the newsstand magazines that cover Windows, and even Microsoft has published misleading recommendations . Almost all the suggestions are based on multiplying RAM size by some factor, with common values being 1 . 2, 1 . 5 and 2 . Now that you understand the role that the paging file plays in defining a system’s commit limit and how processes contribute to the commit charge, you’re well positioned to see how useless such formulas truly are . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1360316 | 2013-11-21 01:08:00 | All of the above aside, theres still something wrong. Theres no way the page file should be that large. Something is causing it to grow to its size of 90% of HDD usable space. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1360317 | 2013-11-21 01:35:00 | perhaps try lowering the page file size. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1360318 | 2013-11-21 04:05:00 | Bite the bullet and start over formatting the disk first. | Bryan (147) | ||
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