Re: Pagefile.sys problems

Gerry, thank you so much for your complete response -- I went through
all your suggestions and they didn't make a great deal of difference in
the numbers. Remember, a month ago I added an external drive and moved
the majority of my non-system files over to it - so my C drive got a lot
of space back.
I don't use Norton or Rollback or Ghost -- I do use Diskkeeper and
Registry Mechanic. Most of the setting recommendations you made I had
already done. The only item I couldn't seem to accomplish was getting
rid of earlier system restore points -- your directions didn't work for
me.
As I said in a reply to Jerry M's notes, I am not inclined to get rid of
the D partition -- afraid I would be asking for trouble and get myself
into a really big mess. In researching this all over the internet, I've
read about lots of issues in this area -- and not too many good
outcomes -- reinstalling seemed to be the fix in the end. So, I think I
will be very committed to doing my backups and cross my fingers -- maybe
I can hold off the inevitable to a more convenient time for a reinstall.
I do appreciate all your time and effort to help me -- people like you
are Jerry and wonderful to find. Thanks again.
M

"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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M

Something is not right somewhere and I think you need to find out what
it is. If you try to live with it eventually you will get bitten.

The first thing is you need to be certain you really have 53 gb free
space on your C partition. Where are you getting these figures from?
Some sources are unreliable.

If you are using the Norton Protected Recycle Bin or Rollback RX Pro
these can create significant free disk space issues. The programmes
create hidden folders, which can grow to colossal sizes. I would also
be interested to know if you are using Ghost?

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point.

Have you changed the three default settings for System Restore,
Temporary Internet Files and the Recycle Bin? If not then I am even
more suspicious of your 53 gb free space. Otherwise you may benefit
from reducing the space allocations.

The default allocation to System Restore is 12% of your C partition
which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right click your
My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore. Place the
cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time find the slider
and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get
to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.

Another default setting which could be wasteful is that for temporary
internet files, especially if you do not store offline copies on disk.
The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to
offline copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer
select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files,
Settings to make the change. At the same time look at the number of
days history is held.

The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. Change to
5%, which should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor
on your Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and
move the slider from 10% to 5%. However, try to avoid letting it get
too full as if it is full and you delete a file by mistake it will
bypass the Recycle Bin and be gone for ever.

When you have made these changes restart your computer and run Disk
Defragmenter.

Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, View, Advanced Settings
and verify that the box before "Show hidden files and folders" is
checked and "Hide protected operating system files " is unchecked. You
may need to scroll down to see the second item. You should also make
certain that the box before "Hide extensions for known file types" is
notchecked. Next in Windows Explorer make sure View, Details is
selected and then select View, Choose Details and check before Name,
Type, Total Size, and Free Space.

Folder Size -a useful tool for use with Windows Explorer when
investigating how disk space is being used.
http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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ssnazzy9 wrote:
I have 1.5 gb RAM, and the C drive is 70GB with 53GB free - last
month I bought an external drive and moved all my photos over to
it which freed up the C drive - it used to have about 25GB free.
This problem didn't happen until about a month after I added the
external drive and freed up all that space on C.

The internal drive is C: 70 total, with 53 free, D: is 5.2 total
with
3.7 free. The D drive was totally full and I started getting the
warning messages which is what alerted me to the problem. I
moved all the HP Recovery files off of D and onto the external
(G) drive since I couldn't seem to get the pagefile off of this
drive - I was afraid the system would crash and burn if it
totally ran out of room on D. I checked the event logs and
didn't see anything helpful there either.

I guess I can keep operating this way -- except if I ever really
need those HP recovery files I'm not sure that they will
understand they are now on a G drive and operate successfully
from there. Otherwise the system seems to be fine as long as the
5.2 size of the D is enough for the pagefile. Is it?
M


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