Locating Memory Dump Files

I recently had to do a clean install because of I stupidly tried to install
the Daemon Tools program for my ISO files. I did disk clean up after my clean
install and found that the memory dump files were still there, but I can't
view them.

I wanna view them, out of my own curiousity, but I can't seem to find them!
I didn't delete them or anything. Anyone wanna give me a walkthrough on how
to find and open them?

Katie,

Mine have always been located in C:\Windows. I think they had a .dmp file
extension. That's as I recall it anyway.
--
freddy


"Katie" wrote:

> I recently had to do a clean install because of I stupidly tried to install
> the Daemon Tools program for my ISO files. I did disk clean up after my clean
> install and found that the memory dump files were still there, but I can't
> view them.
>
> I wanna view them, out of my own curiousity, but I can't seem to find them!
> I didn't delete them or anything. Anyone wanna give me a walkthrough on how
> to find and open them?

Hi Katie,

Open folder options in the control panel and set the advanced options so
that you can see hidden and system files. The memory.dmp file is usually
housed in the \Windows folder, but if you made a clean install and the old
installation was moved to windows.old, you may find the ones you are looking
for there. To read them, see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263 I
suspect you will find that it is a driver error problem.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Katie" <Katie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F151DBB1-F187-40D0-8B69-9FE3F147D147@microsoft.com...
>I recently had to do a clean install because of I stupidly tried to install
> the Daemon Tools program for my ISO files. I did disk clean up after my
> clean
> install and found that the memory dump files were still there, but I can't
> view them.
>
> I wanna view them, out of my own curiousity, but I can't seem to find
> them!
> I didn't delete them or anything. Anyone wanna give me a walkthrough on
> how
> to find and open them?

Hi, Katie.

If all else fails, you can fall back on the current version of the old
MS-DOS "dir" command, with switches to show ALL files (even those with
Hidden and System attributes), including those in subdirectories in the
whole directory tree.

Run the Command Prompt as Administrator. At the prompt, enter:
dir c:\ /s /a

The Dir command produces the directory listing. C:\ starts at the Root (the
top) of the C: drive. The /s searches all subdirectories - since it is
starting at the top, that means all files on C:. The /a shows all files, no
matter what attributes are set.

Be patient! If you have thousands of files in hundreds of subdirectories,
you may have time for a cup of coffee - or lunch. But if the files are
there, this should find them. You can shorten the time by pointing to the
location where you think they may be. For example, this would search only
for ISO files in just the Windows.old folder and subfolders under it: dir
C:\Windows.old\*.iso /s/a

Once you've found them, you probably know how to open them.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Katie" <Katie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F151DBB1-F187-40D0-8B69-9FE3F147D147@microsoft.com...
>I recently had to do a clean install because of I stupidly tried to install
> the Daemon Tools program for my ISO files. I did disk clean up after my
> clean
> install and found that the memory dump files were still there, but I can't
> view them.
>
> I wanna view them, out of my own curiousity, but I can't seem to find
> them!
> I didn't delete them or anything. Anyone wanna give me a walkthrough on
> how
> to find and open them?