virtual memory

[Guest]

hey xp owners - i keep getting error messages saying my virtual memory paging
file is too low.. i reduced as many applications as possible.. i still get
the message.. is there a way to see how many software files are being
utilized to create the virtual memory problem.... ????

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

How much free space do you have left on your drive?..

 

[Guest]

mike - thanks for respondiing.... looking in the system information file
indicates the physical memory is 25.41mb and virtual memory is 1.96
available.. ger

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Neither relate to free space on the drive..

Double click 'My Computer'.. right click C drive and select 'properties'..
you should now be able to see space used and space free..

You will get warnings about 'virtual memory' when the free space on the hard
drive falls below the level able to support the pagefile set by the user or
system.. while it is possible to set a pagefile that will (for now) stop the
warning, eventually, it will reappear..

You do have options..

One of them is to burn music, pics, documents to CD (you should do this
anyway as a backup insurance should the hard drive fail), and then delete
the files off of the hard drive to regain space..

OR..

Install a larger hard drive.. this could be an internal type or USB external
drive.. either could then be used purely for storage..

OR.. as above but clone your present installation to the larger drive, and
then use the old one for extra storage..

In the event that you opt for a larger drive, please note that you should
still back up to a media type that can be removed and stored in a safe
place.. CDs and DVDs are very good for this..

 

[Guest]

mike - thanks so much for responding.. i did as you stated and found that
there is 4.20 used and 33.0 gb free space...now what can i do.. it must be a
corrupted file or a corrupted program.. i have dell resource cds that came
with my system.. should i reload windows xp and start all over... thanks ger

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Can we confirm first that there is 42gb used and 33gb free space.. apologies
for not understanding the numbers..

 

[Jim]

mike - thanks so much for responding.. i did as you stated and found that
there is 4.20 used and 33.0 gb free space...now what can i do.. it must be
a
corrupted file or a corrupted program.. i have dell resource cds that came
with my system.. should i reload windows xp and start all over... thanks
ger

The message means that the pagefile is too small. From the data you gave
Mike, it is clear that there is plenty of romm on the disk; hence you need
to let the system manage the size of the page file.
Jim

 

[Guest]

??? thanks..

The message means that the pagefile is too small. From the data you gave
Mike, it is clear that there is plenty of romm on the disk; hence you need
to let the system manage the size of the page file.
Jim