C:Drive low on space

[Danny]

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I have a 4GB C drive and I am down to 275MB which is too low for me. The
reason I am running out of space is...I have 3GB of Memory in my server and
the "pagefile.sys" is equal to the Memory size. I have lots of space on
other drives that I could steal from. Can anyone see any problem with
resizing the C drive to say ...8GB? other than the danger of resizing
partitions on a live production server is very nerve racking...to say the
least.

I was also thinking about disabling "Write debugging information to:" under
system properties - startup/shutdown - Recovery and remove the
"pagefile.sys"file. How important is this recovery feature?

*************************************************
Danny

 

[Guest]

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Danny wrote:
> I have a 4GB C drive and I am down to 275MB which is too low for me.
> The reason I am running out of space is...I have 3GB of Memory in my
> server and the "pagefile.sys" is equal to the Memory size.

Move your pagefile to another drive and make it static (min = max),
leaving a pagefile size of only 12 MB on the C: drive.

Unlesss you've already done so:
Make a TEMP directory on another drive and direct your *.tmp and
*.temp variables there, cleaning out the C:\<path>\TEMP directory
afterwards.
Dump any screensavers and other stuff like that you do not use; move
your ID/OE files to another drive too (if you use these programs) and
generally do a nice bit of housekeeping on the C: drive and you'll be
back with enough space.

Helmut
--
All typos © My Knotty Fingers Ltd. Capacity Dept.

 

[Danny]

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Helmut
A couple of questions
1. what is "ID/OE files"
2. what about the "Write debugging information to:" under system
properties - startup/shutdown - Recovery. If I only have a 12MB pagefile.sys
on the C drive...I will have to leave this feature disabled.

*************************************************
Danny Robinson

"Helmut P. Einfalt" <helmut.p.einfaltNOSPAM@aon.at> wrote in message
news:408d493d$0$7312$91cee783@newsreader01.highway.telekom.at...
> Danny wrote:
> > I have a 4GB C drive and I am down to 275MB which is too low for me.
> > The reason I am running out of space is...I have 3GB of Memory in my
> > server and the "pagefile.sys" is equal to the Memory size.
>
> Move your pagefile to another drive and make it static (min = max),
> leaving a pagefile size of only 12 MB on the C: drive.
>
> Unlesss you've already done so:
> Make a TEMP directory on another drive and direct your *.tmp and
> *.temp variables there, cleaning out the C:\<path>\TEMP directory
> afterwards.
> Dump any screensavers and other stuff like that you do not use; move
> your ID/OE files to another drive too (if you use these programs) and
> generally do a nice bit of housekeeping on the C: drive and you'll be
> back with enough space.
>
> Helmut
> --
> All typos © My Knotty Fingers Ltd. Capacity Dept.
>

 

[Danny]

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Helmut
A couple of questions
1. what is "ID/OE files"
2. what about the "Write debugging information to:" under system
properties - startup/shutdown - Recovery. If I only have a 12MB pagefile.sys
on the C drive...I will have to leave this feature disabled.

*************************************************
Danny Robinson

"Helmut P. Einfalt" <helmut.p.einfaltNOSPAM@aon.at> wrote in message
news:408d493d$0$7312$91cee783@newsreader01.highway.telekom.at...
> Danny wrote:
> > I have a 4GB C drive and I am down to 275MB which is too low for me.
> > The reason I am running out of space is...I have 3GB of Memory in my
> > server and the "pagefile.sys" is equal to the Memory size.
>
> Move your pagefile to another drive and make it static (min = max),
> leaving a pagefile size of only 12 MB on the C: drive.
>
> Unlesss you've already done so:
> Make a TEMP directory on another drive and direct your *.tmp and
> *.temp variables there, cleaning out the C:\<path>\TEMP directory
> afterwards.
> Dump any screensavers and other stuff like that you do not use; move
> your ID/OE files to another drive too (if you use these programs) and
> generally do a nice bit of housekeeping on the C: drive and you'll be
> back with enough space.
>
> Helmut
> --
> All typos © My Knotty Fingers Ltd. Capacity Dept.
>

 

[Guest]

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Danny wrote:
> Helmut
> A couple of questions
> 1. what is "ID/OE files"

grrrmph -- that's a typo: InternetExploder and/or OutlookExpress

> 2. what about the "Write debugging information to:" under system
> properties - startup/shutdown - Recovery. If I only have a 12MB
> pagefile.sys on the C drive...I will have to leave this feature
> disabled.

That's Win2k, isn't it?
Dunno about that one, under NT4 the 12MB on C: are exactly enough for
the usual dump.

Helmut
--
All typos © My Knotty Fingers Ltd. Capacity Dept.

 

[Danny]

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Thanks Helmut
Just for your info. the "Write debugging information to:" under system
properties - startup/shutdown - Recovery is also under NT 4.
As a test I removed the pagefile.sys from the C drive to other drive and
then I tried to enable ("Write debugging information to:" under system
properties - startup/shutdown - Recovery) and here is the message that pops
up when I try to apply it "The Recovery options you choose require that the
initial pagefile size on volume C: be at least 3072 megabytes. Should the
initial pagefile size be changed now?" I have the option of "OK" or
"Cancel". I am wondering how important this option is in Recovery from a
system crash?...I would leave it disable if there really is no significant
benefit of having it.

*************************************************
Danny

"Helmut P. Einfalt" <helmut.p.einfaltNOSPAM@aon.at> wrote in message
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> Danny wrote:
> > Helmut
> > A couple of questions
> > 1. what is "ID/OE files"
>
> grrrmph -- that's a typo: InternetExploder and/or OutlookExpress
>
> > 2. what about the "Write debugging information to:" under system
> > properties - startup/shutdown - Recovery. If I only have a 12MB
> > pagefile.sys on the C drive...I will have to leave this feature
> > disabled.
>
> That's Win2k, isn't it?
> Dunno about that one, under NT4 the 12MB on C: are exactly enough for
> the usual dump.
>
> Helmut
> --
> All typos © My Knotty Fingers Ltd. Capacity Dept.
>

 

[Calvin]

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Hi Danny,

my understanding of this 'recovery' option is merely to allow the system to take
a 'snapshot' of the entire system RAM space (to the pagefile on the boot drive)
in event of a stop error, so that it can be examined later to discover the
reason for the crash. Unless you are using the system for software debugging or
development, you can turn this 'recovery' option off and forget about it.

As far as recovering out of a crash, this 'snapshot' file really serves no
useful purpose for a production machine.

Calvin.

 

[Danny]

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Hi Calvin
Yes....after a bit of research I would have to agree with you. Thats what I
am going to do. Thanks for the reply.

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Danny Robinson

"Calvin" <nospam@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Danny,
>
> my understanding of this 'recovery' option is merely to allow the system
to take
> a 'snapshot' of the entire system RAM space (to the pagefile on the boot
drive)
> in event of a stop error, so that it can be examined later to discover the
> reason for the crash. Unless you are using the system for software
debugging or
> development, you can turn this 'recovery' option off and forget about it.
>
> As far as recovering out of a crash, this 'snapshot' file really serves no
> useful purpose for a production machine.
>
> Calvin.
>