[SOLVED] Divide Virtual memory between drivers?

[Onur3]

I got "close programs to prevent information loss" error lots of times. Even older games sometimes getting crashed(Fallout New vegas). I have 5 drivers
C: 120 gb ssd (only programs)
D:system reserved
E:system reserved
G:1 tb Hdd (few basic games, mostly storage)
K: 500 gb SSD(most of the games)
I thought I should put values on virtual memory myself, Is this a right move? And if it is With 8 gb ram what should I enter to each driver?
i5-4570 8gb ram Rtx 2600 64 bit win 8.1

 

[CountMike]

I got "close programs to prevent information loss" error lots of times. Even older games sometimes getting crashed(Fallout New vegas). I have 5 drivers
C: 120 gb ssd (only programs)
D:system reserved
E:system reserved
G:1 tb Hdd (few basic games, mostly storage)
K: 500 gb SSD(most of the games)
I thought I should put values on virtual memory myself, Is this a right move? And if it is With 8 gb ram what should I enter to each driver?
i5-4570 8gb ram Rtx 2600 64 bit win 8.1

First, System reserved partitions shouldn't have any letters, that may confuse OS and programs.
Realistic solution would be to upgrade memory because using virtual memory a lot can slow everything down significantly even on SSD.
Virtual memory should be dynamically adjusted by Windows but if drives is close to full that may not work, you need at least 20-30GB free on C: partition.
Usual size for virtual memory is about 2 - 2.5 times that of RAM for up to 16GB of physical RAM. So..... things to check are amount of free RAM at idle and what's running in the background.
Free space on C: partition

 

[SkyNetRising]

I got "close programs to prevent information loss" error lots of times. Even older games sometimes getting crashed(Fallout New vegas). I have 5 drivers

Please show screenshot from Disk Management and current virtual memory settings.
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

BTW - Driver and Drive is not the same thing.

 

[Onur3]

Disk Management
https://ibb.co/9cWRH7K
virtual memory
https://ibb.co/W01yg6M

For virtual memory it says
Minimum Allowed 16 mb
Recommended 4592 mb
Currently allocated 2560 mb

I can translate Dİsk management too if you want

 

[SkyNetRising]

Ok...
Took me a bit of time with google translate to understand this.

1. Remove drive letters from D : and E: . Those are not necessary. There's no need for user to access those partitions.
2. Set virtual memory settings on drive C: to custom - 16MB initial, 16MB max. C: drive doesn't have a lot of free space. SSDs tend to loose performance significantly, when full. This will probably give a warning, that full crash dumps will not be available. You can ignore the warning.
3. Set virtual memory settings on drive K: to custom - 2500MB initial, 8000MB max.
4. Reboot pc for changes to take effect.
5. Consider upgrading ram of your pc to 16GB, if possible.

 

[jasonf2]

I am using windows 10 but 8 should be simular
right click on the windows icon, select system.
On the right hand side select advanced system settings.
Under system properties click on the advanced tab.
Under performance select settings
select the advanced tab
Under virtual memory select change
Remove the automatically manage paging file size for all drives checkmark
Allocate an additional 4000-8000mb pagefile on either your second ssd or spin drive if they have space (preferably the SSD for speed, or the spindrive for longevity). Let system continue to manage the c drive.
Apply and reboot.

Beyond this I would suggest two things. Use Disc cleanup as administration and clean your C drive, especially old update data. Get everything off of it you can. Also upgrade your C drive to no less than 250 gb SSD (120 can barely run an older windows install after updates and it is probably really full). A Ram upgrade would also help performance, but won't fix your pagefile issues. You have a really full C drive and that is what is causing this issue.

 

[Onur3]

Thank you all for answers. I got a second 500 gb ssd It looks like I need to format the computer and make it the C: drive. But my main game ssd G: drive should I left %30 of it empty too or only C: drive SSD need %30 empty memory?

 

[USAFRet]

Thank you all for answers. I got a second 500 gb ssd It looks like I need to format the computer and make it the C: drive. But my main game ssd G: drive should I left %30 of it empty too or only C: drive SSD need %30 empty memory?

Slow down a bit.
You can't just make something "the C: drive".

C is where Windows lives. You cannot designate some other thing to be C.


If you wish to install the OS on this new drive, thats a whole other thing.

 

[Onur3]

Slow down a bit.
You can't just make something "the C: drive".

C is where Windows lives. You cannot designate some other thing to be C.


If you wish to install the OS on this new drive, thats a whole other thing.

Yes I understood that. I will back up my files and make a clean format with a windows 8.1. What I wanted to ask is, does all SSD's need %30 percent free storage place to work on optimum?

 

[USAFRet]

Yes I understood that. I will back up my files and make a clean format with a windows 8.1. What I wanted to ask is, does all SSD's need %30 percent free storage place to work on optimum?

Yes. They all need a chunk of free space.