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Running out of memory - but I'm sure I have enough
I have 1.12G of RAM plus 1G (min) of page file (pagefile.sys). However, my
computer seems to run out of memory after about 1G. It starts malfunctioning, and PF Usage/Commit Charge never goes above 1.1G. It doesn't seem to be using the page file. The malfunctioning includes: programs not starting up, various memory errors when programs are running, and various weird malfunctions (e.g. right-click stops working). When I close other programs (and free up memory), the problems go away, but then restart once I hit the 1.1G limit again. Other than that, there are no other errors or error message, as far as I know, but I'm not sure where I'd look to find them. Commit Charge: Total - 1G Limit - 2G Peak - 1G Physical memory: Total 1.12G Avail 320M System Cache 440M I tried recreating my pagefile.sys (by turning it off, rebooting, then turning it back on), and I tried defrag. Nothing seems to work, other than buying more RAM. Any ideas? I'm running Dell Dimension 4600. XP Home SP2. |
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Running out of memory - but I'm sure I have enough
I only have one partition, as far as I know. It is the C: drive. Total
space 38G, and 7G free. "Gerry Cornell" wrote: In which drive / partition is your Windows operating system? Is your pagefile in the same or a different partition? How large is your hard drive and how much free space? -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "molim" wrote in message ... I have 1.12G of RAM plus 1G (min) of page file (pagefile.sys). However, my computer seems to run out of memory after about 1G. It starts malfunctioning, and PF Usage/Commit Charge never goes above 1.1G. It doesn't seem to be using the page file. The malfunctioning includes: programs not starting up, various memory errors when programs are running, and various weird malfunctions (e.g. right-click stops working). When I close other programs (and free up memory), the problems go away, but then restart once I hit the 1.1G limit again. Other than that, there are no other errors or error message, as far as I know, but I'm not sure where I'd look to find them. Commit Charge: Total - 1G Limit - 2G Peak - 1G Physical memory: Total 1.12G Avail 320M System Cache 440M I tried recreating my pagefile.sys (by turning it off, rebooting, then turning it back on), and I tried defrag. Nothing seems to work, other than buying more RAM. Any ideas? I'm running Dell Dimension 4600. XP Home SP2. |
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Running out of memory - but I'm sure I have enough
Total is 2G and commit and peak are around 1G, as explained in my first post.
I downloaded dirsize.dll. It is very interesting because it allows you to see the total size of each directory in Explorer. However, it runs slow. But I think I'll keep it. Thanks for the tip. I loaded System Volume Information folder, but I'm not sure what to make of it. It is about 6G. I don't think my hard drive is partitioned. All I see is one entry under "Hard Disk Drives" (C. It is 38G total, and 7.7G free. It is NTFS. Anyway, now for the good news. I got my PF usage up to 1.5G, which is much higher than it's gone before. I'm not sure why it's working now, but other than the things above, one thing I did was uninstall Norton UnErase (Protected Recycle Bin), and restart. Hopefully that was the problem, because there was some weirdness with the program. I kept trying to purge protected files, but the files would keep reappearing. So I finally just uninstalled it (via Add/Remove Programs). I don't need it anyway. Well, I will let y'all know if the problem returns. Thanks for your suggestions. "Gerry Cornell" wrote: Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task Manager and select the Performance Tab. What is the Total, the Commit Charge and the Peak? To investigate how you are using hard disk space you need to make sure that you can see all files. 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 not checked. 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. You still will not see the System Volume Information folder and Norton Protected Storage ( if you have it? ). How to Gain Access to the System Volume Information Folder http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;309531 Download Dirsize.dll plug-in and place the file in Windows\System32 folder. Select Start, Run and type "regsvr32 dirsize.dll" without the quotes and hit ENTER. Next in Windows Explorer open a folder and set it to Detail view. From the View menu, click Choose Details. Put a checkmark near Folder Size, and click OK. Use CTRL and + key ( Numeric Keypad ) combination to resize the column width, so that the Folder Size column is displayed correctly. To apply this setting for all the folders, click Tools, Folder Options. In the View tab and click Apply to all folders. You can download Dirsize from: http://markd.mvps.org/ Now check how large is your hard drive? Is it partitioned? How much free space on each drive / partition. How is the drive formatted -FAT32 or NTFS. To get this information whilst in Windows Explorer place the cursor on each drive in turn, right click and select Properties. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "molim" wrote in message ... I only have one partition, as far as I know. It is the C: drive. Total space 38G, and 7G free. "Gerry Cornell" wrote: In which drive / partition is your Windows operating system? Is your pagefile in the same or a different partition? How large is your hard drive and how much free space? -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "molim" wrote in message ... I have 1.12G of RAM plus 1G (min) of page file (pagefile.sys). However, my computer seems to run out of memory after about 1G. It starts malfunctioning, and PF Usage/Commit Charge never goes above 1.1G. It doesn't seem to be using the page file. The malfunctioning includes: programs not starting up, various memory errors when programs are running, and various weird malfunctions (e.g. right-click stops working). When I close other programs (and free up memory), the problems go away, but then restart once I hit the 1.1G limit again. Other than that, there are no other errors or error message, as far as I know, but I'm not sure where I'd look to find them. Commit Charge: Total - 1G Limit - 2G Peak - 1G Physical memory: Total 1.12G Avail 320M System Cache 440M I tried recreating my pagefile.sys (by turning it off, rebooting, then turning it back on), and I tried defrag. Nothing seems to work, other than buying more RAM. Any ideas? I'm running Dell Dimension 4600. XP Home SP2. |
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