Win2000 system files using up disk space
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I'd guess that the larger proportion is the swap file, or virtual memory.
It's basically just naffing great file thats used as a dump for application data, when normal memory runs out. If you had, say, two applications running and the total requirement for memory was greater than that available on your computer, then the swapfile would be used instead so that the applications could still run.
The clever bit is that the stuff in real memory, is always the thing you're doing!
It's basically just naffing great file thats used as a dump for application data, when normal memory runs out. If you had, say, two applications running and the total requirement for memory was greater than that available on your computer, then the swapfile would be used instead so that the applications could still run.
The clever bit is that the stuff in real memory, is always the thing you're doing!
Hmmmm.....
Obviously not the swapfile then.
What is/are the file/files called?
Edited to add;
I've just checked my own setup, which works fine and is fairly basic, and it thinks that has 2.5 Gigs of Windows guff, and a 1G swapfile.
>> Edited by dilbert on Saturday 19th November 01:08
Obviously not the swapfile then.
What is/are the file/files called?
Edited to add;
I've just checked my own setup, which works fine and is fairly basic, and it thinks that has 2.5 Gigs of Windows guff, and a 1G swapfile.
>> Edited by dilbert on Saturday 19th November 01:08
Go into your advanced file search and search and have it find all files that are over a certain size (When I was running Win2K, I used to use 10 Mb). Reorder the search results so that you have the largest at the top. Investigate the files (or post them here and we can tell you what they are)
ErnestM
ErnestM
rodney59 said:
"log file or dumps" How would I find them?
Dr Watson - dont run, checked virus scanner and emptied its log. Nope.
looked at root and only paging file of 524288K is there.
How can I find out where my system files are?
System files will be in C:\Windows\System32, but windows probably thinks of anything under C:\Windows as a system file.
>> Edited by dilbert on Saturday 19th November 18:54
Yep. But, I donwload diskeeper and used that to look and it reports nowhere near as many system files as does Microsoft's defrag. So maybe MS just names some files as system files even though there are not.
In any case I found that diskeeper does a far better job, and I've managed to remove my 14,220 fragmented paging file into 1 section, optimise my folders, and increase by MFT far better then the standard MS one.
And I have to say it does run faster.
So where the system files are I have no idea. I was just a bit worried as if I had that amount of system files, where were they all?
In any case I found that diskeeper does a far better job, and I've managed to remove my 14,220 fragmented paging file into 1 section, optimise my folders, and increase by MFT far better then the standard MS one.
And I have to say it does run faster.
So where the system files are I have no idea. I was just a bit worried as if I had that amount of system files, where were they all?
Install cygwin (Unix shell commands for Windows), go to the root of your
disk, and type 'du *'. ('du' = disk usage)
It will give you a recursive list of the size of all directories on the disk.
Find the biggest directories and have a look...
(Don't know if there's a DOS/Windows equivalent to 'du', but then I can't even
be bothered finding out
)
>> Edited by Size Nine Elm on Sunday 20th November 22:10
disk, and type 'du *'. ('du' = disk usage)
It will give you a recursive list of the size of all directories on the disk.
Find the biggest directories and have a look...
(Don't know if there's a DOS/Windows equivalent to 'du', but then I can't even
be bothered finding out
) >> Edited by Size Nine Elm on Sunday 20th November 22:10
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