Noel
Tue Dec 02 14:33:16 CST 2003
Glad to help - I just hope that I got the right nail to hit on the head!<g>
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"Harry G. Bethke" <hbethke-NO-SPAM@copper-NO-SPAM.net> wrote in message
news:O2%23914QuDHA.2308@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>
> Thank you, Noel Paton, for an eye-opening explanation. That makes it
> comprehensible and, by the same token, manageable.
>
> I am forever greatful.
>
> Harry.
>
>
>
>
> "Noel Paton" <NoelDPspamless@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
> news:OYIQAIKuDHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > This is not memory you're losing, it's disk space.
> > 4MB is about normal - System File Protection files will be taking some
of
> > that. even with System Restore disabled (as it will be, with less than
> 300MB
> > free space on the drive - did you check that??), SFP continues to
> function.
> > It may be worth clearing the SR folder manually to ensure that it's
empty,
> > thereby gaining the maximum space, and ensuring that the control files
are
> > reset properly.
> > To do this
> > Boot to DOS, using your Startup Disk (if you don't have one and can't
make
> > one from Start | Add/Remove Programs, then download a diskmaker from
> > www.bootdisk.com, and create the floppy by running the file)
> >
> > At the A:\> prompt, type the following commands (followed by [return])
> >
> > ATTRIB -S -R -H C:\_RESTORE
> >
> > REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST
> >
> > When the A:\> prompt returns, remove the floppy, and reboot the PC. The
> > Control Files will be rebuilt, and a Restore point should be created.
> >
> > Then delete the C:\OLDREST folder, and reboot again.
> >
> > Since you have so little free space on the drive, SR should come back as
> > disabled, and the minimum amount of drive-space should be taken by the
SFP
> > files - IIRC, it's around 5MB total. These will continue to accumulate
> over
> > time - at a rate somewhat less than 1MB a day under normal
circumstances -
> > but could increase during an install (which I assume you won't be doing
on
> a
> > severely limited system such as this!), or update.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)
> >
> > Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> >
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> > "Harry G. Bethke" <hbethke-NO-SPAM@copper-NO-SPAM.net> wrote in message
> > news:uxrTNSIuDHA.2304@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > After trying all the suggested methods I still have the same memory
> loss,
> > > approximately 4 MB's a day.
> > > Is there really no way to fix this? It's only happening on my main
drive
> > "C"
> > > (D,E,F and G are the others, with no trouble at all).
> > > Mike said, 4 MB's a day wasn't too bad.
> > > My question is, why should there be any loss of memory?
> > > What is eating it up or better, consuming it?
> > > Help, please.
> > > Harry.
> > >
> >
> >
>