Persistent Disk Space Low Error-Still No Solution

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abradaxis

In spite of a few suggestions about possibly having my C Drive partitioned
(which is not the case), I still continue to get Disk Space Low errors from
windows event log, although I have 120 Gig remaining on a 160 Gig Drive. I
believe this is causing me errors in my applications. I ran a chkdsk and
defragged, and I am sure that I have only one large partition. Any ideas
would be greatly appreciated.
 
"abradaxis" <jsindler@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> In spite of a few suggestions about possibly having my C Drive partitioned
> (which is not the case), I still continue to get Disk Space Low errors
> from windows event log, although I have 120 Gig remaining on a 160 Gig
> Drive. I believe this is causing me errors in my applications. I ran a
> chkdsk and defragged, and I am sure that I have only one large partition.
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>

Let's have some hard evidence. Please do this:
1. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
2. Type these commands:
dir c:\win* > c:\test.txt{Enter}
notepad c:\test.txt{Enter}
3. Copy & paste this text into your reply.

By the way, it is not good practice to start a new thread on
an existing subject. By doing so you are likely to cause
potential respondents to repeat what their predecessors
recommended, thus wasting everybody's time.
 
abradaxis wrote:
> In spite of a few suggestions about possibly having my C Drive partitioned
> (which is not the case), I still continue to get Disk Space Low errors from
> windows event log, although I have 120 Gig remaining on a 160 Gig Drive. I
> believe this is causing me errors in my applications. I ran a chkdsk and
> defragged, and I am sure that I have only one large partition. Any ideas
> would be greatly appreciated.

You can turn the notification off.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=285107

I had a similar error years ago when I first installed a hd that was
larger than the 2.1 GB limit. After writing a few files, deleting,
etc., and possibly changing the size of VM (I don't remember exactly
what I tried.), I eventually made it past the roadblock and never had
another problem. There certainly shouldn't be a 40GB limit, but it's
something to consider. If you resize the VM settings, then change to
"let XP handle it", that might get it cooperating again.

--
Joe =o)
 
abradaxis wrote:
> In spite of a few suggestions about possibly having
> my C Drive
> partitioned (which is not the case), I still continue
> to get Disk
> Space Low errors from windows event log, although I
> have 120 Gig
> remaining on a 160 Gig Drive. I believe this is
> causing me errors in
> my applications. I ran a chkdsk and defragged, and I
> am sure that I
> have only one large partition. Any ideas would be
> greatly appreciated.

You still haven't answered the questions that were put
to you in your original thread.
And don't go starting a new thread for an old subject
when you haven't had anything change wastes lots of
time.
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Thank you all who responded. Sorry for any breach of etiquette. I thought I
had answered all previous questions. As far as the test that was requested,
the resulting text is:

Volume in drive C is BOOTDISK:
Volume Serial Number is D4BA-C075

Directory of c:\

12/09/2007 01:14 PM <DIR> WINDOWS
0 File(s) 0 bytes
1 Dir(s) 131,349,008,384 bytes free

Hope this provides some helpful information.

"abradaxis" <jsindler@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:ee9ShToOIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> In spite of a few suggestions about possibly having my C Drive partitioned
> (which is not the case), I still continue to get Disk Space Low errors
> from windows event log, although I have 120 Gig remaining on a 160 Gig
> Drive. I believe this is causing me errors in my applications. I ran a
> chkdsk and defragged, and I am sure that I have only one large partition.
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
 
Indeed, you had answered all the previous questions, but then
you asked a new question yourself on the same subject. You
should have asked it in the same thread instead of starting a
new one.

The test you ran confirms what you wrote: That you have oodles
of free disk space. It appears that the algorithm that determines
a low disk space condition has gone haywire. I suggest you
turn it off altogether, as suggested by Elmo in his reply.


"abradaxis" <jsindler@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:efQ2Vl0OIHA.2308@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Thank you all who responded. Sorry for any breach of etiquette. I thought
> I had answered all previous questions. As far as the test that was
> requested, the resulting text is:
>
> Volume in drive C is BOOTDISK:
> Volume Serial Number is D4BA-C075
>
> Directory of c:\
>
> 12/09/2007 01:14 PM <DIR> WINDOWS
> 0 File(s) 0 bytes
> 1 Dir(s) 131,349,008,384 bytes free
>
> Hope this provides some helpful information.
>
> "abradaxis" <jsindler@optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:ee9ShToOIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> In spite of a few suggestions about possibly having my C Drive
>> partitioned (which is not the case), I still continue to get Disk Space
>> Low errors from windows event log, although I have 120 Gig remaining on a
>> 160 Gig Drive. I believe this is causing me errors in my applications. I
>> ran a chkdsk and defragged, and I am sure that I have only one large
>> partition. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>
>
 
Thank you for your prompt reply. I'll turn off the notification. I just hope
that this error is not the cause of the persistent disk write errors I'm
getting on my backup/restore application.
"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
news:e9X6J$0OIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Indeed, you had answered all the previous questions, but then
> you asked a new question yourself on the same subject. You
> should have asked it in the same thread instead of starting a
> new one.
>
> The test you ran confirms what you wrote: That you have oodles
> of free disk space. It appears that the algorithm that determines
> a low disk space condition has gone haywire. I suggest you
> turn it off altogether, as suggested by Elmo in his reply.
>
>
> "abradaxis" <jsindler@optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:efQ2Vl0OIHA.2308@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Thank you all who responded. Sorry for any breach of etiquette. I thought
>> I had answered all previous questions. As far as the test that was
>> requested, the resulting text is:
>>
>> Volume in drive C is BOOTDISK:
>> Volume Serial Number is D4BA-C075
>>
>> Directory of c:\
>>
>> 12/09/2007 01:14 PM <DIR> WINDOWS
>> 0 File(s) 0 bytes
>> 1 Dir(s) 131,349,008,384 bytes free
>>
>> Hope this provides some helpful information.
>>
>> "abradaxis" <jsindler@optonline.net> wrote in message
>> news:ee9ShToOIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> In spite of a few suggestions about possibly having my C Drive
>>> partitioned (which is not the case), I still continue to get Disk Space
>>> Low errors from windows event log, although I have 120 Gig remaining on
>>> a 160 Gig Drive. I believe this is causing me errors in my applications.
>>> I ran a chkdsk and defragged, and I am sure that I have only one large
>>> partition. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
 
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