Just installed Windows 7 Pro 64 on 60GB SSD, No space left

mikel33 · Mar 20, 2011

Wrigleyvillain said:
Dude unless you're doing CAD or other 3D work 24GB of RAM is an inexplicable waste of money (don't forget the power bill). And even so is probably overkill.

Hell, our Maya and Lightwave artists at work have 16 and until fairly recently got by with four.

Why do I need to justify why I have 24GB of RAM? It's actually for audio production, using HUGE libraries of streaming audio samples. And 24GB is enough for a "moderate" template. I still have to freeze many tracks in large projects.

This topic is not about if I wasted money or not on RAM.

Mussels · Mar 21, 2011

mikel33 said:
Why do I need to justify why I have 24GB of RAM? It's actually for audio production, using HUGE libraries of streaming audio samples. And 24GB is enough for a "moderate" template. I still have to freeze many tracks in large projects.

This topic is not about if I wasted money or not on RAM.

its just abnormal. even for TPU standards. i get similar reactions from my 15TB+ of storage space.

You are correct however, that is not what this topic is about. its about helping you get the best from your SSD. everyone should try and stick with that topic.

Jack Doph · Mar 23, 2011

erocker said:
With 24gb's of RAM and a SSD you can safely turn off the pagefile.

Um.. no.
Reduce it manually by all means, but don't turn it off.
"The reason is that Windows pre-allocates virtual memory without
actually using it, in advance of it possibly needing it. This speeds
up actual use if the need occurs later. Without a page file, that
allocation can only be made in real RAM, and that effectively locks
that RAM out of any other potential use.

Moreover, there is no possible benefit to turning it off. If it isn't
needed, it won't be used."

If Windows allocates space beyond the physical RAM, then you might still end up with the "Out Of Memory" error, no matter how silly this might seem.

Not that I agree with this practice either, but so be it..

erocker · Mar 23, 2011

Jack Doph said:
Um.. no.
Reduce it manually by all means, but don't turn it off.
"The reason is that Windows pre-allocates virtual memory without
actually using it, in advance of it possibly needing it. This speeds
up actual use if the need occurs later. Without a page file, that
allocation can only be made in real RAM, and that effectively locks
that RAM out of any other potential use.

Moreover, there is no possible benefit to turning it off. If it isn't
needed, it won't be used."

If Windows allocates space beyond the physical RAM, then you might still end up with the "Out Of Memory" error, no matter how silly this might seem.

Not that I agree with this practice either, but so be it..

Um.. Never had a problem with disabling the pagefile with 8gb's or RAM, but whatever. If there's a chance that something could go wrong, might as well have one. I'll continue not having one.

DanishDevil · Mar 23, 2011

There is a possible benefit to turning it off, too. Less writes to your SSD.

Mussels · Mar 23, 2011

erocker said:
Um.. Never had a problem with disabling the pagefile with 8gb's or RAM, but whatever. If there's a chance that something could go wrong, might as well have one. I'll continue not having one.

we just had a thread where a guy with a disabled page file had several GB's of missing ram, it was allocated and he couldnt find out to what. disabling page file solved it. odds are, you just aint using programs that require it.

erixx · Mar 23, 2011

tELL US mIKEL IF YOU GET IT SOLVED!

(Wow, that was a Caps Lock Strike, sorry)

I just checked, and my up to date W7-64, has 8 G of RAM and *automatically* has the paging file set to 8 G too. Seems like Redmond has reconsidered the old 1.5 rule in an update...

W1zzard · Mar 23, 2011

disable hibernation
disable system restore
empty trashcan, set to delete immediately
set page file to ~1 gb or so, or on another drive. disabling pagefile = bad
run system cleanup

Imhoteps · Mar 23, 2011

Use TreeSize to see what exactly takes diskspace.
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

slyfox2151 · Mar 23, 2011

W1zzard said:
disable hibernation
disable system restore
empty trashcan, set to delete immediately
set page file to ~1 gb or so, or on another drive. disabling pagefile = bad
run system cleanup

+1 to everything he just said, thats how my system rolls

if theres a problem with windows its time to reinstall... none of this system restore crap

, since all i do is re image a 30GB partition, chances are its quicker anyway.

erixx · Mar 23, 2011

Just as Wiz said. And as I just performed it, a small tip for Win7 users:
Disable hibernation, and run a cmd.exe with admin rights and then this line:

powercfg.exe -h off

HalfAHertz · Mar 23, 2011

Imhoteps said:
Use TreeSize to see what exactly takes diskspace.
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

Wow such a simple tool and yet so helpful! Just deleted about 4gigs of useless files...

95Viper · Mar 23, 2011

mikel33 said:
I can't seem to find out how to move my Users folder to another drive...

Called folder redirection.
And, it works out nicely for those who have small OS drives(ssd or hdd) and a decent size second drive.

How to: Redirect a folder to a new location

Information:
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