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Share Should I delete 'System Error Memory Dump Files'? Posted by Ken A. Dienne on 15 Apr 2008 19:58
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Hi: When I run disk cleanup in Vista, it comes back with lots of different temporary files that I can delete (it 'ticks' them by default). However, there are some big areas that
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disk cleanup doesn't tick, for example, 'System Error Memory Dump Files', which is over 500 MB in size. My question is - should I tick this for deletion when running disk cleanup? Or should I just say 'OK' to whatever Vista has ticked by default and leave the other areas alone? Thanks!Ken A. Dienne Like 0 Reply You have posted to a forum that requires a disk cleanup scanning system error memory dump files moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Posted by Davet50 on 15 Apr 2008 20:15 Here you go Ken some good info http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/03/06/cleaning-up-your-disk-drives-in-windows-vista.html HomeBuilt SandyBridge P8P67 i7 2600k @ 4.5 ghz 8gigs GSkill Ripjaws. Corsair 800D Case and AX1200 Ps X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty pro PCIe Sound CardDell Studio XPS 1645 Window 7 Pro Forum member since 2003 Like 0 Reply You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Posted by Ken A. Dienne on 15 Apr 2008 20:31 Thanks, Dave, that's perfect! :) Ken Like 0 Reply You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Posted by Mr. Scary on 15 Apr 2008 20:51 good question AND nice find, dave. i'll know what to do with those next cleanup!:) m$ Like 0 Reply You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Posted by 613JDM on 16 Apr 2008 20:12 Runinng disk cleanup to erase minidump files and system retore files(just leaving the latest restore) in my opinion should be performed weekly. D
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something useful to do with System error memory dump files, or can I safely tell Disk Cleanup to delete them? Robert Miles Guest, Jul 22, 2009 #1 Advertisements Jeff Richards Guest Unless you are http://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/disk-cleanup-system-error-memory-dump-files.3856661/ attempting to diagnose the cause of the problem, it is safe to let disk cleanup delete these files. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) <> wrote in message news:%... > Is there something useful to do with System error > memory dump files, or can I safely tell Disk Cleanup > to delete them? > > Robert Miles > Jeff Richards, Jul 22, 2009 #2 Advertisements Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP Guest As Jeff said. *AND* system error Make a note of the disk space shown for WER logs in the Disk Cleanup window. See: Serious Disk Cleanup Problem in Windows caused by Broken Registration - The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/serious-disk-cleanup-problem-caused-by-broken-registration/ -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Supporting Windows® 7, Vista & XP http://www.winhelponline.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <> wrote in message news:%... > Is there something useful to do with System error > memory dump files, or can I safely tell Disk Cleanup system error memory > to delete them? > > Robert Miles > Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP, Jul 23, 2009 #3 Guest Guest "Jeff Richards" <> wrote in message news:%... > Unless you are attempting to diagnose the cause of the problem, it is safe > to let disk cleanup delete these files. > -- > Jeff Richards > MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) > <> wrote in message > news:%... >> Is there something useful to do with System error >> memory dump files, or can I safely tell Disk Cleanup >> to delete them? >> >> Robert Miles >> > Looks like I deleted then too soon - after I deleted them, a function for sending error reports to Microsoft was unable to send error reports for some recent problems in a search function because it couldn't find the appropriate files. I couldn't diagnose the cause of the problem myself, but would like to have Microsoft do it for me. Robert Miles Guest, Aug 2, 2009 #4 Guest Guest "Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP"