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Forums Wiki Details 6 Replies 0 Subscribers Postedover 8 years ago Options disk cleanup system error memory dump files windows 8 RSS Share Should I delete 'System Error Memory Dump Files'? Posted by Ken A. Dienne on 15 Apr 2008 system error memory dump files disk cleanup hangs 19:58 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
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that 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
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requires a 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 shou
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best articles and tips before everybody else. RSS ALL ARTICLES FEATURES ONLY TRIVIA Search How-To Geek Windows system error memory dump files ok to delete Memory Dumps: What Exactly Are They For? When Windows blue-screens, it creates memory dump files -- also known as crash dumps. This is what Windows 8's BSOD is talking about when http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/18975556 it says its "just collecting some error info." These files contain a copy of the computer's memory at the time of the crash. They can be used to help diagnose and identify the problem that led to the crash in the first place. Types of Memory Dumps RELATED ARTICLEEverything You Need To Know About the Blue Screen of Death Windows can http://www.howtogeek.com/196672/windows-memory-dumps-what-exactly-are-they-for/ create several different types of memory dumps. You can access this setting by opening the Control Panel, clicking System and Security, and clicking System. Click Advanced system settings in the sidebar, click the Advanced tab, and click Settings under Startup and recovery. By default, the setting under Write debugging information is set to "Automatic memory dump." Here's what each type of memory dump actually is: Complete memory dump: A complete memory dump is the largest type of possible memory dump. This contains a copy of all the data used by Windows in physical memory. So, if you have 16 GB of RAM and Windows is using 8 GB of it at the time of the system crash, the memory dump will be 8 GB in size. Crashes are usually caused by code running in kernel-mode, so the complete information including each program's memory is rarely useful -- a kernel memory dump will usually be sufficient even for a developer. Kernel memory dump: A kernel memory dump will be much smaller than a complete memory dump. Microsoft says it will typically be about one-