Memory leakage

pranav.ginde · 05-13-2008, 08:38 PM

Hi,

I have Lenovo R61i Laptop which runs windows Vista. I have abt 102 GB of memory in C drive, of which only 48GB is in use. But when i see the memory occupancy of C drive in 'My Computer', it shows about 95GB. I used a tool 'windirstat' which shows where the drive space is used. The tool showed abt 50 GB of unknown memory. Please tell me how to retrieve this memory.
Thanks
Pranav

**warlordfmike** · 05-14-2008, 04:32 AM

Hi there And Welcome to TSF TechSupportForum.com ( Vista Support )

i want u to look at the following setting for windows ( swap file ) virtual memory

start\Control Panel\System and Maintenance\System Advanced system settings\Advanced\ ( under perfomance click settings) Advanced ( under virtual memory click settings)

look under MAXIMUM SIZE (MB) look and see how much of MB is being used

DONT CHANGE ANY THING THERE this is just to see what is being used

regards

warlordfmike

p.s... pray for my mom

pranav.ginde · 05-14-2008, 05:35 AM

Hi..thanks for the reply. I already found the solution.
This unknown memory was being used by the backup files. I learnt this from the WinDirStat 's website. I used the ThinkVantage -Rescue and recovery to delete old backup.I retrieved thelost memory.

Thanks again.
Pranav

Placehold · 05-14-2008, 10:16 AM

You can however delete all the old backups safely only leaving the latest two by using disk cleanup within the OS itself

1. Start\Computer
2. Right click C: and select properties
3. select Disk Cleanup
4. Select More options

You can now safely delete old backups and shadow copies

Regards

Craig

05-13-2008, 08:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
pranav.ginde Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows Vista	Memory leakage Hi, I have Lenovo R61i Laptop which runs windows Vista. I have abt 102 GB of memory in C drive, of which only 48GB is in use. But when i see the memory occupancy of C drive in 'My Computer', it shows about 95GB. I used a tool 'windirstat' which shows where the drive space is used. The tool showed abt 50 GB of unknown memory. Please tell me how to retrieve this memory. Thanks Pranav

05-14-2008, 04:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
warlordfmike TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: huntington tx east texas Posts: 630 OS: microsoft® Vista home Basic™ Sp1 My System	Re: Memory leakage Hi there And Welcome to TSF TechSupportForum.com ( Vista Support ) i want u to look at the following setting for windows ( swap file ) virtual memory start\Control Panel\System and Maintenance\System Advanced system settings\Advanced\ ( under perfomance click settings) Advanced ( under virtual memory click settings) look under MAXIMUM SIZE (MB) look and see how much of MB is being used DONT CHANGE ANY THING THERE this is just to see what is being used regards warlordfmike p.s... pray for my mom __________________ "im a dude that lives in the middle of nowhere. i live on a road that the address has fm in it. the fm means FROM somewhere to the MIDDLE of nowhere lolololol" Warlordfmike of TSF SensorsView . WinRaR . Belarc . Windows Performance Tool . Belarc Advisor . DriverMax . Advanced Task Manager Last edited by warlordfmike : 05-14-2008 at 04:53 AM.

05-14-2008, 05:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
pranav.ginde Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows Vista	Re: Memory leakage Hi..thanks for the reply. I already found the solution. This unknown memory was being used by the backup files. I learnt this from the WinDirStat 's website. I used the ThinkVantage -Rescue and recovery to delete old backup.I retrieved thelost memory. Thanks again. Pranav

05-14-2008, 10:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
Placehold Tech, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 827 OS: Vista home Premium My System	Re: Memory leakage You can however delete all the old backups safely only leaving the latest two by using disk cleanup within the OS itself 1. Start\Computer 2. Right click C: and select properties 3. select Disk Cleanup 4. Select More options You can now safely delete old backups and shadow copies Regards Craig __________________