After some drivers were installed WindowsXP pro showed a black screen and
then did a memory dump, and this noe resides in a Windows folder and takes
up about 1Gb.

Can I delete this now that the system is working OK, because it is taking up
a lot of space.

Please help, Frank

"Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote:

>After some drivers were installed WindowsXP pro showed a black screen and
>then did a memory dump, and this noe resides in a Windows folder and takes
>up about 1Gb.
>
>Can I delete this now that the system is working OK, because it is taking up
>a lot of space.
>
>Please help, Frank
>

Yes, if you have no need for the information contained in the Memory
Dump file then you can delete it.

To avoid this situation in future go into Control Panel - System -
Advanced and click on the Settings button in the Startup and Recovery
(bottom) section.

In the Startup and Recovery there is a drop-down menu under the
heading "Write debugging information". Your system probably has the
default choice of "Complete Memory Dump" selected. Change this to
"<none>" or perhaps to "Small memory dump (64KB)". But remember
where this setting is located because you may need to reconfigure it
again at some future time if, for example, a System Programmer at
Microsoft or a application company requests the you send them a memory
dump as part of the process of fixing an error condition.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:7kjpp11sejtmv60jjgtnm0mi7ncvhtnja1@4ax.com...
> "Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote:
>
>>After some drivers were installed WindowsXP pro showed a black screen and
>>then did a memory dump, and this noe resides in a Windows folder and takes
>>up about 1Gb.
>>
>>Can I delete this now that the system is working OK, because it is taking
>>up
>>a lot of space.
>>
>>Please help, Frank
>>
>
> Yes, if you have no need for the information contained in the Memory
> Dump file then you can delete it.
>
> To avoid this situation in future go into Control Panel - System -
> Advanced and click on the Settings button in the Startup and Recovery
> (bottom) section.
>
> In the Startup and Recovery there is a drop-down menu under the
> heading "Write debugging information". Your system probably has the
> default choice of "Complete Memory Dump" selected. Change this to
> "<none>" or perhaps to "Small memory dump (64KB)". But remember
> where this setting is located because you may need to reconfigure it
> again at some future time if, for example, a System Programmer at
> Microsoft or a application company requests the you send them a memory
> dump as part of the process of fixing an error condition.
>
> Good luck
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

Thanks, I did this.