Hi people...first post here in a looooooooong while. We're getting an error message every few minutes which tells us that there is no space left on the C: partition of our HD. C: can contain 978 MB and we've checked and it tells us that there's over 600 MB left free. Every time this message comes up we do the disk-cleanup and then it comes back...all the time. We have Norton Anti-virus 2003 Pro with our defs up to date so I don't think it's a virus. Is there anyone who would have any advice on this? cya!Matti

Is your Windows swap file on this partition? If it is, then move it off.JimActiveSky Support

Well you can always buy another harddrive.....you can find really good deals on large drives.

What is this swap file? Where is usually located and what does it do? I would suspect it's on C:, that's where Windows is.Matti

I would suggest that you are running out of space on this drive.

Hi Matti,It would be helpful if you could provide us with a little more info:1) How many drives? Size of each and free space remaining on each drive?2) If 1 drive installed, does it have an extended partition?3) If the answer to 2) is yes, then how many logical drives on the extended partition (C: is on your Primary Partition)? 4) Free space remaining on each logical drive?5) Operating System?Mike

JSkorna, I said in the original post that we've checked and the properties of C: tells us that there is over 600MB free space.Mike, we've got one 20 GB drive installed, partitioned into C: drive and D: drive. On C: we've got 978MB total with a little over 600 MB free and on D: we've got 18.1 GB, 7.21GB of which are currently free. Operating system is Windows 98SE.Thanks for all the replys guys, we appreciate it a lot. :)cya!Matti

Matti:>>Mike, we've got one 20 GB drive installed, partitioned into C: >>drive and D: drive. On C: we've got 978MB total with a little >>over 600 MB free and on D: we've got 18.1 GB, 7.21GB of which are >>currently free. Operating system is Windows 98SE.If C: is the drive that windows is running from, then 600MB is a low end figure to have left available. The windows "Swap file" holds a bunch of data that windows saps back and forth between the disk and RAM while running. As a result, that file is generally very badly fragmented, especially diring long or computer intensive (such as MSFS) Windows sessions. While it's unlikely to actually reach 600MB, this could mean that there isn't a free sector on the drive big enough for a part of it that Windows needs to 'park'. I'd either a) change the partitions to make C: bigger, or :( get another - bigger - hardrive as a c: drive. Getting a faster drive for Windows to use for the swap file can speed up performance as well.Incidentally, on a recnt visit to a computer show, there was a hard drive seller with an older Seagate advertising poster on his booth... "End your data storage problems for ever! The last drive you'll ever need to buy! 80MB for ONLY $799.00!" Oh, how the world has changed!Richard"I don't foresee anyone ever having a use for more than 640KB of memory on a single computer"... Bill Gates, around 1983

Hi Matti,how much RAM do you have? The Windows swap file is normally set to around 1.5x the amount of your RAM by default, so if you have more than 128MB, that could explain the message.Cheers,Gosta.http://www.hifisim.com/images/as2betateam.jpg

Matti,I did understand that! But remember that reported free space is not the same as usable space. The swap file is a Windows generated file that may hold data if necessary. Another word for it is Virtual Memory. For you, right click on My ComputerPropertiesPerformance and in the bottom right you'll see the button Virtual Memory. You'll see that the option for letting Windows manage your VM settings is marked. You can manage the size of the file yourself, but some knowledge is needed.I do recall a Windows setting somewhere that does remind a user if free disk space dropped below a certain level. Can't remember if it was with Win 3.1, 95, or 98.Gotta ask: Why on a 20GB drive would you use 2 partitions?

The low disk space warning comes up when the free space on a drive gets below a certain percentage. It's possible to disable this message. This is useful if you use a partition for only a fixed-size swapfile, a backup partition, or if you have any partitions that you know it's ok to have very little free space on. You should still make sure to have at least 1.5 GB of free space on your C: drive and leave a few hundred megs free on all drives for defragmentation, the MFT to grow etc.Click Start, then Run. Type "regedit" in the box and hit OK.Navigate to: [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer]Create a new DWORD value and call it NoLowDiskSpaceChecks. Set it to 1. This will disable low disk space warning for ALL drives and partitions.If you want to enable it again, delete the entry or change the 1 to zero.If you don't know how to edit the registry, I have included the required .reg file. Just extract the file, then double-click it and it will apply the correct setting auotmatically. I take no responsibility if this file causes problems, or if you get problems after editing the registry but this should be prefectly safe.

Ok Matti, it's a while since I played around with Windows 98 but I do still have a Windows ME based system and there are many similarities.It's now clear you have two easy options:1. Remove (via ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS) and Reinstall any weighty programs that are crowding the operating system by taking up room on the Primary partition - put them on the D: drive instead. When you reinstall be sure to choose the Custom install option which will allow you to change the default destination from C: to D:2. Move your Swap file to the D: driveI think I would try the second option first and see how you get on.Right click 'My Computer' on your Desktop and select:Properties - Performance - Virtual MemoryChange the selection from the default to "Let me specify my own virtual memory settings".Change the Hard Disk Setting from C to D.Now, you have to decide on the Minimum and Maximum values to enter.If you have, say, 256MB physical ram installed just set both values to 256. If 512MB, then set Min and Max values to 512. These are just rough guides but shouldn't cause you any problems. If Windows experiences difficulties just go back in and increase the values.In any event, if you have less than 256MB physical ram I would just use the 256 settings for Min and Max anyway.Apply these settings by hitting the Ok or Apply button (I forget which) and exit.At this point Windows will invite you to reboot to apply the changes. Do so.Now, as your system is rebooting, press F8 repeatedly until you are presented with a menu of options. What you want is the DOS or Command prompt, so choose the appropriate option.When you arrive at the C: prompt, type the following:cd windows (and press RETURN)<-----don't type the text in brackets!dir *.swp (and press RETURN)You should be presented with a file listed something like win386.swp- that's the old swap file and it's probably quite large.Type:del win386.swp (and press return)<---this will delete the old swap fileNow press CTRL+ALT+DEL keys together and allow your system to boot all the way into Windows.Once everything is loaded you can check free space on C: and D:Now, finally, I would recommend you run Windows Scandisk to check both drives and then Windows Defragmenter on both drives to tidy things up.Hopefully, you should now be back in business!Good Luck.Mike

I agree with everything above, but 978MB sounds like a very small partition for an operating system. If you plan on keeping it like this definitely get the swap file out of there. Also try and remove anything from windows that you can. Because of the way files are stored on your HDD a bunch of small files can take up a whole lot of space. Deleting cookies, temp files, IE Temp files, and favorites could easily free up 30 MB or more. Go into Windows and right click Favorites then click properties and you'll see what I mean. Favorites can be moved to a CD or Zip disk and it will still function. And then defrag of course.Hope this helps outDavid

Could be your document folder even if it's on another drive.I set up my wife's "my document folder" on another huge hard drive, but Windows seems intent on counting it up on the C drive.Ron

If you just want to get rid of the warning, and you know you have enough free space, try this from the MS Knowledge base.-------------------support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;193683&Product=w98How to Disable "Low on Disk Space" Warning in Windows 98This article was previously published under Q193683 SUMMARYThis article describes how to disable the low disk space notification feature in Windows 98 for specific drives. MORE INFORMATIONIn certain situations, such as a computer with compressed drives, Windows 98 may repeatedly warn you that a host drive is low on disk space. Because there may be no unnecessary files on the host drive to delete, you may receive this message multiple times every day. For example, if drive C was compressed in place, you may receive messages stating that drive H (the host drive) is running low on disk space. To disable low disk space notification for a specific drive: Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. In the Drives box, click the drive for which you want to disable low disk space notification, and then click OK. Click the Settings tab. Click to clear the "If this drive runs low on disk space, automatically run Disk Cleanup" check box, and then click OK. When you are prompted "Are you sure you want to delete files," click No.REFERENCESFor information about using the Disk Cleanup tool, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: ARTICLE-ID: 186099TITLE : Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows 98 The information in this article applies to:Microsoft Windows 98Last Reviewed: 1/30/1999 (1.0) Keywords: kbenv kbhowto KB193683 -------------------Kurt M