Low Memory Copying Files

I'm trying to copy about 27.000 files (281 Mb) from a partition to another of
the same HD. But after aproximatelly 60% of the operation, I received a low
memory error message.
The machine has 1 Gb of physical memory and a page file of 2 Gb.
The same operation in the same machine using Windows XP complete successfully.
What is this?

Why don't you just copy half at a time.

"Walter Campelo" <> wrote in message
news:8ADBEF3A-5C9C-477F-980D-...
> I'm trying to copy about 27.000 files (281 Mb) from a partition to another
> of
> the same HD. But after aproximatelly 60% of the operation, I received a
> low
> memory error message.
> The machine has 1 Gb of physical memory and a page file of 2 Gb.
> The same operation in the same machine using Windows XP complete
> successfully.
> What is this?

Better to diagnose and treat the disease instead of pretending it doesn't
exist by just treating the symptoms. Doing the task 'half at a time'
greatly increases the chance that something is missed.

It would be nice if M$ provided a script that could monitor and record the
many resources that Windows lumps into its 'low memory' error message, so
that one could actually diagnose the problem. Lack of 'low memory'
diagnostics has been a problem with all generations of Windows.

-Paul Randall

"John Barnes" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Why don't you just copy half at a time.
>
> "Walter Campelo" <> wrote in
> message news:8ADBEF3A-5C9C-477F-980D-...
>> I'm trying to copy about 27.000 files (281 Mb) from a partition to
>> another of
>> the same HD. But after aproximatelly 60% of the operation, I received a
>> low
>> memory error message.
>> The machine has 1 Gb of physical memory and a page file of 2 Gb.
>> The same operation in the same machine using Windows XP complete
>> successfully.
>> What is this?
>

Unless you are a tekkie, sometimes it is better to get a job done
(carefully) than to analyze something to death. If this is a repetitive
task, then maybe it would be worth the time to find out what is causing the
low memory message to appear so it can be resolved.

"Paul Randall" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Better to diagnose and treat the disease instead of pretending it doesn't
> exist by just treating the symptoms. Doing the task 'half at a time'
> greatly increases the chance that something is missed.
>
> It would be nice if M$ provided a script that could monitor and record the
> many resources that Windows lumps into its 'low memory' error message, so
> that one could actually diagnose the problem. Lack of 'low memory'
> diagnostics has been a problem with all generations of Windows.
>
> -Paul Randall
>
> "John Barnes" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Why don't you just copy half at a time.
>>
>> "Walter Campelo" <> wrote in
>> message news:8ADBEF3A-5C9C-477F-980D-...
>>> I'm trying to copy about 27.000 files (281 Mb) from a partition to
>>> another of
>>> the same HD. But after aproximatelly 60% of the operation, I received a
>>> low
>>> memory error message.
>>> The machine has 1 Gb of physical memory and a page file of 2 Gb.
>>> The same operation in the same machine using Windows XP complete
>>> successfully.
>>> What is this?
>>
>
>

Your are right.

-Paul Randall

"John Barnes" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Unless you are a tekkie, sometimes it is better to get a job done
> (carefully) than to analyze something to death. If this is a repetitive
> task, then maybe it would be worth the time to find out what is causing
> the low memory message to appear so it can be resolved.
>
> "Paul Randall" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Better to diagnose and treat the disease instead of pretending it doesn't
>> exist by just treating the symptoms. Doing the task 'half at a time'
>> greatly increases the chance that something is missed.
>>
>> It would be nice if M$ provided a script that could monitor and record
>> the many resources that Windows lumps into its 'low memory' error
>> message, so that one could actually diagnose the problem. Lack of 'low
>> memory' diagnostics has been a problem with all generations of Windows.
>>
>> -Paul Randall
>>
>> "John Barnes" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Why don't you just copy half at a time.
>>>
>>> "Walter Campelo" <> wrote in
>>> message news:8ADBEF3A-5C9C-477F-980D-...
>>>> I'm trying to copy about 27.000 files (281 Mb) from a partition to
>>>> another of
>>>> the same HD. But after aproximatelly 60% of the operation, I received a
>>>> low
>>>> memory error message.
>>>> The machine has 1 Gb of physical memory and a page file of 2 Gb.
>>>> The same operation in the same machine using Windows XP complete
>>>> successfully.
>>>> What is this?
>>>
>>
>>
>

In fact, I could only do the task, splitting it in 3.
Strange is the fact that Windows XP do the copying without any complaints,
and do it in the same equipment.
I try to monitor the use of memory resources during the process, and I
couldn't see any sign of Windows Vista trying to use any amount of memory
that was not available at any particular time...
The memory was there, all the time...
I'm wandering if this problem could not be related with UAC...

Best Regards...

"John Barnes" wrote:

> Unless you are a tekkie, sometimes it is better to get a job done
> (carefully) than to analyze something to death. If this is a repetitive
> task, then maybe it would be worth the time to find out what is causing the
> low memory message to appear so it can be resolved.
>
> "Paul Randall" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Better to diagnose and treat the disease instead of pretending it doesn't
> > exist by just treating the symptoms. Doing the task 'half at a time'
> > greatly increases the chance that something is missed.
> >
> > It would be nice if M$ provided a script that could monitor and record the
> > many resources that Windows lumps into its 'low memory' error message, so
> > that one could actually diagnose the problem. Lack of 'low memory'
> > diagnostics has been a problem with all generations of Windows.
> >
> > -Paul Randall
> >
> > "John Barnes" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> Why don't you just copy half at a time.
> >>
> >> "Walter Campelo" <> wrote in
> >> message news:8ADBEF3A-5C9C-477F-980D-...
> >>> I'm trying to copy about 27.000 files (281 Mb) from a partition to
> >>> another of
> >>> the same HD. But after aproximatelly 60% of the operation, I received a
> >>> low
> >>> memory error message.
> >>> The machine has 1 Gb of physical memory and a page file of 2 Gb.
> >>> The same operation in the same machine using Windows XP complete
> >>> successfully.
> >>> What is this?
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

In fact, I could only do the task, splitting it in 3.
Strange is the fact that Windows XP do the copying without any complaints,
and do it in the same equipment.
I try to monitor the use of memory resources during the process, and I
couldn't see any sign of Windows Vista trying to use any amount of memory
that was not available at any particular time...
The memory was there, all the time...
I'm wandering if this problem could not be related with UAC...

Best Regards...

"John Barnes" wrote:

> Unless you are a tekkie, sometimes it is better to get a job done
> (carefully) than to analyze something to death. If this is a repetitive
> task, then maybe it would be worth the time to find out what is causing the
> low memory message to appear so it can be resolved.
>
> "Paul Randall" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Better to diagnose and treat the disease instead of pretending it doesn't
> > exist by just treating the symptoms. Doing the task 'half at a time'
> > greatly increases the chance that something is missed.
> >
> > It would be nice if M$ provided a script that could monitor and record the
> > many resources that Windows lumps into its 'low memory' error message, so
> > that one could actually diagnose the problem. Lack of 'low memory'
> > diagnostics has been a problem with all generations of Windows.
> >
> > -Paul Randall
> >
> > "John Barnes" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> Why don't you just copy half at a time.
> >>
> >> "Walter Campelo" <> wrote in
> >> message news:8ADBEF3A-5C9C-477F-980D-...
> >>> I'm trying to copy about 27.000 files (281 Mb) from a partition to
> >>> another of
> >>> the same HD. But after aproximatelly 60% of the operation, I received a
> >>> low
> >>> memory error message.
> >>> The machine has 1 Gb of physical memory and a page file of 2 Gb.
> >>> The same operation in the same machine using Windows XP complete
> >>> successfully.
> >>> What is this?
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Walter, I suspect this is something in Windows Explorer that's always
been there but you just haven't hit the right combination of things to
see it in XP, it IS there thought, been there done that.

Investigate a Microsoft "Powertoy" called Synctoy and see if setting
that up to do the job in a repeatable and aitomated way would suit you
better, you can then set it going and go home for the evening

Charlie


Walter Campelo wrote:
> In fact, I could only do the task, splitting it in 3.
> Strange is the fact that Windows XP do the copying without any complaints,
> and do it in the same equipment.
> I try to monitor the use of memory resources during the process, and I
> couldn't see any sign of Windows Vista trying to use any amount of memory
> that was not available at any particular time...
> The memory was there, all the time...
> I'm wandering if this problem could not be related with UAC...
>
> Best Regards...
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> Unless you are a tekkie, sometimes it is better to get a job done
>> (carefully) than to analyze something to death. If this is a repetitive
>> task, then maybe it would be worth the time to find out what is causing the
>> low memory message to appear so it can be resolved.
>>
>> "Paul Randall" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Better to diagnose and treat the disease instead of pretending it doesn't
>>> exist by just treating the symptoms. Doing the task 'half at a time'
>>> greatly increases the chance that something is missed.
>>>
>>> It would be nice if M$ provided a script that could monitor and record the
>>> many resources that Windows lumps into its 'low memory' error message, so
>>> that one could actually diagnose the problem. Lack of 'low memory'
>>> diagnostics has been a problem with all generations of Windows.
>>>
>>> -Paul Randall
>>>
>>> "John Barnes" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Why don't you just copy half at a time.
>>>>
>>>> "Walter Campelo" <> wrote in
>>>> message news:8ADBEF3A-5C9C-477F-980D-...
>>>>> I'm trying to copy about 27.000 files (281 Mb) from a partition to
>>>>> another of
>>>>> the same HD. But after aproximatelly 60% of the operation, I received a
>>>>> low
>>>>> memory error message.
>>>>> The machine has 1 Gb of physical memory and a page file of 2 Gb.
>>>>> The same operation in the same machine using Windows XP complete
>>>>> successfully.
>>>>> What is this?
>>>
>>