I have separated partition for swap file, and I see message "Low Disk Space". How I can turn it off? Please don't suggest to buy new HDD.

You need to either increase the amount of space allocated to the Swap File, or a better option, let Windows determine the amount to be used.

Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
"Maximka"

Why I need to have empty space on swap partition? I want to turn this message off, I don't need it, I always control free space by myself and I know better how match free space I need. I can off this message by editing registry in XP. How I can do this in Vista?
"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

You ever notice how hard it is in ANY of these news groups just to get a straight answer to a straight question?!?!
I guess everyone wants to be like MS and tell you how to run your system and what to do. No one ever want to just answer a persons question!!

The question was answered correctly. The best way to deal with a warning message is to solve the problem, not kill the messenger, wouldn't you agree?

Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
"kraut"

"Ronnie Vernon MVP"

If a person dedicates a partition solely to the swap file, which the OP apparently did, then it seems to me he should be able to set the swap file's size to the full size of the partition, and the system should not complain about 'low disk space' in that partition. Am I missing something here? I think the low disk space message is Windows' complaining that there is no free space in a partition that has absolutely no need for any free space.
Am I missing something here?
-Paul Randall

"Paul Randall"

Unless you are psychic, I don't think the OP has given any details about the swap file size in relation to the partition size? :)
He may have the virtual memory set to the same size as the partition where it resides, but too low for the amount being requested? The low disk space warning is usually triggered by setting a maximum size for the swap file. The swap file is dynamic and grows depending on the amount of virtual memory being requested. It could also be heavily fragmented or even corrupted.
A warning message is not something you want to ignore or simply turn off because you think it is annoying.

Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

"Ronnie Vernon MVP"

I'm definitely not psychic :-) Lets assume the partition is used solely for the swap file, and is 2 or 3 times the size of physical memory, and the swap file is a fixed size that uses the entire partition. I doubt the nagging about low disk space would be triggered by the memory manager. I think it is just the 'drive almost full' nag talked about in support.microsoft.com/kb/285107 . With these assumptions, turning off the nag seems like a reasonable thing to do.
I'm also assuming that the kb285107 nag applies to Vista.
-Paul Randall

In defense of the original poster:
I too have a similar (if not the same problem). Bought a compaq notebook with vista pre-installed. Right out of the box this warning persists. And the warning is for drive D: ... the recovery partition.
1. The partition was already there and seems to be part of the standard setup (I check the others at the store). 2. Drive C (my main partition has about 70Gig) plenty free (like 40G avail) 3. Drive D (recovery) is 5.53G .. .with 876kb free.
Yup ... 876kb free. This is the automatic recovery disk, if you will. I have no choice in this... NOR can I delete ANY of the files. It appears the OS sets up this partition the exact size of the recovery files. Makes sense.
What does NOT make sense is that ... every 3 mins I get that annoying bubble warning popping up with a Low Disk Space Warning on Drive D:
I scream at it "Mr. Vista - YOU set up this Disk ... and KNEW it was fully the second you set it up. And furthermore, I cannot and should not delete the files. So why interrupt everything that I am doing every 3 mins?"
I have searched the net ... called compaq (microsoft won't talk to me since the OS came bundled with the computer). People have experience the problem ... but there seem to be no solutions. (I tried all these registry hacks, but they have no effect .... the hacks are probably only affecting drive C).
ALSO ... when I post the problem on different boards - I too get fairly smug and useless answers like "have you tried deleting the files" "you should install linux" ... and generally answers that show that people are more interested in appearing smart than actually reading the question. Sorry folks. I would love a solution and don't want to insult anyone, but I do agree with the OP. The responses can be very frustrating ....
cornell2

What you need to do is stop Vista from seeing that partition as a disk drive, don't remove/delete the files just make the 'd:' go away.
(Dell set up does same dumb thing).
Start Control Panel System and Maintenance Create and format hard disk partitions (scroll to bottom to see) Right click on the "D:" "recovery partition" Change Drive Letter and Paths
Remove the drive letter, note that this doesn't damage any of the contents, the recovery partition will still be there if needed just that Vista no longer sees it as a useful operational drive.
Michael
"cornell2"

"Create and format hard disk partitions (scroll to bottom to see)"
is not one of the options *anywhere* under system mainentance or for that matter, to be found anywhere on my vista menus (I searched the entire program files and sub folders etc..)
cornell2

I'm sorry, but your answer does not make much sense to me. Did you read my detailed question or merely respond to the title of the thread and what you the thought problem was. (again this is the sort of thing the OP complained about, and I agreed). The question was around this Drive D: that came pre-set as a recovery drive, with literally only a few bytes free. Vista keeps on flagging this drive as full (well of course it is full - the partition was created to be the exact size of the recovery disk).

Ronnie Vernon MVP;272160 Wrote:

cornell2

My system is Vista Home Premium, I am running as administrator.
I am at Control Panel > System and Maintenance. At the bottom of that page is the main header 'Administrative Tools Items under that heading are Free up disk space Defragment your hard drive (has security shield) Create and format hard disk partions (has security shield) View event logs (has security shield) Schedule tasks (has security shield)
I can also get to it via Start type in search box computer management under storage in left pane select disk management
actual name of the program is diskmgmt.msc
Your milage may vary.
Hope this helps, Michael
"cornell2"

My Compaq has 902 MB free, 4.87 GB used. I don't get the nag. I did try removing the drive letter. F11 on bootup still works fine.
-Paul Randall
"Michael"

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:43:56 -0400, kraut

Yup. If I had an answer, I'd give it to you; as it is, I'm reading this because I want to see the answer for my own purposes.
I, too, use the feature set that has been part of MS OSs since MS-DOS 3.x at least - namely, I create different partitions and volumes for different reasons. I call this "using the product as designed".
I use these volumes for different purposes. Often I know, to the last 5M, how much will fit and what will not, even when the volume is as large as 200G. If there is to be a low-space warning (which is useful on volumes where temp, TIF and/or growing pagefiles exist), then for it to be fully-assed, the threshold should be controllable on a per-volume basis, and I should also be able to turn it off.

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