Err Msg: Your Computer Does Not Have Enough Free Memory to Defrag the Drive

ID: Q229154

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release versions 2, 2.1, 2.5
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to run Disk Defragmenter (Defrag.exe) or ScanDisk (Scandskw.exe), you may receive one of the following error messages:

Your computer does not have enough free memory to defrag the drive. Quit one or more programs.
ID# Defrag009

ScanDisk could not continue because your computer does not have enough available memory.

CAUSE

This issue can occur if you are running Windows on a hard disk that is larger than 8 gigabytes (GB) in size and has a cluster size less than 8 kilobytes (KB). This configuration may be created if you use a third-party disk tool to create a partition on a hard disk that is larger than 8 (GB) in size and has a cluster size less than 8 KB.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, contact the manufacturer of the third-party hard disk tool to inquire about a possible update to the software that resolves this issue.

MORE INFORMATION

The standard FAT32 cluster size of 4,096 bytes only applies for hard disks smaller than 8 GB. The third-party hard disk tool may change the cluster size to 4,096 bytes per allocation unit.

The default cluster sizes are listed in the following table.


   Hard disk size     Cluster size
   -------------------------------
   512 MB to 8 GB      4 KB
   8 GB to 16 GB       8 KB
   16 GB and larger   16 KB

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbenv kberrmsg kbtool osr2 win98 win98se 
Version           : WINDOWS:95
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 13, 1999