TEMP drive or output drive full

[mas]

Hi

I get the following error
"TEMP drive or output drive full"
whenever i try saving a file, like a document with a lot of graphics on them.
I still have a lot of hard drive space available, so that cant be the problem. i also ran Disk cleanup and a defragment. but still does the same.
what could be the problem and what does that error mean?

 

[mbs]

The problem is Windoze. The error message could mean anything, beng Windoze...
Seriously though, I've heard others complaining of this before, but it usually goes away if you close multiple apps you may have open, or a specific app that suffers from memory leaks - 10-pound hammer solution is to reboot...

 

[Peter7]

mas, could you paste your exact error message (event log might have something) or was that it?

It'll be quick to google up an answer on what's causing this.

 

[mas]

peter7, the error message was
"TEMP drive or output drive full"
and i had the option of clicking "ok"
and there goes my hard work.
there was only 1 program open. well this error occured even when i did reboot.
so does that mean windoze sucks?
i'll stand with u on that one but i have no other option as the program i'm using only works with windoze!

 

[noswal]

search files and folders for *.tmp and delete them All

 

[mbs]

Have you got a separate video controller in your PC with its own memory, or is your video memory a slice of the on-board RAM? There are some apps that have image display problems if your setup is the latter - mostly some video editors and disk-cutting/labelling burners - if you're dumping an image from one of these into a word processing document, chances are good you'll get this kind of response when attempting a save. Only solution is to start again with a larger allocation of on-board RAM to video and recreate the document, saving after every image import into the document. When it fails, you'll know what image is being problematic. By the way, 'image' refers to anything that is non-text, even a drawing created in a vector package or a bit-mapped Paint image. Trust this will help...

 

[Peter7]

Could you paste the copy from the error event in the event logs (start/administrative tools/event viewer).

Check the application log first, otherwise system log. Just hit the copy to clipboard icon and dump the entire message here.

* I can't seem to find ANY articles with that error message.

 

[mbs]

umm... doubtful that anything will be recorded in the logs - perhaps just an 'application terminated unexpectedly' informational message, or something like that. Chances are that this is a valid message returned by either the operating system through the app API, or by the app itself, in which case it won't necessarily be registered as an error event. Won't do any harm to check, though, and may indeed provide further pointers to the exact cause...

 

[Simple Twist Of Fate]

did you perhaps move your swap file file from c: to d: (if d: is a fixed drive?)
or change the size?
.... and unhide the system files in folder view, go to user/local settings and delete the contents of temp folder and temporary internet files.

 

[mas]

ok, will give that a try tomorrow.
like when i save the document, it gives that error, sometimes when i save the error wont come up, then when i add text, n save again, i get the error, so its not only the pictures. its the text as well!