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1. clvrmnky,

Mar 3, 2011 9:18 PM in reply to missamo80

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Test the disk to make sure it isn't failing. Also, try deleting all the stuff in the recycle bin.

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2. missamo80,

Mar 3, 2011 9:34 PM in reply to clvrmnky

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I emptied the recycle bin and will see if that helps (although the drive has plenty of free space even with stuff in the recycle bin). The disk is just fine.

Neil

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3. Pete Marshall,

Mar 3, 2011 11:02 PM in reply to missamo80

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Defrag the drive.

How did you test the drive to say it is "just fine"?

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4. clvrmnky,

Mar 4, 2011 4:35 AM in reply to missamo80

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NTFS or FAT32? As suggested elsethread, how did you test the drive?

A defrag might not be a bad idea if the disk has got into a pathological state.

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5. kwdaves,

Mar 4, 2011 6:26 AM in reply to missamo80

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Do you, by any chance, have your page file set at a fixed size? If so, change the setting by either increasing the max size alloted to the page file or by letting Windows manage the size. I saw this a few times on Vista 32 bit until I changed back to letting Windows manage the page file size.

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6. missamo80,

Mar 4, 2011 7:30 AM in reply to kwdaves

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I checked the drive by using the built-in Windows error checking tools. I've never mucked with the page file settings. It's NTFS, not FAT32. Windows automatically defrags all my disks every Wednesday at 1am. It last defraged the drive on 3/3 at 2:20am and it is listed as 0% fragmented.

Neil

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7. Pete Marshall,

Mar 4, 2011 10:07 AM in reply to missamo80

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The windows error tool really won't show much about your drives and the condition of them. You need to access the SMART info for the temperature they are running at (anything over 35 C is really bad news). There are lots of free apps that will give you a better idea of drive condition, sometimes supplied by the manufacturers. Try google.

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8. missamo80,

Mar 4, 2011 12:23 PM in reply to Pete Marshall

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Western Digital's Data Lifeguard reports "PASS" for the drive, with green checks for every value.

Neil

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9. clvrmnky,

Mar 4, 2011 5:04 PM in reply to missamo80

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As suggested elsethread, you need to look at something that peaks use and then releases space on that volume. There are a few cases where the OS can issue this message. An app can only respond and report on this condition.

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10. missamo80,

Mar 7, 2011 10:12 PM in reply to missamo80

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Just powered my machine on from sleep and Lightroom had this message up again. Which made me wonder... does it have anything to do with waking the machine from sleep? But alas, no. I tried to reproduce the problem by going to sleep with LR open and then waking the machine again, but the message didn't come up.

Anyone have any other ideas for how to chase the cause of this down? There are currently no files in the recycle bin and 393GB free on the drive.

Neil

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11. clvrmnky,

Mar 8, 2011 9:31 AM in reply to missamo80

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You could install one of the utils from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545046 Sysinternals and see if you can see what system call is failing, and when, and on what file item.

Those of you who need to defrag the SQLite catalogue should look there, too.

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12. avpman2,

Oct 14, 2011 11:44 AM in reply to clvrmnky

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Has anyone figured out what's causing this? I just started having the exact same problem.

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13. Hal P Anderson,

Oct 14, 2011 3:02 PM in reply to avpman2

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This error is reported here every couple of months or so. It always seems to happen just occasionally on the problematic systems, and it seems to do no real harm, other than worrying the victims. I haven't run across any workarounds, fixes, or explanations. Personally, if it were happening to me every so often, I'd ignore it.

Hal

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14. slatchley2,

Dec 20, 2011 5:57 AM in reply to Hal P Anderson

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It is a problem when LR can't write metadata because of "low" disk space. I really wish we could solve this

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15. missamo80,

Dec 20, 2011 8:27 AM in reply to slatchley2

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In my case it doesn't happen anymore. My guess is it was caused by Crashplan attempting to back up open files, which I've turned off because it was causing other problems elsewhere.

Neil

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