Microsoft KB Archive/228524

= New Crash Dump Options in Windows 2000 Reduce Memory.dmp Size =

PSS ID Number: 228524

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

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This article was previously published under Q228524



SUMMARY
Windows 2000 includes two new options to speed up the time it takes to write the debugging information and limit the disk space needed to store the crash dump file in the event of a fatal error. These options are the Kernel Memory Dump and the Small Memory Dump options.

The Kernel Memory Dump option is used to reduce the contents of the debug information to only the kernel-level memory. This option still gets the kernel and active process memory that contains the information necessary to debug almost all kernel-level system errors. This option still requires the paging file on the boot volume to be as large as 800 MB, depending on the amount of RAM in the computer.

The Small Memory Dump option is used to reduce the size of the dump to 64 KB and contains only the smallest amount of base-level debugging information that can help identify the problem. This option requires the paging file on the boot volume to be at least 2 MB.

To view or change this option, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, double-click System, click the Advanced tab, and then click Startup and Recovery.



MORE INFORMATION
These settings are useful for computers with a large amount of memory, high availability needs, or just limited disk space. The Memory.dmp file that is created may be dramatically reduced with either of these options enabled. NOTE: Changing this option requires the computer to be rebooted before the change takes effect.

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