Boot with UBCD4Win, delete the file. On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:12 AM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I had a server that BSOD'ed. It was configured for a full memory dump, but > this failed with what I believe was a hard disk space issue. (For some > reason it dumped out a 93GB file, even though the system only has 16GB of > RAM) I've removed the full dump config now, but I can't delete the monstrous > *memory.dmp* file that has been left behind. It claims to be in use. Using > *handle *or Process Explorer shows that it is the System process (id 4) > that has the file open, but if I try to close the handle, I get the error > *Error closing handle: The handle is invalid*. > > Restarting the system makes no difference. Even booting to Safe Mode yields > the same results. Anyone have any bright ideas, or am I doomed to send it > for re-imaging? It's a XenApp server, so there is no big problem with a > rebuild really, just wondering if anyone has seen this same behaviour > anywhere previously. > > TIA, > > > > JRR > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > *IMPORTANT: The information in this email is CONFIDENTIAL. If its contents > are disclosed in any way my lawyers will swoop down from black helicopters > like Seal Team Six and drag you away with a black bag over your head. They > will then take you to a secret prison and make you fight to the death with > other people who dared to share this email. You will be given a large bowie > knife and a supply of methamphetamines while I watch the said deathmatch and > wager vast sums of money on who will be the winner. If the fight becomes > boring or there is a stalemate, I will release rabid dogs and my two-stone > cat into the arena to liven things up a bit. If these animals become in any > way docile, I will squirt them with water pistols until they become a bit > more temperamental.* > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
