MS-DOS Memory error
I was organizing the files on my hard drive, when i found a file which was 670MB and looked like an MS-DOS file. Curious to see what it was, I opened it only to see the following error Quote:Program too big to fit in Memory SYSTEM SPECs :: Windows XP Sp1 Intel 845G board Pentium 4 2GHz 128 + 256 MB of RAM (DDR) 2 H ...
I was organizing the files on my hard drive, when i found a file which was 670MB and looked like an MS-DOS file. Curious to see what it was, I opened it only to see the following error
Quote:"Program too big to fit in Memory"
SYSTEM SPECs ::
Windows XP Sp1
Intel 845G board
Pentium 4 2GHz
128 + 256 MB of RAM (DDR)
2 HDD's -- 40 GB + 40 GB
Is there any workaround for this ? Or can nothing be done ?
Thanks,
Quote:"Program too big to fit in Memory"
SYSTEM SPECs ::
Windows XP Sp1
Intel 845G board
Pentium 4 2GHz
128 + 256 MB of RAM (DDR)
2 HDD's -- 40 GB + 40 GB
Is there any workaround for this ? Or can nothing be done ?
Thanks,
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Let me get this straight....
You were organizing files on your HD.
You found a file which was 670mb in size and looked like an "MS-DOS" file.
You then tried to execute it.
It then throws up the message "Program too big to fit in Memory".
No "MS-DOS" file that is executable should ever be that big in size. Although I suppose you could make an SFX that could probably be that big...even tho you should not be executing it unless you know exactly where it came from.
If you notice a 670mb file on your HD and you don't know what it is then you should:
1. Virus scan it.
2. DO NOT EXECUTE IT. Open it with a archive program like 7zip/winrar. (Even then there could potentially be security issues here as well).
3. Even better don't do #2 and just delete it. If you don't know what it is and it's not a common windows file then just delete it.
You were organizing files on your HD.
You found a file which was 670mb in size and looked like an "MS-DOS" file.
You then tried to execute it.
It then throws up the message "Program too big to fit in Memory".
No "MS-DOS" file that is executable should ever be that big in size. Although I suppose you could make an SFX that could probably be that big...even tho you should not be executing it unless you know exactly where it came from.
If you notice a 670mb file on your HD and you don't know what it is then you should:
1. Virus scan it.
2. DO NOT EXECUTE IT. Open it with a archive program like 7zip/winrar. (Even then there could potentially be security issues here as well).
3. Even better don't do #2 and just delete it. If you don't know what it is and it's not a common windows file then just delete it.
Does anybody remember virtual memory?
I know that DOS used to use virtual memory to allocate space for opening and executing applications. You used to be able to tell DOS how much virtual memory you want to allocate for running applications via boot disks. Anyway, could this be the problem?
I know that DOS used to use virtual memory to allocate space for opening and executing applications. You used to be able to tell DOS how much virtual memory you want to allocate for running applications via boot disks. Anyway, could this be the problem?
