Is it worth to delete Win dump files? Let's find out!

Windows dump files classification

The parameter memory dump can be found through the Control Panel. From here, select the System and Security section and then System, then click the Advanced System Settings tab and click Options under Startup and Recovery. Usually, the parameter "Write debug information" is set to "Automatic memory dump". Windows can create different types of memory dumps:

• 1. A complete memory dump contains a copy of all data used by Windows in physical memory. For example, if you have 20 GB of RAM and Windows is using 10 GB during a system crash, the memory dump will be 10 GB.

• 2. A kernel memory dump is smaller than a full memory dump and typically accounts for about one-third of the physical memory installed on the system. This memory dump option includes only memory allocated to the Windows kernel, hardware abstraction layer (HAL), and memory allocated to kernel-mode drivers and other kernel-mode programs.

• 3. The small memory dump (256KB) contains only blue-screen information, a list of loaded drivers, process information, and some kernel information.

• 4. An automatic memory dump (usually the default) includes the same information as a kernel memory dump.

Should you delete these files?

Quite often, the memory.dmp file takes up a significant amount of space on your computer, so you can delete these .dmp files. If your computer is a blue screen, you might have a 900MB or larger MEMORY.DMP file taking up space on your system drive, and removing it might help you.

Windows can delete memory.dmp automatically. You can simply run the built-in disk cleaner and tell it to clean up system files. Then you will see that all types of memory dumps will appear in the list. After that, the tool can automatically delete memory dumps. You don't have to frantically flip the Windows folder and manually delete the files you need.

To summarize, larger memory dump files are not useful for the average user because they take up too much space. However, if you plan to send them to Microsoft or a service center to fix the blue screen occurring on your system, it is better to create and save memory dump files. Minidump files are considered more useful because they are smaller and contain important basic information about system crashes.

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