Crash Recovery

ovccsteve · 05-09-2007, 08:49 AM

Having serious problems with crash recovery.

First, I know the crashes are my fault. They only happen when the computer has been extremely overworked, and, most of the time, it is another program that brings down the system.

But my OOTP problem is that quite frequently when those crashes occur, the game will not completely reload on restart. It will get to 100%, verifying databases, and lockup. And most of the times when that happens, overwriting the game files with the backup files will not fix the problem. The only thing that works is to overwrite with the full backup of the entire .lg directory. Bottom line, I've replayed the Winter meetings 1980 about five times.

I'm running XP with updates on a Turion64 processor with about 5G of free hard drive space and over a G of RAM. I have the latest upgrade, haven't tried the beta.

Please don't tell me to quit multitasking. I play this for stress reduction, but have to reduce from within the stress-causing agents.

bp_ · 05-09-2007, 01:50 PM

Only 5 gigs of HD left? That isn't much. Try to defrag. Have you looked into buying some RAM as well? DDR2 is cheap lately.

ovccsteve · 05-09-2007, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by bp_

Only 5 gigs of HD left? That isn't much. Try to defrag. Have you looked into buying some RAM as well? DDR2 is cheap lately.

I compressed to get to 17, but I had at least ten G tied up in OOTP files.

bp_ · 05-09-2007, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ovccsteve

I compressed to get to 17, but I had at least ten G tied up in OOTP files.

I've seen someone else post around here that microsoft suggests a certain percentage of your HD be free space for stability. It could be the issue.

Curtis · 05-11-2007, 03:22 PM

15%.

Nutlaw · 05-19-2007, 10:40 AM

Ovccsteve, is there anything further that we can help you with on this issue?

ovccsteve · 05-19-2007, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Nutlaw

Ovccsteve, is there anything further that we can help you with on this issue?

I've freed up more hard drive space and it hasn't crashed yet. Thanks for the assistance.

bp_ · 05-19-2007, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ovccsteve

I've freed up more hard drive space and it hasn't crashed yet. Thanks for the assistance.

Cool, then this thread is closed.

05-09-2007, 08:49 AM	#1
ovccsteve All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sanford, NC Posts: 570	Crash Recovery Having serious problems with crash recovery. First, I know the crashes are my fault. They only happen when the computer has been extremely overworked, and, most of the time, it is another program that brings down the system. But my OOTP problem is that quite frequently when those crashes occur, the game will not completely reload on restart. It will get to 100%, verifying databases, and lockup. And most of the times when that happens, overwriting the game files with the backup files will not fix the problem. The only thing that works is to overwrite with the full backup of the entire .lg directory. Bottom line, I've replayed the Winter meetings 1980 about five times. I'm running XP with updates on a Turion64 processor with about 5G of free hard drive space and over a G of RAM. I have the latest upgrade, haven't tried the beta. Please don't tell me to quit multitasking. I play this for stress reduction, but have to reduce from within the stress-causing agents.

05-09-2007, 01:50 PM	#2
bp_ Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,804 Blog Entries: 1	Only 5 gigs of HD left? That isn't much. Try to defrag. Have you looked into buying some RAM as well? DDR2 is cheap lately. __________________ Commish: Over The Mound

05-11-2007, 03:22 PM	#5
Curtis Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Watertown, New York Posts: 4,567	15%.

05-19-2007, 10:40 AM	#6
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Ovccsteve, is there anything further that we can help you with on this issue?