Guest Scott McFadden Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 We have a local NTFS / compressed volume on Win2003 server 32 bit SP2. Box has 2gb of ram and 100gb free space on hard disk. Discovered a problem in Windows Explorer. When we try to rename a very large file (1-2 gig file), we see the following error: Cannot rename 64071: Insufficient resources exist to complete the requested service. If I try to delete the file, I get a similar error. I can work around the delete problem by using shift+delete on the file (bypassing recycle bin). I can work around the rename problem by copying the file to a new file and shift+deleting the old file afterwards. This is mildly annoying. Has anyone else ever had problems using windows explorer in win2003 to delete/rename large files? thanks scottm
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Re: large file issue in Windows Server 2003 "Scott McFadden" <nospam.smcfadden@criticaltech.com> wrote in message news:OpCiu89UIHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > We have a local NTFS / compressed volume on Win2003 server 32 bit SP2. > Box has 2gb of ram and 100gb free space on hard disk. > > Discovered a problem in Windows Explorer. When we try to rename a very > large file (1-2 gig file), we see the following error: > > Cannot rename 64071: Insufficient resources exist to complete the > requested service. > > If I try to delete the file, I get a similar error. I can work around > the delete problem by using shift+delete on the file (bypassing recycle > bin). I can work around the rename problem by copying the file to a new > file and shift+deleting the old file afterwards. This is mildly > annoying. Has anyone else ever had problems using windows explorer in > win2003 to delete/rename large files? > > thanks > > scottm I suggest you do a little more research in order to narrow down the cause of this bizarre behaviour, concentrating on the "rename" function: - Does it occur on this compressed volume only or on other compressed volumes too? - Does it occur on uncompressed volumes? - Does it occur in Explorer only or also at a Command Prompt? To make your tests easier, here is a very fast method to create a 2 GByte test file on an NTFS partition. It works from a Command Prompt: fsutil file createnew c:\test.bin 2000000000
Guest alorbach Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Re: large file issue in Windows Server 2003 The file you are trying to delete maybe is corrupted. Take a look into the System Eventlog, you might find disk error's there pointing to bad blocks or file system error's. In this case I would recommend a chkdsk on the volume. regards, Andre -- alorbach ------------------------------------------------------------------------ alorbach's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=37666 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=890222 http://forums.techarena.in
Guest Scott McFadden Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: large file issue in Windows Server 2003 The error happens with rename from either Win Explorer or the cmd prompt. I made a 2 gig file on a compressed volume on a completely seperate Win2003 server and was able to rename it without problem. Not sure what is wrong with this particular win2003 server. I don't think it has been rebooted for a while. "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message news:%23XrFK7BVIHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > "Scott McFadden" <nospam.smcfadden@criticaltech.com> wrote in message > news:OpCiu89UIHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> We have a local NTFS / compressed volume on Win2003 server 32 bit SP2. >> Box has 2gb of ram and 100gb free space on hard disk. >> >> Discovered a problem in Windows Explorer. When we try to rename a very >> large file (1-2 gig file), we see the following error: >> >> Cannot rename 64071: Insufficient resources exist to complete the >> requested service. >> >> If I try to delete the file, I get a similar error. I can work around >> the delete problem by using shift+delete on the file (bypassing recycle >> bin). I can work around the rename problem by copying the file to a new >> file and shift+deleting the old file afterwards. This is mildly >> annoying. Has anyone else ever had problems using windows explorer in >> win2003 to delete/rename large files? >> >> thanks >> >> scottm > > I suggest you do a little more research in order to narrow down > the cause of this bizarre behaviour, concentrating on the "rename" > function: > - Does it occur on this compressed volume only or on other > compressed volumes too? > - Does it occur on uncompressed volumes? > - Does it occur in Explorer only or also at a Command Prompt? > > To make your tests easier, here is a very fast method to create > a 2 GByte test file on an NTFS partition. It works from a > Command Prompt: > > fsutil file createnew c:\test.bin 2000000000 >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: large file issue in Windows Server 2003 Your report suggests a couple of possible causes: a) An internal Windows problem that could be fixed with a reboot. b) A problem with the NTFS file structure You could probably confirm or eliminate b) by manipulating a 2 GByte file on a different partition of this server. "Scott McFadden" <nospam.smcfadden@criticaltech.com> wrote in message news:exhQTuSVIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > The error happens with rename from either Win Explorer or the cmd prompt. > > I made a 2 gig file on a compressed volume on a completely seperate > Win2003 server and was able to rename it without problem. > > Not sure what is wrong with this particular win2003 server. I don't think > it has been rebooted for a while. > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message > news:%23XrFK7BVIHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> "Scott McFadden" <nospam.smcfadden@criticaltech.com> wrote in message >> news:OpCiu89UIHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> We have a local NTFS / compressed volume on Win2003 server 32 bit SP2. >>> Box has 2gb of ram and 100gb free space on hard disk. >>> >>> Discovered a problem in Windows Explorer. When we try to rename a very >>> large file (1-2 gig file), we see the following error: >>> >>> Cannot rename 64071: Insufficient resources exist to complete the >>> requested service. >>> >>> If I try to delete the file, I get a similar error. I can work around >>> the delete problem by using shift+delete on the file (bypassing recycle >>> bin). I can work around the rename problem by copying the file to a new >>> file and shift+deleting the old file afterwards. This is mildly >>> annoying. Has anyone else ever had problems using windows explorer >>> in win2003 to delete/rename large files? >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> scottm >> >> I suggest you do a little more research in order to narrow down >> the cause of this bizarre behaviour, concentrating on the "rename" >> function: >> - Does it occur on this compressed volume only or on other >> compressed volumes too? >> - Does it occur on uncompressed volumes? >> - Does it occur in Explorer only or also at a Command Prompt? >> >> To make your tests easier, here is a very fast method to create >> a 2 GByte test file on an NTFS partition. It works from a >> Command Prompt: >> >> fsutil file createnew c:\test.bin 2000000000 >> > >
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