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8/23/2007 5:55:26 PM EDT
So I'm trying to make a vid on Windows Movie Maker, and i'm about 4/5 through it and now whenever I try to do anything with it, it tells me there isn't enough storage space to do what I want to do. WTF?!?! I have 20Gb free on my HD, plenty of RAM, and the task manager shows anywhere from 70-90% of resources free at all times.

I'm out of ideas, and REALLY pissed off!
8/23/2007 6:12:09 PM EDT
[#1]
20GB of drive space isn't very much at all when you're processing and editing video....
8/23/2007 6:48:46 PM EDT
[#2]
run ccleaner


it will help clean out some files
8/24/2007 2:31:46 PM EDT
[#3]
Does it say you dont have enough virtual memory ?, if so you need to reset your memory size.
8/24/2007 2:34:20 PM EDT
[#4]
Only 20GB?  
8/24/2007 2:51:21 PM EDT
[#5]

Quoted:
Only 20GB?  


40Gb HD, 20 of which is free currently
8/24/2007 2:52:56 PM EDT
[#6]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Only 20GB?  


40Gb HD, 20 of which is free currently


Wherein lies your problem, most likely.  HDDs are cheap these days.  Sounds like time to upgrade.

Edit:  If you run SATA

If you still run IDE
8/24/2007 3:32:02 PM EDT
[#7]
+1 on the upgrade.

Hell, I haven't used a 40GB drive in years.  Too damn small.

Don't know what the specific requirements for Movie Maker are but between what is probably too little free space and a drive that is pig-slow by todays standards you're probably SOL for working with video.

If you're working with DV you're looking at about 200 MB per *minute* of video.
8/25/2007 9:33:33 PM EDT
[#8]
Here's the numbers from the family Christmas video I made last year:  1 hr 40 min on Mini DV camcorder, dumped into the computer as a 42 Gig AVI file.  Go get a 300 G drive.  They're cheap.
8/25/2007 9:42:07 PM EDT
[#9]
I couldn't even fit my music collection on your 40GB drive!

As for the actual problem at hand, have you tried saving the project and restarting the computer?  Restarts work wonders for weird problems in Windows.
8/25/2007 9:44:58 PM EDT
[#10]
How big is the file?