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How to Disable or Enable Low Disk Space Warning in Vista
Published by Brink
06-01-2007
| | How to Disable or Enable Low Disk Space Warning in Vista Information | | When your media device gets low on space, Vista will give you a Low Disk Space warning. This is to warn you to either clear space or get a bigger storage device soon. Low Disk Space warning is enabled by default. |  | NOTE | | - This is not the same as the XP way, but for only Vista 32 bit or 64 bit instead.
- This will not work on a protected OEM recovery partition.
|  | WARNING | | You will lose data, possibly everything, on the hard drive if you run out of space on it. I would recommend backing up your data and getting a bigger hard drive soon, or make more room on the drive by uninstalling stuff you do not need anymore. |  | RELATED LINKS: | METHOD ONE: |
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| Remove the Drive Letter |
NOTE | | By removing or hiding the hard drive letter, there will be no drive letter associated to this partition or drive. Vista will no longer see the partition as anything useful to it and will stop giving you the Low Disk Space warning for only this partition or drive. |  | 1. For how, see step 8 here: How to Show or Remove Drive Letters from Displaying in Vista | METHOD TWO: |
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| Through the Registry |
NOTE | | This will disable or enable the Low Disk Space warning for all drives. |  | 1. Open the Start Menu. 2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type regedit and press Enter. 3. Click on Continue in the UAC prompt. 4. In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows Search\Gather 5. In the right pane, right click on LowDiskMinimumMBytes and click on Modify. (See screenshot above) 6. To Disable the Low Disk Space Warning -A) Type 0 (number) and click on OK. (See screenshot below step 7A)
B) Go to step 8. 7. To Enable the Low Disk Space Warning -A) Type c8 and click on OK. (See screenshot below) 
8. In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below step 10) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows Search\Gathering Manager 9. In the left pane, click on Gathering Manager to highlight in blue. 10. You will need to take ownership of Gathering Manager before continuing. 11. In the right pane of Gathering Manager, right click on BackOffLowDiskThresholdMB and click on Modify. (See screenshot above) 12. To Disable the Low Disk Space Warning -A) Make it empty and click on OK. (See screenshot below step 13)
B) Go to step 14. 13. To Enable the Low Disk Space Warning -A) Type c8 and click on OK. (See screenshot below)
B) Go to step 15. 
14. To Disable the Low Disk Space Warning -A) In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below step 14B) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
B) In the left pane, right click on Policies and click on New and Key. (See screenshot below) 
C) Type Explorer and press Enter. (See screenshot below)
D) In the left pane click on Explorer.
E) In the right pane of Explorer, right click on a empty area, and click on New and DWORD (32bit) Value. 
F) Type NoLowDiskSpaceChecks and press Enter. (See screenshot below)
G) In the right pane, right click on NoLowDiskSpaceChecks and click on Modify. 
H) Type 1 and click on OK. (See screenshot below) 
15. To Enable the Low Disk Space Warning -A) In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below step 14G) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
B) In the right pane, right click on NoLowDiskSpaceChecks and click on Modify.
C) Type 0 (number) and click on OK. (See screenshot above) 16. Close regedit. That's it,
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06-05-2007
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| | Enthusiast
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 | Path? Greetings,
Hmmm........I don't have the Explorer sub-entry at the end of this path.
It ends at 'Policies'.
( HKey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies )
Any ideas?
Thanks | My System Specs | | OS Vista CPU Q9550 Motherboard EVGA 790i Ultra Memory 4 gigs Patriot Viper EP @ 1600mhz Graphics Card EVGA GTX 280 Sound Card X-Fi Fatality Pro Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 2493 24" Screen Resolution 1900 x 1200 Keyboard Saitek Eclipse 2 Mouse Logitech G5 Laser PSU PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750w Quad SLI Case Antec 900 Cooling Asus Silent Knight 2 CPU Hard Drives WD 640g SATA 3.0 16 AAKS Internet Speed Now @ 15mps down
06-05-2007
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| | Administrator Vista x64 Ultimate SP2 Texas, USA | | Quote: | Clark1221 |  | | | Greetings,
Hmmm........I don't have the Explorer sub-entry at the end of this path.
It ends at 'Policies'.
( HKey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies )
Any ideas?
Thanks | | | | | Hi Clark,
Did you click the arrow on the left side of Policies? (see circled in red below)
Otherwise, you could right click on Policies and click New > Key and then type Explorer and press enter. Then add the above to it.
Here's the data for the Binary (see below)
Hope this helps,
Shawn | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Vista x64 Ultimate SP2 CPU Core2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB Motherboard Gigabyte X48-DQ6 Memory 8 GB (4x2) DDR2 PC2-8500 1066 MHz Patriot Extreme Graphics Card BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889A Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 28" Hanns-G HG281DJB and 17" eMachines E17T4 Screen Resolution 28" 1920x1200 and 17" 1280x1024 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU Antec NeoPower 500 Watt Case Tagan El-Diablo Full Tower Cooling 250 mm Front, 360 mm Side, stock CPU, 120 mm SiLenX Rear Hard Drives 64GB Patriot SSD (v2)
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06-05-2007
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| | Enthusiast
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 | Shawn.........to clarify, there is no arrow next to 'Policies'. I found that a bit strange.
But..........I can create the 'Explorer' sub-folder?
Also.......do I also need to create both entries? (NoDriveTypeAutoRun & NoLowDiskSpaceChecks) | My System Specs | | OS Vista CPU Q9550 Motherboard EVGA 790i Ultra Memory 4 gigs Patriot Viper EP @ 1600mhz Graphics Card EVGA GTX 280 Sound Card X-Fi Fatality Pro Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 2493 24" Screen Resolution 1900 x 1200 Keyboard Saitek Eclipse 2 Mouse Logitech G5 Laser PSU PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750w Quad SLI Case Antec 900 Cooling Asus Silent Knight 2 CPU Hard Drives WD 640g SATA 3.0 16 AAKS Internet Speed Now @ 15mps down
06-05-2007
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| | Administrator Vista x64 Ultimate SP2 Texas, USA | | Quote: | Clark1221 |  | | | Shawn.........to clarify, there is no arrow next to 'Policies'. I found that a bit strange.
But..........I can create the 'Explorer' sub-folder?
Also.......do I also need to create both entries? (NoDriveTypeAutoRun & NoLowDiskSpaceChecks) | | | | | Hi Clark,
I'll do one better for you. I exported mine for you to merge with yours. Here's how to do it:
1. Click on Policies.reg (below) and save it to your desktop. NOTE: For 32 bit or 64 bit Vista. Policies.reg
2. Right click on Policies.reg (on desktop) and click Merge.
3. Answer YES and OK to the confirmation pop-up windows.
4. Delete file when done.
That's it. It should be there now as above.
Hope this helps you,
Shawn | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Vista x64 Ultimate SP2 CPU Core2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB Motherboard Gigabyte X48-DQ6 Memory 8 GB (4x2) DDR2 PC2-8500 1066 MHz Patriot Extreme Graphics Card BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889A Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 28" Hanns-G HG281DJB and 17" eMachines E17T4 Screen Resolution 28" 1920x1200 and 17" 1280x1024 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU Antec NeoPower 500 Watt Case Tagan El-Diablo Full Tower Cooling 250 mm Front, 360 mm Side, stock CPU, 120 mm SiLenX Rear Hard Drives 64GB Patriot SSD (v2)
750GB Samsung HDD HD753LJ SATA 32MB Internet Speed 3382 kb/s Download and 312 kb/s Upload Other Info Creative WebCam Instant
06-11-2007
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| | Newbie
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 | Re: Low Disk Warning Hmm.... I just tried it, but it doesn't seem to be working. | My System Specs | |
06-11-2007
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| | Administrator Vista x64 Ultimate SP2 Texas, USA | Re: Low Disk Warning Hi ShocWave,
Which part is not working?
What kind of hard drive are your using? (ATA/SATA, Raid, etc.)
Shawn | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Vista x64 Ultimate SP2 CPU Core2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB Motherboard Gigabyte X48-DQ6 Memory 8 GB (4x2) DDR2 PC2-8500 1066 MHz Patriot Extreme Graphics Card BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889A Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 28" Hanns-G HG281DJB and 17" eMachines E17T4 Screen Resolution 28" 1920x1200 and 17" 1280x1024 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU Antec NeoPower 500 Watt Case Tagan El-Diablo Full Tower Cooling 250 mm Front, 360 mm Side, stock CPU, 120 mm SiLenX Rear Hard Drives 64GB Patriot SSD (v2)
750GB Samsung HDD HD753LJ SATA 32MB Internet Speed 3382 kb/s Download and 312 kb/s Upload Other Info Creative WebCam Instant
06-11-2007
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| | Newbie
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 | Re: Low Disk Warning I'm using just a regular ATA drive.
Even after I change the values the registry, the low disk space warning still comes up in my systray. | My System Specs | |
06-11-2007
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| | Administrator Vista x64 Ultimate SP2 Texas, USA | Re: Low Disk Warning Hi Shocwave,
Make sure you do all of the above.
Also, do a restart to see if the changes will take affect then.
Let me know please, so I can update this tip.
Shawn
Last edited by Brink; 07-01-2007 at 01:05 PM..
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Vista x64 Ultimate SP2 CPU Core2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB Motherboard Gigabyte X48-DQ6 Memory 8 GB (4x2) DDR2 PC2-8500 1066 MHz Patriot Extreme Graphics Card BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB Sound Card Realtek HD Audio ALC889A Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 28" Hanns-G HG281DJB and 17" eMachines E17T4 Screen Resolution 28" 1920x1200 and 17" 1280x1024 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU Antec NeoPower 500 Watt Case Tagan El-Diablo Full Tower Cooling 250 mm Front, 360 mm Side, stock CPU, 120 mm SiLenX Rear Hard Drives 64GB Patriot SSD (v2)
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