Why Not?
First of all, there is no need to create a complete memory dump. Windows supports three different kinds of memory dumps. Here is a summary of information from Microsoft's Knowledge Base.
Type Of Memory Dump
Description
Size
Small
* Small memory dump files contain the least information, but consume the least disk space, 64 kilobytes (KB).
* Unlike kernel and complete memory dump files; Windows XP stores small memory dump files in the systemroot\Minidump folder, instead of using the systemroot\Memory.dmp file name.
* Windows XP always create a small memory dump file when a Stop error occurs, even when you choose the kernel or complete memory dump file options.
* One of the services that use small memory dump files is the Error Reporting service. The Error Reporting service reads the contents of a small memory dump file to help diagnose problems that cause Stop errors.
64KB
Kernel
* This is an intermediate size dump file that records only kernel-level memory and can occupy several megabytes (MB) of disk space.
* When a Stop error occurs, Windows XP Professional saves a kernel memory dump file to a file named systemroot\Memory.dmp and create a small memory dump file in the systemroot\Minidump folder.
* You cannot exactly predict the size of a kernel memory dump file because this depends on the amount of kernel-mode memory allocated by the operating system and drivers present on the machine when the Stop error occurred.
About 1/3 of system memory
Complete
* A complete memory dump file contains the entire contents of physical memory when the Stop error occurred.
* The file size is equal to the amount of physical memory installed plus 1 MB.
* When a Stop error occurs, the operating system saves a complete memory dump file to a file named systemroot\Memory.dmp and creates a small memory dump file in the systemroot\Minidump folder.
System memory + 1MB
First of all, there is no need to create a complete memory dump. Windows supports three different kinds of memory dumps. Here is a summary of information from Microsoft's Knowledge Base.
Type Of Memory Dump
Description
Size
Small
* Small memory dump files contain the least information, but consume the least disk space, 64 kilobytes (KB).
* Unlike kernel and complete memory dump files; Windows XP stores small memory dump files in the systemroot\Minidump folder, instead of using the systemroot\Memory.dmp file name.
* Windows XP always create a small memory dump file when a Stop error occurs, even when you choose the kernel or complete memory dump file options.
* One of the services that use small memory dump files is the Error Reporting service. The Error Reporting service reads the contents of a small memory dump file to help diagnose problems that cause Stop errors.
64KB
Kernel
* This is an intermediate size dump file that records only kernel-level memory and can occupy several megabytes (MB) of disk space.
* When a Stop error occurs, Windows XP Professional saves a kernel memory dump file to a file named systemroot\Memory.dmp and create a small memory dump file in the systemroot\Minidump folder.
* You cannot exactly predict the size of a kernel memory dump file because this depends on the amount of kernel-mode memory allocated by the operating system and drivers present on the machine when the Stop error occurred.
About 1/3 of system memory
Complete
* A complete memory dump file contains the entire contents of physical memory when the Stop error occurred.
* The file size is equal to the amount of physical memory installed plus 1 MB.
* When a Stop error occurs, the operating system saves a complete memory dump file to a file named systemroot\Memory.dmp and creates a small memory dump file in the systemroot\Minidump folder.
System memory + 1MB
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