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⚠️ Serious problem with my computer PLEASE READ ⚠...
11 months ago
Hello everyone!
I've had some problems with my pen not working on Clip Studio ( journal ),
but I've somehow got it to work. It still doesn't work as it should, the brushes are
all wonky and blurry for some reason.
But I've run into a more serious issue... I think my C drive is about to die.
90% of the time when I open my computer a tiny window shows up, saying
"Tablet driver isn't running", which means my tablet won't work until I
restart the computer WITH the tablet attached. When this window pops up
my C drive has 9 GB of free space.
The rare 10% when the tiny window doesn't pop up, I know my tablet
will work just fine and I don't need to restart the computer.
However. Then my C drive has only 200-2Mb of free space, and thus if I start to draw,
I can't save anything because the computer says "not enough memory, free up space",
and I have this "⚠️" sign on Clip Studio on the tab of the canvas, already
warning me that whatever I just did to the canvas won't be saved and all
progress will be lost.
Now, the "funny" thing is, my C drive should have over 30GB of free space.
But for some reason it claims there's only 9GB or anywhere between 500-2MB of free space.
I also don't save anything on C drive (I only have Photoshop installed there), I save all of my
artwork and programs to different drives. I have tried so many different methods of
freeing up space, but it's always in vain. Even if I manage to somehow clear 9GB of space,
every time I start the computer, the C drive is magically full again (and ofc I can't again
free up space, because the things I remove haven't popped back in...).
TLDR;
This is driving me insane.
When I could draw, my computer's memory is so full that I can't save anything.
When the tablet won't work without a restart, there's plenty of memory to draw.
After restarting, the memory is back to be full and the vicious circle begins anew.
I've had some problems with my pen not working on Clip Studio ( journal ),
but I've somehow got it to work. It still doesn't work as it should, the brushes are
all wonky and blurry for some reason.
But I've run into a more serious issue... I think my C drive is about to die.
90% of the time when I open my computer a tiny window shows up, saying
"Tablet driver isn't running", which means my tablet won't work until I
restart the computer WITH the tablet attached. When this window pops up
my C drive has 9 GB of free space.
The rare 10% when the tiny window doesn't pop up, I know my tablet
will work just fine and I don't need to restart the computer.
However. Then my C drive has only 200-2Mb of free space, and thus if I start to draw,
I can't save anything because the computer says "not enough memory, free up space",
and I have this "⚠️" sign on Clip Studio on the tab of the canvas, already
warning me that whatever I just did to the canvas won't be saved and all
progress will be lost.
Now, the "funny" thing is, my C drive should have over 30GB of free space.
But for some reason it claims there's only 9GB or anywhere between 500-2MB of free space.
I also don't save anything on C drive (I only have Photoshop installed there), I save all of my
artwork and programs to different drives. I have tried so many different methods of
freeing up space, but it's always in vain. Even if I manage to somehow clear 9GB of space,
every time I start the computer, the C drive is magically full again (and ofc I can't again
free up space, because the things I remove haven't popped back in...).
TLDR;
This is driving me insane.
When I could draw, my computer's memory is so full that I can't save anything.
When the tablet won't work without a restart, there's plenty of memory to draw.
After restarting, the memory is back to be full and the vicious circle begins anew.
I wonder if it will show you if anything takes that much space on the drive. However it is very strange that it's suddenly "filling up" without reason. Treesize may pinpoint the source of the issue so it's a good place to start. Let me know what do you find out there
As for your tablet, it might be possible to reset the driver without restarting the computer. If you type in "services" in the search bar, it'll bring up a big list of things running while your computer is on. If, for example, you have a Wacom tablet, scroll down to "Wacom Professional Services" or something like that. When you find it, right-click it and choose "Reset". It'll shut off, then restart. For some tablets (Wacom again being a good example), this can happen and is a somewhat easy fix. If that doesn't help, consider seeing if there's an update to your tablet's driver. That can also be an issue.
Ooohh I gotta check that tablet tip you said. :0
There is still one last thing you can do... but it's going to be annoying and time-consuming... you can back up your files and do a Windows refresh. You can keep files if you want, but sometimes a full wipe will clear all the clutter and get it back to somewhat new.
The only issue is that you'd then need to re-install your programs and so on. You'd be looking at a day or two of getting things back on track... though sometimes the nuclear option is the best. =p
I'm gonna try and restore the drive, though usually that only clears very little memory and is temporary help, but I'll try anything to be able to draw for at least a couple of hours x'D