Device manager: not enough quota
I noticed something strange in Windows 10 Device Manager. Under Portable Devices, I have an icon that says, "Acronis Backup" with yellow warning arrow. When I click on Properties, it says:
"This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device. (Code 31)
{Not Enough Quota}
Not enough virtual memory or paging file quota is available to complete the specified operation."
Is this anything to worry about? I am using an externa WD My Book 1230 USB 3.0 for backup. Everything has been working fine.
Thanks - Jim


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It's Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. I have never touched the Page File, so I assume it's being managed by Windows.
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Never safe to assume anything with PC's. You should visit the link provided and insure that things are working correctly.
The pagefile is set on a per device basis so I think what the message you are seeing is telling you that there is no pagefile allocation set for your external drive. This should not present a problem in normal day to day operation of your PC I wouldn't think but it is a puzzle why Device Manager is informing you of this fact. It could be that this particular drive reports itself to Windows incorrectly. The drive should report as a Removeable Device if it is reporting as a fixed disk that may explain why you see what you do in Device Manager. Windows Disk Management would be one way of checking on how the drive reports itself.
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Under the virtual memory settings, only my boot drive had a paging file selected. So I checked the box at the top that says, "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives." I'm not seeing the problem now.
I thought paging was only about swapping memory to/from disk. I didn't think it applied to every disk in the system!
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