How to stop Unknown 9 from crashing due to low disk space?

The game kept crashing without warning once I hit Chapter 3, which honestly had me stressed out. My Great Wall GW3300 512GB only had about 40-60GB left, and Windows was struggling to expand the page file, causing massive write latency while RAM usage bounced between 15.2-16.8GB. I tried uninstalling every useless app I owned to free up space, but the crashes didn't stop—it felt like I was fighting a losing battle. I eventually switched from 'System Managed' virtual memory to a custom size, locking it between 16384-32768MB and moving it to a non-system partition. In Task Manager, disk active time plummeted from 90% to a chill 30-40%, and the crashes stopped completely. I did notice a weird stutter during boot after the change, but disabling the Indexing Service smoothed it out. Drive temps are around 42-48℃ with 15-22% load. Event Viewer shows no more 0x0000005 memory errors.
Category:Real-time Monitoring Last updated:April 5, 2026 1:24 PM