> Great, Patrick. Thanks again for all your help. After rebuilding the cache
> overnight, I seem to have an extra 3.5 GB free on my hard drive, so maybe the
> cache was corrupted.
>
> "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Notebooks will only be cached if they are open. So opening them was the
> > right thing to do.
> >
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> > "Blair" <Blair[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:A80A5559-38AB-4F3D-9CBB-1BCAAB1BCBE1[ at ]microsoft.com:
> >
> > > Hi Patrick,
> > >
> > > Thanks, I'm clear that I should not delete items from the cache - I meant
> > > that I could go back and delete them within OneNote.
> > >
> > > I'm following your instructions - the disk check is done, and I've started
> > > Onenote with the safeboot switch. I chose the option the deletes the cache.
> > > One thing I wasn't sure about, after I did this, OneNote then opened with no
> > > notebooks open. I wasn't sure from your instructions whether I should re-open
> > > the notebooks before I left it overnight. After waiting a few minutes for
> > > some hard drive churning to start, I decided to go ahead and open my main
> > > notebooks (Work and Personal) and leave it that way overnight. I think I got
> > > it right, because now I see a lot of disk activity. Let me know if I was
> > > supposed to leave it with no notebooks open, and I can try it again tomorrow
> > > night.
> > >
> > > Thanks again,
> > > Blair
> > >
> > > "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Blair,
> > > >
> > > > Just as a warning: Never delete anything from the cache folder yourself,
> > > > even if there are duplicates of files or files you don't want any
> > > > longer. So you'd have to remove the audio files you don't want any
> > > > longer directly in OneNote.
> > > > Alternatively, you could make an archive notebook and just move there
> > > > the pages you don't want any longer.
> > > >
> > > > Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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> > > > "Blair" <Blair[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:BAB64C8D-3A38-4944-BAA9-ABA381E43C38[ at ]microsoft.com:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Patrick,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks again for the incredible reply! I'm now backing up my OneNote folders
> > > > > before following the process you described - beginning with the checking the
> > > > > disk.
> > > > >
> > > > > You were right, over in the cache, I can see that almost all of the space is
> > > > > taken up by audio files - and interestingly, sometimes two copies of the same
> > > > > audio file. This really helps because now that I can locate the audio files
> > > > > again by name, I can begin to choose which things I could really live
> > > > > without, and go clean them up from within OneNote.
> > > > >
> > > > > First, of course, though, is to check the disk and getting the cache
> > > > > rebuilt. I'll keep you posted on how that goes.
> > > > >
> > > > > "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Blair,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > OneNote should be able to handle such a big meeting file. However,
> > > > > > whenever you get files of that size, disk fragmentation becomes a
> > > > > > serious performance issue. Hence I would suggest that you defragment
> > > > > > your disk regularly. Also, scan your disk for any errors right now and
> > > > > > do this before defragmenting (right-click the disk in my computer,
> > > > > > Properties, Tools, Check Now, Select Automatically fix file system
> > > > > > errors, then press OK. It will probably tell you that it can't do it
> > > > > > right now, and asks if you want to do it at the next reboot. Select yes
> > > > > > and then reboot. Then just let it sit until you see the login screen
> > > > > > again. This might take quite some time!)
> > > > > > Let me quickly explain what OneNote is doing in the background. It keeps
> > > > > > a full copy of your .one files and all the embedded files in the OneNote
> > > > > > cache folder. By default, that folder is \Documents and
> > > > > > Settings\your_username\Local Settings\Application
> > > > > > Data\microsoft\onenote\12.0
> > > > > > In the cache, it actually splits the embedded & audio files off the
> > > > > > actual notes, and keeps all notes in one single cache file. You can see
> > > > > > that when you go in that directory. That will give you some kind of idea
> > > > > > as to what is taking the most space (prob. the audio).
> > > > > > Whenever you make any change in OneNote, the change is made to the
> > > > > > cache. Then in the background OneNote synchronizes the cache with your
> > > > > > ..one files. For local .one files that happens every 3 seconds. It needs
> > > > > > to do this cache-based approach to support all the synchronization
> > > > > > mechanisms OneNote 2007 offers.
> > > > > > One thing that could have happened is that the cache got corrupted in
> > > > > > some way. So after you checked your disk, you could tell OneNote to
> > > > > > rebuild the cache from scratch. As this means it has to make a full copy
> > > > > > of your 3.68 GB, it is going to take some time. If you want to do this,
> > > > > > leave ON open over night for example to make sure it had enough time to
> > > > > > finish the process. To start the process, leave OneNote open without
> > > > > > making any changes for an hour or so (to ensure that your cache has been
> > > > > > fully written to the .one files), then close it. In Start, Run, type
> > > > > > onenote /safeboot. OneNote will open and present you with a dialog where
> > > > > > you should have the choice of rebuilding the cache. After you selected
> > > > > > it, leave it open for several hours and don't try to work with it during
> > > > > > that time.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
> > > > > > --------------
> > > > > >
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> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Blair" <Blair[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > > > news:F2A7BF33-4E21-4C47-93D6-110E6286E0CF[ at ]microsoft.com:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Patrick,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks for the quick response. The notebook is on my tablet PC, and yes, I
> > > > > > > have Desktop Search 3.0 installed and working for instant search.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > As for how my notebook got so large, I can only tell you how I typically use
> > > > > > > it. I've been working on a project every day for the last 1.5 yrs, creating
> > > > > > > pages for each day for "Journal" entries. I also create pages for every
> > > > > > > meeting I attend. Occasionally, I'll create an audio recording of a meeting.
> > > > > > > Also, sometimes someone will send out a Word Doc or PDF of some material, and
> > > > > > > I'll print it to OneNote using the Send to OneNote. Another thing I'll often
> > > > > > > do is use the Clip tool to capture a screen image to save in OneNote.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Inspired by your question, I just went and checked the breakdown of my Work
> > > > > > > Notebook. I have Journal entries in one Section, and Meetings in another. The
> > > > > > > Meetings.one file is 3.59 of the overall 3.68GB! I have to imagine that the
> > > > > > > biggest space usage in the Meetings files is from Audio Recordings and
> > > > > > > Print-To-OneNote of documents. Is there any way to find out what's "in" that
> > > > > > > 3.59GB? Now that audio files are part of the OneNote file, it's harder to
> > > > > > > tell how much space they're taking, or pick some to remove.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Where do you store your .one files? Are they on the same computer?
> > > > > > > > What kind of content do you have in your Work notebook that it got so
> > > > > > > > big?
> > > > > > > > Do you have Instant Search (Windows Desktop Search 3)?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
> > > > > > > > --------------
> > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > "Blair" <Blair[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > > > > > news:93A34047-E301-4747-82B0-EF56317C8287[ at ]microsoft.com:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I'm a longtime user and promoter of OneNote, but I've started having a
> > > > > > > > > problem that's killing it's effectiveness. I've having a terrible problem
> > > > > > > > > with OneNote 2007 going to hourglass with the hard drive swamped for several
> > > > > > > > > hours. Today it started in the morning, and I missed OneNote for the full day
> > > > > > > > > at work - literally hours of my machine (1.5 Ghz Centrino, XP Tablet edition)
> > > > > > > > > being unavailable. My only recourse is to kill the OneNote task in Task
> > > > > > > > > manager, at which point the machine returns to full usability, but of course
> > > > > > > > > I can't use OneNote! As soon as I start OneNote again, I go back to the
> > > > > > > > > machine being unusable.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > In a recent posting on a Dan Escapa's OneNote blog
> > > > > > > > > (
http://blogs.msdn.com/descapa/archive/2007/02/20/a-teaser-on-how-onenote-storage-and-replication-works.aspx#comments),> > > > > > > > > Irina explained that OneNote does a periodic "synchronization of revisions".
> > > > > > > > > I'm not sure if this is what's happening to me, but when I manually invoke a
> > > > > > > > > revision sync, the symptoms are similar.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > After several hours of churning, the problem goes away for a few days, and
> > > > > > > > > everything is fine. When the problem happens again, I've found that if I can
> > > > > > > > > manage to close my "Work" notebook, the high disk utilization seems to stop.
> > > > > > > > > Does this indicate that my Work notebook might be corrupted? Is there any
> > > > > > > > > kind of diagnostic I can run on a notebook, or is this expected behavior with
> > > > > > > > > a large Notebook (my Work notebook is 3.68GB)? Also, this notebook was
> > > > > > > > > upgraded from OneNote 2003 - not sure if that could have anything to do with
> > > > > > > > > this behavior.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Is there anything that I can do to eliminate this problem? At this point,
> > > > > > > > > I'd be willing to start a new Notebook, but I have a lot of critical info in
> > > > > > > > > the Work notebook, and would like to at least be able to copy some of it over
> > > > > > > > > to a new notebook.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help you can offer.
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