I want to load a big data set (6GB) in R (or Rstudio), as I do on my other (W10) computers. (My setup: W10 64bit, 36GB RAM, C:\PageFile.Sys 5GB, C:\SwapFile.Sys 16 MB). However: rsession.exe crashes with the following error message:
Source
RStudio R Session
Summary
Stopped working
Date
01.11.2019 11:32
Status
Report sent
Description
Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files\RStudio\bin\rsession.exe
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: InPageError
Error Status Code: c000009c
Faulting Media Type: 00000003
OS Version: 10.0.18362.2.0.0.768.101
Locale ID: 1031
Additional Information 1: b71d
Additional Information 2: b71d8101b6bd282ea0fc6ccefaf1d923
Additional Information 3: cab4
Additional Information 4: cab4704ae78e462d34c9edc6b1e89123
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 7d2749361dc05922d6a071409bc80d44 (470146)
I searched the web: There is nothing exactly the same, but many old posts on W7 with similar error codes, but different applications and no common understanding how to fix it. Might be a messed up Windows installation, RAM or hard drive error or ... So I'm trying the annoying step by step error exclusion.
I tried the following:
Reinstall R and Rstudio
try different ways to read the data (read.csv, read_csv etc.)
Windows Memory Diagnostic: "The Windows Memory Diagnostic tested the computer's memory and detected no errors"
CHKDSK: "Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems."
Running a Western Digital HDD diagnostics tool (extended test), which ended after several hours with "FAIL Too many bad sectors detected - Test stopped with errors(s)." :-( Seems like I need a new hard drive!
I tried to read the data from an external hard, which works, thus I gonna exchange my hard drive and assume the problem will be fixed.
My next steps would have been:
- boot Ubuntu and try to read the data from there (exclude Windows error)
- run more in-depth diagnostics on my RAM
- Restore Windows to a restore point
- Repair Windows
- Reinstall Windows
- test individual RAM blocks by leaving only one of them in the computer
- Buy a new computer
- Change my job
1 Answer
Among other issues, HDD errors can cause the problem. In my case the HDD needs to be exchanges. Other possible options for the error may be described above.
