20:27:10 <HiddenMoves> Hi. I'm hoping someone can help me. I finally attempted to set up my own wallet with Monero GUI. I had set it to run a local node. It seemed like everything was going fine but the syncing seemed to freeze after a few hours. I decided to restart it by closing the node/wallet, deleting the database file and restarting. Again, it seemed to work at
20:27:11 <HiddenMoves> first and then froze. I have let it sit for 2 days and the remaining blocks have only increased. This is on Windows over VPN saved to an SSD. What do I need to do to get the wallet synced?
20:30:20 <plowsof> What version of monero wallet gui are you using? How much spare disk space do to have? Anything in the info / log file?
20:34:25 <HiddenMoves> I know the version for certain, but it should be the most recent (18 something). I have over 150gb available on the SSD and the DB only got up to 50-60gb. There's a lot of info on the logs but I don't know what to make of it.
20:51:26 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> Paste them (logs) into www.zerobin.net
20:53:07 <HiddenMoves> https://www.zerobin.net/?0b2b58d007a8dfab#FwwhXo3OaOtLsOVz3MXll0Xtjq07l08VtmQo2GuBm8Y=
20:55:56 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> A lot of this is due to the wallet trying to connect to a blockchain that is not synced
20:56:14 <HiddenMoves> This other log was too big so I just copied from the last few synced items.
20:56:15 <HiddenMoves> https://www.zerobin.net/?9be83a24c7042f15#aFPgtYZfghq26O28D0yWBwSpD6JAIQngFntKkyZ6Ikk=
20:56:25 <plowsof> Try to run monerod binary without the gui open and adjust log-level accordingly to see why its crashing 
20:56:48 <HiddenMoves> So how do I sync a wallet that's not synced? What am I doing wrong on my end?
20:57:16 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> Its possible that 
20:57:16 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> - this is an issue with windows using compression on the folder containing the database
20:57:18 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> - youve run out of storage
20:57:32 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> The errors here look like a corrupted blockchain
20:57:34 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> Try to disable compression on the blockchain folder and try to sync again
20:58:56 <HiddenMoves> Do you know how much space I'll ultimately need? This is being saved on a secondary drive but I could use my C drive which has over 500gb left if that might be more likely to work.
21:02:02 <HiddenMoves> Also, since I'm up against my data cap until the 1st. Would I be able to copy the current database file and continue with that or do I need to start from scratch again (assuming it's just a compression/drive issue)?
21:02:49 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> need? 95gb. Ideally at least 2x that for long term
21:02:50 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> This is assuming that youre using GUI's default (which is to prune the blockchain)
21:03:36 <m-relay> <o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> If you dont prune, minimum ~220gb
21:04:44 <HiddenMoves> Yeah, pretty sure I'm going pruned. So I should have enough space on the current drive but I'll check to see if Windows is suppressing it then.