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Old 10-03-2005, 11:12 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Computer Space Problem

The computer's space has been going down. It started when I lost over 10 gigabytes & it went all the way down to 34mb of space left on my computer. I had to delete a bunch of crap (including softwares) just to bring it up to 5 gigabytes, yet it was still going down a little bit. Later during the week it did it again, had to delete more crap 'till I went up to 3 gigs. & it just started doing it again, went all the way down to 600 kb, & once again, had to delete a bunch of crap (mostly important stuff since most of the stuff I deleted weren't that important). Evan had a hard time burning stuff to CD since I need over 1 gig of space to burn stuff.

My AVG isn't detecting any viruses or anything. I cleared my temporary internet crap, cookies, etc. . . & did the system clean up yet still did it. I can't do the system restore thing to where I can set it to before it started doing that because it wouldn't let me. I'd like to gain back over 10 gigs again, (hell, now that I deleted a lot, that would actually mean I should originally have 20-40 gigs. The computer is sitll kinda new, had it since June 2005.
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Old 10-03-2005, 12:11 PM   #2 (permalink)
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So, what sort of files are taking up the room? Are you downloading a lot? Anyway, try using a program to visually represent where your space is going; I think SiN recommended SequoiaView, and there's a freeware version of it.
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Old 10-03-2005, 02:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Have you turned off hidden files and looked for hidden directories? Even though AVG didn't detect anything, maybe your computer has been taken over and is storing lots of warez secretly.

But first of all, make sure that your System Restore is a reasonable size. If it's set to back up too much, then it will reserve that space and with each restore point you will lose more and more space to it. One way to test is to turn off System Restore and clear all your restore points. If you suddenly get a massive amount of space back (maybe reboot first), then there's your culprit.
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Old 10-03-2005, 02:54 PM   #4 (permalink)
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What OS? HDD specs and age of it?

Run ScanDisk.
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Old 10-04-2005, 08:36 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Anyway, try using a program to visually represent where your space is going; I think SiN recommended SequoiaView, and there's a freeware version of it.
nope, I recommended TreeSizePro. not sure if it comes in a free version as well ?

but yes, such a program is really the first place to turn to in such situations.
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Old 10-04-2005, 09:11 AM   #6 (permalink)
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What is the size of the Temporary Internet Files Folder? Are you using Internet Explorer?
Goto Tools\Internet Options\Settings, how large is it set to?

Clean up any *.tmp files, I use System Mechanic to clean up junk, obsolete files.
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Old 10-08-2005, 02:02 PM   #7 (permalink)
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As suggested, use sequoia view to visually represent the directory and file sized of the drive, you'll be able to see what the largest files and directories are, from there you may be able to figure out where they are coming from and how to get rid of them. Let us know how you get on.
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