You are correct in that the same command doesn't work between systems. Think of it this way, memory is fast, expensive, and volatile. Storage is less expensive, slower and non-volatile.
Volatile simply means that when the power goes off memory is gone where storage is there even if power is not available, you can't access it but it is still there. David Ferrin Life it what happens after you have already made other plans. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Justice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] FINDING REMAINING MEMORY ON MAIN DISK DRIVE Elf, I did check the Status Bar and still couldn't get anything. But when I activated the Jaws cursor and moved up the screen, I found the information. It just reads "Free space" or something like that and provides it in gigabytes. Apparently, the same command sequence doesn't work on Windows 7 machines. John and Linda Justice With guide dogs Jake and Zachary PERSONAL E-MAIL: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of inthaneelf Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 11:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] FINDING REMAINING MEMORY ON MAIN DISK DRIVE hi, I think I know what's wrong here. open a windows explorer window, go into the view menu and see if the status bar is checked to show that may be what is causing you to not see it, it isn't there to read HTH, elf -----Original Message----- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Justice Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 11:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] FINDING REMAINING MEMORY ON MAIN DISK DRIVE David, Your comment regarding memory versus storage is noted. However, for some reason and I do not know why, the Say Line suggestion you made does not work on my Windows 7 machine. I remember that it did with XP but I get nothing using the same command on Windows 7. Can you suggest a reason why this might be happening? We can have the discussion about my English interpretation of memory over storage some other time. I would appreciate your help with this issue I'm now experiencing. John and Linda Justice With guide dogs Jake and Zachary PERSONAL E-MAIL: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 6:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] FINDING REMAINING MEMORY ON MAIN DISK DRIVE John my friend, we've been over this before. First off drives have storage not memory. Now having said that simply open your computer and when focused on for the sake of argument your local system drive just do a say line. That's what works here. David Ferrin Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind, and the ones that mind don't matter. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Justice Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 6:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Blind-Computing] FINDING REMAINING MEMORY ON MAIN DISK DRIVE I'm using Jaws 14 Professional, Windows 7 Professional. I know that this was discussed a while back but I can't find it. How can you get the remaining disk space on the main drive? JOHN AND LINDA JUSTICE WITH GUIDE DOGS JAKE AND ZACHARY PERSONAL E-MAIL: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
