On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 05:29:05 -0400, you wrote: Wayne - my friend would I consider you a SA?
>At 03:55 AM 8/30/2005, Hugh Gundersen typed: >>Earlier problems I have encountered is with D: where I keep or download >>files to. Often this reads that I have only 10Gb left out of 23Gb but then >>slowly drops to 10Mb. > >What app are you reading this with? With Total Commander if one does an >Alt-Shift-Enter it will yield the amount every folder in the applicable >window takes up on your HD which at times for me has yield somewhat >surprising results as to how much space was being used where. Not used that proggie yet.... > >>No matter how much I empty old files and defrag it still reads 10Mb left. > >I assume that you don't have Norton's Recycle Bin as that always kept quite >a few files back in the day when I ran such an app. I also assume that you >empty the recycle bin for that drive. Yes I do and I empty it daily and the protected files too at least weekly. > >>I copied the whole drive to another drive and >>reformatted D: then copied all the files back to find they only took 8Gb >>out of 23Gb whereas before the exercise they read 22.9Gb out of 23.4Gb. > >How much space do you have allotted to TIF [temporary internet files] ? I >assume that you've emptied the temp files in >"c:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Local Settings\Temp\" & other similar >locations. Again tend to clear our often but will check > >>Any resolutions and help would be welcome? > >While for once not being a SA if you keep hitting these limits after >effectively cleaning things out then moving up to a larger HD may be in >order, comrade. Well the OS drive started at 30Gb then I expanded it to 40Gb I can add another 23Gb but I cannot understand why it is creaping up like this. Regards Sir Hugh of Bognor Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bognor-bill.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK ------------------------------------------------- Vyisder Asmeni Orsisarsis Asderisorsis. B.Cozderiz Vunarz PERORZ ------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
