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Low disk space

Mar 5, 2004 3:24AM PST

Every time I use my computer now this message pops up on the right-hand corner with a disc icon. it says "Low disk space. You are running out of space on the local disk (C) To free space on this drive by deleting old or unnecessary files, click here." I do click it and it performs **** cleanup. Sometimes it frees up a few MB of space and sometimes it doesn't. I have no virus or parasites. I have Ad-aware, AVG, Zonealarm installed and run these daily. I have not downloaded any new hardware. I have done defragmenting with no problems. In the past I had some 1500 songs downloaded and it never said I was low on **** space. I have had my system restored by a professional back to the original Windows ME. As of today I have 36 mp3's downloaded. I checked local disk C: and it shows Capacity 1.99 GB, Used 1.94 GB, Free 59.9MB. Am I overlooking something? I delete temp files and delete mp3's. So what is taking up all my space?

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Re:Low disk space would not be surprising on a 1.99 GB drive.
Mar 5, 2004 3:47AM PST

Read your post...

"Capacity 1.99 GB, Used 1.94 GB, Free 59.9MB."

This is usually the sign that someone partitioned the drive with some old dos disk and answered NO to large disk support.

Fixing this is not automatic or easy. The "professional" messed up.

Bob

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Re:Low disk space would not be surprising on a 1.99 GB drive
Jun 11, 2004 8:37AM PDT

Hi Bob. Thanks for the info. I agree with your analysis. I did have to have my computer fixed by someone other than the "professional" who messed it up in the first place. The new guy that worked on it agreed with you. Works like a charm now. This is a great forum. Keep up the good work.

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Re:Low disk space
Mar 8, 2004 10:45AM PST

You have a 2 gig drive, which is really small by todays standards. The mp3 are taking up your disk space. If you tag each one and read it file size,when you add them together, they will equal the missing disk space. To free up the space, copy them to disk, and then delete them from your computer.
But a larger hard drive, should be your plan.
With the size of files, games, sounds and graphics today. A 2 gig hard drive will only serve to keep you aggrivated. It is just to small. I have a 40 gig hard drive, and its past time for me to upgrade. Spend tha cash, get a larger drive.........Later....

La~Chill