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05-12-2011, 07:34 PM
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Location: Long Island, NY
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Hard drive space??? WTF
Hard drive space all used up?
Man I don't have much on my C drive:out of 13.9 Gigs, it says all I have left is 573 megs...I dont have many programs on my computer...I check the add/remove list and I only have one program using more than 220 negs and that is microsoft offce...where or what is gobbling all my hard drive space? Cant be all CJ's program  adding up all the other programs in the add/remove lists only comes up with an additional 600 megs of assorted small programs? My pictures only use up another 400 megs of space...I have NO MUSIC or videos either!!! 
Any ideas?
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05-12-2011, 07:54 PM
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Run this little honey where it says "current installer" and begin sniffing.
That's right, it's Space Sniffer. It'll clue you in on you HD contents.
http://windirstat.info/download.html
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05-12-2011, 07:59 PM
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crusty old guy
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You have a 14 gig C: drive, and you are using some version of Windows?? If the answer is "yes" you clearly don't have enough space for Windows. You really should allow anywhere from 20 - 50 GB just for Windows (depending on the version) as there the install files plus the updates over time.
Perhaps your OS is installed on a different drive but that would be unusual.
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05-12-2011, 08:00 PM
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14g is a tiny amount these days. Just get another drive -- they're cheap.
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05-12-2011, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bigmack
Run this little honey where it says "current installer" and begin sniffing.
That's right, it's Space Sniffer. It'll clue you in on you HD contents.
http://windirstat.info/download.html |
Ran that program and some windows program Dr Watson 32.log is using 4.3 gigs itself!!!! Safe to delete?
Last edited by Storm Cadet; 05-12-2011 at 08:11 PM.
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05-12-2011, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Storm Cadet
Ran that program and some windows program Dr Watson is using 4.3 gigs itself!!!! Safe to delete?
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Good Gawd. You'd best double click on it in Sniffer to ensure it isn't holding something you need.
Otherwise, I'd blow it up real good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Watson
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05-12-2011, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by bigmack
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Yeah it shows a the LARGEST thing on my computer HD...huge...takes up the whole left upper quandrant...how do I know it it's needed...its a log text file it says!
Last edited by Storm Cadet; 05-12-2011 at 08:16 PM.
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05-12-2011, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Storm Cadet
Yeah it shows a the LARGEST thing on my computer HD...huge...takes up the whole left upper quandrant...how do I know it it's needed...its a log text file it says!
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Yeah, tell the Dr to scram. Delete away.
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05-12-2011, 08:26 PM
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The good dr is NO LONGER in the house!!!!  thanks for all your help!
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05-12-2011, 08:34 PM
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You still need a larger hard drive.
I downloaded a 182-meg PDF today and that is an approximate 1.5% of your total HD space.
HD's are quite easy to add, even internal ones.
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05-12-2011, 09:07 PM
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Just another Facist
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i still don't think he has a 14gig hard drive......... something don't wash here.
is that computer 12 years old? if so , you might have a 14gig hard drive.
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05-12-2011, 09:18 PM
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Ralph,
All he needs to do is provide brand and model number and default HD size could be determined easily.
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05-12-2011, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by JustRalph
i still don't think he has a 14gig hard drive......... something don't wash here.
is that computer 12 years old? if so , you might have a 14gig hard drive.
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Ralph...yes it is about 10-12 years old...  Sony Vaio PCG-FRV27...runs great. All I do on it is horse racing internet pages and run CJ's Pacefigures program (and as soon as the days racing is over...poof I delete those data files)
I also have a  Asus netbook for travel, a  IBM thinkpad for work travel AND my office  Dell PC at my University! not to mention my  Blackberry
Last edited by Storm Cadet; 05-12-2011 at 09:36 PM.
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05-12-2011, 09:39 PM
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* Sony VAIO PCG-FRV27 Laptop
* 2.66-GHz Pentium 4, 512 MB RAM
* 40 GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive
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05-12-2011, 09:53 PM
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BTW Ralph...on MY Computer icon it also says I have a "D" drive which has 18.6 GB capacity and 17.6 GB free. Is this really available usable disk space and if so can I shift some of my programs I rarely use and my picture albums to this area to free up more space on C drive?
I've had this computer for 10-12 years and never downloaded any thing to D Drive.
And my internal dvd player in it hasnt worked for years...I have it attached to a Sony DVD external drive!
Last edited by Storm Cadet; 05-12-2011 at 09:56 PM.
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