Hard Drive Space Disappearing...

[judgeofallandnothing]

Anyone know anything that would cause that? I scanned my computer with 3 different virus scanner and came up with nothing... I tried deleting my system restore points.. and I just cant figure out where all my hard drive space is going to...anyone have any idea...

[callum]

Windows washer should clear up alot of space, you can download a free trial.



http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/windoww...asher/index.php (http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/windowwasher/index.php)

[judgeofallandnothing]

not much help anyone have any other ideas

[nightsky]

there's not enough info from you, so it's kinda hard to say what cause that problem. Did this happen before or just came up?

[3rd gen noob]

how much space are you actually losing?

what rate is the loss occuring at?

[judgeofallandnothing]

for example I install a game like Enter The Matrix I have like 11 gigs(Out of 80) and then after installtion its like 8 gigs so after a while i decide i hate that game so i uninstall it completely no saved games no nothing and after its finished uninstalling i would only have 10 gigs left. Thats why I think this is weird

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by judgeofallandnothing@31 July 2003 - 03:07
for example I install a game like Enter The Matrix I have like 11 gigs(Out of 80) and then after installtion its like 8 gigs so after a while i decide i hate that game so i uninstall it completely no saved games no nothing and after its finished uninstalling i would only have 10 gigs left. Thats why I think this is weird
ah...so it's not a constant loss every day then

well, you could try using a program called add/remove plus to remove applications, this may help

also, have you tried navigating to the folder you installed the game in to see if there are any fragments left?
there may be hidden files you cannot see. to show these go to tools>folder options then check "show hidden files and folders)

[judgeofallandnothing]

guess what after i used window washer my recycle bin doesnt show deleted files anymore anymore and files from Jedi Academy are deleted too. :angry:

[skelley521]

Look for a program called SequoiaView, its freeware.
It will show you a a picture of your hard drive in block form and tell you the file name, location and size.
Also, even though you uninstall games and application, they still tend to leave a file folder with small parts of the program behind. Browse to your program files and take the time to look for folders of games and applications that you no longer have and delete them.
A good cleaning program is also good to help you clean up temp. folders and such. Use windows disk cleanup for starters; I also like a program called Ultra WinClean or System Mechanic.

Hope this helps,
Steve

[mogadishu]

its probably all the porn you're downloading.

[Xilo]

Originally posted by mogadishu@30 July 2003 - 21:01
its probably all the porn you're downloading.
:lol:

[Ma5t3rM1nD]

If you have Win XP here is some tips to save some space -
Right click My Computer, Properties.
Hit the advanced tab.
Hit settings for the first section "Performance", Advanced Tab.
Go to virtual memory and change to whatever size you want I use 0mb.
Now go to the system restore tab, close all Windows except the one you started with. In system restore either turn it off or adjust to what you want using the slider.
One more tip Internet Properties, Temporary Internet Files, Settings, View Files. Use the slider to adjust to whatever size [don't put it too low.] Also this one's a cache what it does if you allow 100mb then 100mb will be the temp internet files limit. So it doesn't affect space until you use your comp more.

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by LeUaNt|cS@31 July 2003 - 09:16
Go to virtual memory and change to whatever size you want I use 0mb.

unless you have a lot (1024 meg+) of ram, don't get rid of virtual memory

your computer will run slower than if you had some alloted virtual memory

[scott_hedrick]

You can safely set the minimum virtual memory to 0MB, just make sure that you set a nonzero maximum, I suggest the same size as your RAM, so that Windows can swap pages of RAM out to disk in case you run out of RAM, and not have to re-organise the PF each time that fills up.

As long as the minimum is 0, you should not have any space consumed (It will use about 10MB always anyway, unless you disable it) by the PF unless you are low on RAM.

Scott

[Terminator]

[QUOTE]judgeofallandnothing Posted on 31 July 2003 - 02:42
guess what after i used window washer my recycle bin doesnt show deleted files anymore anymore and files from Jedi Academy are deleted too.


me too- anyone have any solutions?

[shn]

Its the cookie monster. :o

Me want cookies :D :D :D