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Clutch Cargo
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
Location: Sim City 2005
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 Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 2:11 pm Post subject: Losing my memory |
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| Actually wondering where all my hard drive space is. I've got a toshiba laptop 30 gig and running xp. I don't have that much stuff on there that can account for so much hd space being used. A couple of movies and some music comes to 6gig, so what the hell is using the other 10 or so gigs? Is this a thing with laptop memory? I clean up the hd regularly but always seem to be struggling to keep it running on the 1/3-free hd principle that a few people have told me is best for laptops. Probably a dumb question but I could just be missing something. Any light... |
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Mr. Literal
Joined: 03 Jul 2003
Location: Third rock from the Sun.
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: Losing my memory |
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| Clutch Cargo wrote: |
| Actually wondering where all my hard drive space is. I've got a toshiba laptop 30 gig and running xp. I don't have that much stuff on there that can account for so much hd space being used. A couple of movies and some music comes to 6gig, so what the hell is using the other 10 or so gigs? Is this a thing with laptop memory? I clean up the hd regularly but always seem to be struggling to keep it running on the 1/3-free hd principle that a few people have told me is best for laptops. Probably a dumb question but I could just be missing something. Any light... |
Delete the porn. It really eats up storage space. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Are you using Norton?
I had the same problem as you. Until I noticed that everything I had sent to the recycle bin hadn't actually been deleted when I emptied the recycle bin! It's because Norton keeps them in the "Norton protected" folder. You have to purge that folder. I went from 13 out of 80gig free space to 26 out of 80!!! |
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trevorcollins
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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download ccleaner or even the free trial of windows washer.
you'll be amazed at how much junk those programs clear off your computer. |
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Clutch Cargo
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
Location: Sim City 2005
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks guys |
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Clutch Cargo
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
Location: Sim City 2005
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| hmmm.....just uninstalled morpheus and regained about 9 gigs. must have been a bunch of partial downloads which were being squirrelled away somewhere. |
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