Cane

One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?

Anthony x

On 27 Jul, 07:34, Cane <CaneU...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?

The system history restoration is very memory hungry.

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BGN

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:34:59 -0700, Cane <CaneUKRM@gmail.com> wrote:

>One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
>half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
>have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?

What file system is on it, NTFS, FAT32 or something else?

If it's used for surfing t'internet and the web cache is on then it
could be downloading a page or an image which is about 1Kb and
sticking it in a 64Kb cluster meaning that the 1Kb file takes up 64Kb
of physical disk space.

To find out what file system you've got you could open Explorer and
choose the drive in question from the left hand pane, right click on
it and go to Properties.

If it's using NTFS then I *think* that defaults to 64K clusters still.

Next step: Do a search in for all files on your hard drive which are
smaller than 64K, include hidden files in this search. Now look at
the total of how big they are. Keep that figure in mind and then
multiply the actual number of files on the drive by 64 and that's how
much space they're really taking up.

Of course, it could be something else entirely.

What about just doing a windows search for all files over 10Mb and
then sorting them by date to see what has 'grown' since you last
cleared it out.
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Ben

"Cane" <CaneUKRM@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>

Try http://www.ccleaner.com/

This will clean out all the crap (temp) files stored on the pc. Hense being
called Crap Cleaner.

Best of all, its free

Maybe worth a try right click c drive then properties, and click on Disk
Cleanup. You'd be suprised how much this can free up space (but can take a
little while depending how big the hard drive is)
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B.

ogden

Cane wrote:
>
> One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?

Stop downloading pr0n.

--
ogden
sv650 - surprisingly quick for a girl's bike

Cane

On 27 Jul, 08:20, ogden <og...@pre.org> wrote:

> > One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> > half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> > have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>
> Stop downloading pr0n.

I'm an uploader :~)

dog

Cane wrote:
> One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?

a script kiddie is storing paedo pr0n in between the disk sectors on
your computer.
--
dog
sl1000 two#5

Simon Wilson

Cane wrote:
> One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>
I find

http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/on.../sequoiaview//

very useful for finding things that are eating up disk space.

HTH

--
/Simon (the unburnt one)

Anthony x

On 27 Jul, 09:04, Cane <CaneU...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27 Jul, 08:20, ogden <og...@pre.org> wrote:
>
> > > One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> > > half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> > > have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>
> > Stop downloading pr0n.
>
> I'm an uploader :~)

no. a biloader :-)

Cane

On 27 Jul, 09:18, Anthony x <ad...@asb-comm-logicx.net> wrote:

> > > > One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> > > > half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> > > > have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>
> > > Stop downloading pr0n.
>
> > I'm an uploader :~)
>
> no. a biloader :-)

heh, took me a couple of reads but I got it eventually :-)

Cane

On 27 Jul, 07:42, Anthony x <ad...@asb-comm-logicx.net> wrote:

> > One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> > half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> > have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>
> The system history restoration is very memory hungry.

Does XP keep all of the previous restore points?

Cane

On 27 Jul, 09:13, dog <d...@dev.null> wrote:

> > One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> > half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> > have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>
> a script kiddie is storing paedo pr0n in between the disk sectors on
> your computer.

Damn, I'll uninstall Langham V1.02

Cane

On 27 Jul, 07:47, BGN <nickmoo...@spamcop.net> wrote:

> What about just doing a windows search for all files over 10Mb and
> then sorting them by date to see what has 'grown' since you last
> cleared it out.

Now that sounds like a good call.

Scraggy

Cane wrote:
> One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?

Got a lot of restore points? If so, switch off the monitoring system.
Reboot. Switch restore back on.
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members. Groucho Marx

Cane

On 27 Jul, 09:16, Simon Wilson

http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/on.../visualization...
>
> very useful for finding things that are eating up disk space.

That's a handy little prog, cheers.

> /Simon (the unburnt one)

heh.

Cane

On 27 Jul, 08:19, "Ben" <b...@somewhere.com> wrote:

> > One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> > half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> > have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>
> Tryhttp://www.ccleaner.com/
>
> This will clean out all the crap (temp) files stored on the pc. Hense being
> called Crap Cleaner.

What a fab little program. I'm at work now but I ran it on my PC here
and cleared a gig of rubbish.

Cane

On 27 Jul, 09:29, "Scraggy" <scra...@abuseisgoodforyou.org.be> wrote:

> > One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> > half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> > have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>
> Got a lot of restore points? If so, switch off the monitoring system.

How do I do that?

> Reboot. Switch restore back on.

I can do this bit.

Bear

In article <1185524997.387374.316070@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>, Cane
says...
> On 27 Jul, 07:47, BGN <nickmoo...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
> > What about just doing a windows search for all files over 10Mb and
> > then sorting them by date to see what has 'grown' since you last
> > cleared it out.
>
> Now that sounds like a good call.

I also find Treesize (a free utility) jolly useful in identifying large
files (especially videos and the like) that you can then delete if
they're no longer used.

Or you could just stop being such a pikey and buy a better PC.

PS: have you checked it through with AVG and SpyBot to check nothing
untoward is taking place?
--
Bear

Cane

On 27 Jul, 09:36, Bear <bastardDOTb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <1185524997.387374.316...@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>, Cane
> says...
>
> > On 27 Jul, 07:47, BGN <nickmoo...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
> > > What about just doing a windows search for all files over 10Mb and
> > > then sorting them by date to see what has 'grown' since you last
> > > cleared it out.
>
> > Now that sounds like a good call.
>
> I also find Treesize (a free utility) jolly useful in identifying large
> files (especially videos and the like) that you can then delete if
> they're no longer used.

That's a good prog.

> Or you could just stop being such a pikey and buy a better PC.

heh, It has crossed my mind.

> PS: have you checked it through with AVG and SpyBot to check nothing
> untoward is taking place?

I run these regularly but I'll check for updates.

Scraggy

Cane wrote:
> On 27 Jul, 09:29, "Scraggy" <scra...@abuseisgoodforyou.org.be> wrote:
>
>>> One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
>>> half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
>>> have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>>
>> Got a lot of restore points? If so, switch off the monitoring system.
>
> How do I do that?
>
>> Reboot. Switch restore back on.
>
> I can do this bit.

Start>Control Panel>System>System Restore> put tick in box
Do the bit you can do.
Take tick out of box.

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members. Groucho Marx

Phil Launchbury

In article <1185524813.723734.233780@b79g2000hse.googlegroups .com>, Cane wrote:
> On 27 Jul, 07:42, Anthony x <ad...@asb-comm-logicx.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> The system history restoration is very memory hungry.
>
> Does XP keep all of the previous restore points?

Up to the limit of how much disc space you[1] have told it to use - yes.

Phil.

[1] Or - more accurately - it has calculated you can do without.

--
Phil Launchbury, IT PHB
'I'm training the bats that live in my cube
to juggle mushrooms'

christofire

Bear wrote:

> In article <1185524997.387374.316070@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>,
> Cane says...
> > On 27 Jul, 07:47, BGN <nickmoo...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> >
> > > What about just doing a windows search for all files over 10Mb and
> > > then sorting them by date to see what has 'grown' since you last
> > > cleared it out.
> >
> > Now that sounds like a good call.
>
> I also find Treesize (a free utility) jolly useful in identifying
> large files (especially videos and the like) that you can then delete
> if they're no longer used.

http://windirstat.info/ - shows you in a nice little picture, hover
over the obscenly large squares and it tells you the location at the
bottom. Click on one and it takes you to it in the file explorer above
the pic.

If you click a directory, it'll outline it in the picture and show you
how big that directory is in relation to everything else. Well worth
trying, very small and free.

--
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Beav

"Cane" <CaneUKRM@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?

Your porn vids are getting too big.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

Cane

On 27 Jul, 09:31, Cane <CaneU...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> > > half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> > > have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>
> > Tryhttp://www.ccleaner.com/
>
> > This will clean out all the crap (temp) files stored on the pc. Hense being
> > called Crap Cleaner.
>
> What a fab little program. I'm at work now but I ran it on my PC here
> and cleared a gig of rubbish.

....and 28 gigs on the problem PC at home

Cheers Ben.

Cane

On 27 Jul, 16:11, "Beav" <beavis.origi...@ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:

> > One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> > half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> > have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>
> Your porn vids are getting too big.

Thankfully mine are still on VHS

Bear

In article <1185563534.274322.44970@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups. com>, Cane
says...
> On 27 Jul, 16:11, "Beav" <beavis.origi...@ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:
>
> > > One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> > > half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> > > have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
> >
> > Your porn vids are getting too big.
>
> Thankfully mine are still on VHS

Mmmmmmmm ... the self video'd retro look.

*nice*
--
Bear

Grimly Curmudgeon

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Ben" <ben@somewhere.com> saying
something like:

>Try http://www.ccleaner.com/
>
>This will clean out all the crap (temp) files stored on the pc. Hense being
>called Crap Cleaner.
>
>Best of all, its free

That's improved a lot in the past couple of years. It was a handy little
utility then and just got better.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

vulgarandmischevious

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:59:07 -0700 Cane wrote:

>On 27 Jul, 09:31, Cane <CaneU...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > > One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
>> > > half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
>> > > have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>>
>> > Tryhttp://www.ccleaner.com/
>>
>> > This will clean out all the crap (temp) files stored on the pc. Hense being
>> > called Crap Cleaner.
>>
>> What a fab little program. I'm at work now but I ran it on my PC here
>> and cleared a gig of rubbish.
>
>...and 28 gigs on the problem PC at home

That's a lot of porn, Field-Marshall.


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R

"Cane" <CaneUKRM@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
> half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
> have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>

Add another drive then

Dave Emerson

"Cane" <CaneUKRM@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1185562747.139881.179610@r34g2000hsd.googlegr oups.com...
> On 27 Jul, 09:31, Cane <CaneU...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > > One of my PCs keeps running out of disk space. Even when I free up
>> > > half a gig by removing old programs withing a few days it seems to
>> > > have eaten it up again. WTF is going on?
>>
>> > Tryhttp://www.ccleaner.com/
>>
>> > This will clean out all the crap (temp) files stored on the pc. Hense
>> > being
>> > called Crap Cleaner.
>>
>> What a fab little program. I'm at work now but I ran it on my PC here
>> and cleared a gig of rubbish.
>
> ...and 28 gigs on the problem PC at home

Just tried it a cleared 51 gigs, nearly all from the GoogleEarth cache.
Won't this just load again next time I fire up GE?

The registry cleaner is very handy, it found all the links to the
non-english help files that I'd manually deleted from a load of applicaions
plus a variety of odds-n-sods.

It's worth running it multiple time is sequence 'til it gives a nil return
as it will first delete unwanted key data references, then next time fine
that there keys will no references and delete those, etc, unwraping the
empty nests.

I did take the option for a backup file, just is case, but the machines not
crashed or complained about anything yet....

--
Dave
ex Motorcycle Maintenance Workshop
http://tinyurl.com/4mhaw