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URGENT HELP NEEDED !!!!!!!!!!!! LOW ON SPACE !!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know what happened but I'm severely low on disk
space. I was in the living room and had about 400 mb or so of space left. I shut the laptop off and went into my bedroom where I started the computer back up. Now, it tells me that I only have around 100 mb. What happened ? I tried to run Norton's but it told me that there were no viruses. I ran HiJack This, and that, too, told me that nothing was wrong. Still ****ed, I ran AdAware and, suprise, suprise, there was nothing wrong. Please help ? |
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URGENT HELP NEEDED !!!!!!!!!!!! LOW ON SPACE !!!!!!!!!!!!
You have a virus.
It's called "UR2Stupid2ownORuseAcomputer" and needs immediate rectification. Alternatively you could look for yourself at Explorer and see where the clutter is. You cannot seriously think anyone reading your post would be able to assist you on the basis of what you wrote?!?! Hmmm? -----Original Message----- I don't know what happened but I'm severely low on disk space. I was in the living room and had about 400 mb or so of space left. I shut the laptop off and went into my bedroom where I started the computer back up. Now, it tells me that I only have around 100 mb. What happened ? I tried to run Norton's but it told me that there were no viruses. I ran HiJack This, and that, too, told me that nothing was wrong. Still ****ed, I ran AdAware and, suprise, suprise, there was nothing wrong. Please help ? . |
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URGENT HELP NEEDED !!!!!!!!!!!! LOW ON SPACE !!!!!!!!!!!!
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You cannot seriously think anyone reading your post would be able to assist you on the basis of what you wrote?!?! snip Possibly, but I'd like to think we wouldn't be so sarcastic. -- Curt--not the MVP by the same name W98 Support & Discussion: http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi Windows How-tos and and Freewa http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Windows Help & Discussion: http://forum.aumha.org/ " wrote in message ... You have a virus. It's called "UR2Stupid2ownORuseAcomputer" and needs immediate rectification. Alternatively you could look for yourself at Explorer and see where the clutter is. You cannot seriously think anyone reading your post would be able to assist you on the basis of what you wrote?!?! Hmmm? -----Original Message----- I don't know what happened but I'm severely low on disk space. I was in the living room and had about 400 mb or so of space left. I shut the laptop off and went into my bedroom where I started the computer back up. Now, it tells me that I only have around 100 mb. What happened ? I tried to run Norton's but it told me that there were no viruses. I ran HiJack This, and that, too, told me that nothing was wrong. Still ****ed, I ran AdAware and, suprise, suprise, there was nothing wrong. Please help ? . --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.701 / Virus Database: 458 - Release Date: 6/7/04 |
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URGENT HELP NEEDED !!!!!!!!!!!! LOW ON SPACE !!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a Pentium 3 ThinkPad i series. 500 mhz. Running
Windows98SE. I don't know what happened. The drive is showing about three hundred less mb of space then there should be. Please help. I ran Norton's, like I said, and there was no virus. Please help. |
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URGENT HELP NEEDED !!!!!!!!!!!! LOW ON SPACE !!!!!!!!!!!!
-----Original Message----- You have a virus. It's called "UR2Stupid2ownORuseAcomputer" and needs immediate rectification. Alternatively you could look for yourself at Explorer and see where the clutter is. You cannot seriously think anyone reading your post would be able to assist you on the basis of what you wrote?!?! Hmmm? Well, since I'm so stupid, maybe you can tell me what you mean by Explorer. Do you mean Windows Explorer in the start menu ? If so, how would I look for clutter ? |
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URGENT HELP NEEDED !!!!!!!!!!!! LOW ON SPACE !!!!!!!!!!!!
Your problem is that with today's computers, 400mb of hard drive space is
nothing at all. If you open one or two large files, the swapfile (virtual memory space on your hard drive) could eat that up in seconds. You either need a larger hard drive or you need to be more aggressive with cleaning up unneeded programs and data files. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Spottedfeather" wrote in message ... I have a Pentium 3 ThinkPad i series. 500 mhz. Running Windows98SE. I don't know what happened. The drive is showing about three hundred less mb of space then there should be. Please help. I ran Norton's, like I said, and there was no virus. Please help. |
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URGENT HELP NEEDED !!!!!!!!!!!! LOW ON SPACE !!!!!!!!!!!!
Spottedfeather,
As that idiot demonstrated, there are things infinitely worse than being uninformed or uneducated on a given subject. Please don't acknowledge people who post such rude, immature, unconstructive replies. The person who mentioned searching for and removing large or unneccessary files was most likely on the right track. There's many possible explanations for why you saw such a drastic change in your available disk space but would start with the basics and work up from there. Most versions of Windows include tools to clean up temporary or unneeded files. They can usually be found by 'Right-Clicking' on the icon of the harddrive you're concerned with in 'My Computer' or 'Windows Explorer' then selecting 'Properties' and look for something called 'Disk Cleanup'. These tools can also be found under various folders in the 'Programs' directory depending on what OS you're running. If the utility doesn't confirm that it found several hundred megs of space to reclaim, you may want to manually browse through your harrdrive looking for obvious files you can safely delete. These are often located in fairly standard folders with names like 'TEMP' or in the C:\ (root)directory or C:\Windows\Temp ... If you back up the data you've created that's important to you, you should be able to proceed with some degree of confidence that anything you might accidently break can be fixed or reinstalled ! Jay -----Original Message----- You have a virus. It's called "UR2Stupid2ownORuseAcomputer" and needs immediate rectification. Alternatively you could look for yourself at Explorer and see where the clutter is. You cannot seriously think anyone reading your post would be able to assist you on the basis of what you wrote?!?! Hmmm? Well, since I'm so stupid, maybe you can tell me what you mean by Explorer. Do you mean Windows Explorer in the start menu ? If so, how would I look for clutter ? . |
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