Perplexed over sudden Full Disk

For some reason, my C disk is suddenly full when
previously there was 1 GB of memory free. The capacity on
this disk is 4.75 GB and it is saying I have used 4.7 (up
from 3.7 previously). I haven't downloaded anything
recently except for ie6, which isn't even close to that
size. I don't know much about memory, but I have always
had a lot of it to spare.

The other thing that happened just before I got that my
disk was full, was I tried to download a screensaver,
which quit downloading after only 100 KB. I meant to
hit "close" on the box, but accidently hit "open". The
program began to run continuously, doing what I don't
know....I tried to delete it but couldn't because it was
continuously running. Perhaps stupidly I left it go, and
I'm not sure how long afterwards but I got a message
saying my C drive is full.

The only other thing I downloaded yesterday just before
that was an ie6 update, trying to solve recent problems I
have with downloads quitting early (as in the screensaver
case).

Anyone know how I can determine what has filled up 1GB of
disk space ? I would really appreciate the help, thanks !

LA

Memory refers to Ram--not available hard drive space.

If the screensaver download was in a .scr (versus .zip for example) format,
do a search on: *.scr and see what you find.

You also might want to Open Windows Explorer and delete the contents of your
Temp folder. I'd also delete the temporary internet files (open IE, tools,
internet options, general tab). Check the status of your recycle bin--if
full, dump it.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"LA" wrote in message
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For some reason, my C disk is suddenly full when
previously there was 1 GB of memory free. The capacity on
this disk is 4.75 GB and it is saying I have used 4.7 (up
from 3.7 previously). I haven't downloaded anything
recently except for ie6, which isn't even close to that
size. I don't know much about memory, but I have always
had a lot of it to spare.

The other thing that happened just before I got that my
disk was full, was I tried to download a screensaver,
which quit downloading after only 100 KB. I meant to
hit "close" on the box, but accidently hit "open". The
program began to run continuously, doing what I don't
know....I tried to delete it but couldn't because it was
continuously running. Perhaps stupidly I left it go, and
I'm not sure how long afterwards but I got a message
saying my C drive is full.

The only other thing I downloaded yesterday just before
that was an ie6 update, trying to solve recent problems I
have with downloads quitting early (as in the screensaver
case).

Anyone know how I can determine what has filled up 1GB of
disk space ? I would really appreciate the help, thanks !

LA

Thanks for your help. Nothing came up on the *.scr search
except the usual screensavers, so I don't think that could
be the problem...and I already deleted temp files and
recycle bin, which had little in them. I'm thinking of
uninstalling ie6....I dunno, that seems to be the only
thing taking up the missing 1GB of space. I had no idea
it would be so big. That is just an awful lot of disk
space to be suddenly full...I'm surprised by it.

LA
-----Original Message-----
Memory refers to Ram--not available hard drive space.

If the screensaver download was in a .scr (versus .zip
for example) format,
do a search on: *.scr and see what you find.

You also might want to Open Windows Explorer and delete
the contents of your
Temp folder. I'd also delete the temporary internet
files (open IE, tools,
internet options, general tab). Check the status of your
recycle bin--if
full, dump it.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"LA" wrote in
message
...
For some reason, my C disk is suddenly full when
previously there was 1 GB of memory free. The capacity
on
this disk is 4.75 GB and it is saying I have used 4.7
(up
from 3.7 previously). I haven't downloaded anything
recently except for ie6, which isn't even close to that
size. I don't know much about memory, but I have always
had a lot of it to spare.

The other thing that happened just before I got that my
disk was full, was I tried to download a screensaver,
which quit downloading after only 100 KB. I meant to
hit "close" on the box, but accidently hit "open". The
program began to run continuously, doing what I don't
know....I tried to delete it but couldn't because it was
continuously running. Perhaps stupidly I left it go,
and
I'm not sure how long afterwards but I got a message
saying my C drive is full.

The only other thing I downloaded yesterday just before
that was an ie6 update, trying to solve recent problems
I
have with downloads quitting early (as in the
screensaver
case).

Anyone know how I can determine what has filled up 1GB
of
disk space ? I would really appreciate the help,
thanks !

LA


.

LA wrote:

For some reason, my C disk is suddenly full when
previously there was 1 GB of memory free. The capacity on
this disk is 4.75 GB and it is saying I have used 4.7 (up
from 3.7 previously). I haven't downloaded anything
recently except for ie6, which isn't even close to that
size. I don't know much about memory, but I have always
had a lot of it to spare.

The other thing that happened just before I got that my
disk was full, was I tried to download a screensaver,
which quit downloading after only 100 KB. I meant to
hit "close" on the box, but accidently hit "open". The
program began to run continuously, doing what I don't
know....I tried to delete it but couldn't because it was
continuously running. Perhaps stupidly I left it go, and
I'm not sure how long afterwards but I got a message
saying my C drive is full.

The only other thing I downloaded yesterday just before
that was an ie6 update, trying to solve recent problems I
have with downloads quitting early (as in the screensaver
case).

Anyone know how I can determine what has filled up 1GB of
disk space ? I would really appreciate the help, thanks !

LA

You could use Find File (on the Start menu) with the Date
or Advanced options to look for either all files that have
changed in the last nn days, or for all files exceeding
nnn megabytes and see what turns up.

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Thank you CJT...that was just what I needed I spent an
hour (or two) looking through my C drive trying to find
some big mysterious file and this was taking too long. I
should have noticed I could do selective searches in Find
before....great tip; hope I get to the bottom of this now.

LA
-----Original Message-----
LA wrote:

For some reason, my C disk is suddenly full when
previously there was 1 GB of memory free. The capacity
on
this disk is 4.75 GB and it is saying I have used 4.7
(up
from 3.7 previously). I haven't downloaded anything
recently except for ie6, which isn't even close to that
size. I don't know much about memory, but I have
always
had a lot of it to spare.

The other thing that happened just before I got that my
disk was full, was I tried to download a screensaver,
which quit downloading after only 100 KB. I meant to
hit "close" on the box, but accidently hit "open". The
program began to run continuously, doing what I don't
know....I tried to delete it but couldn't because it
was
continuously running. Perhaps stupidly I left it go,
and
I'm not sure how long afterwards but I got a message
saying my C drive is full.

The only other thing I downloaded yesterday just before
that was an ie6 update, trying to solve recent problems
I
have with downloads quitting early (as in the
screensaver
case).

Anyone know how I can determine what has filled up 1GB
of
disk space ? I would really appreciate the help,
thanks !

LA

You could use Find File (on the Start menu) with the Date
or Advanced options to look for either all files that have
changed in the last nn days, or for all files exceeding
nnn megabytes and see what turns up.

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The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an
attempt to
minimize spam. Our true address is of the form
.
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