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Mysterious Lost of Disk Space
Yesterday my used disk space went up by more than 1GB. i
didnt download or install anything. Running scandisk, disk frag and disk cleanup didnt help. Does any1 know how i can can fix this? thanx |
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Might start by looking for any big files
Do a FIND for files greater than 1000000 bytes and see what shows up. wrote in message ... Yesterday my used disk space went up by more than 1GB. i didnt download or install anything. Running scandisk, disk frag and disk cleanup didnt help. Does any1 know how i can can fix this? thanx |
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Mysterious Lost of Disk Space
Might start by looking for any big files
Do a FIND for files greater than 1000000 bytes and see what shows up. wrote in message ... Yesterday my used disk space went up by more than 1GB. i didnt download or install anything. Running scandisk, disk frag and disk cleanup didnt help. Does any1 know how i can can fix this? thanx |
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"j" wrote in message ... Yesterday my used disk space went up by more than 1GB. i didnt download or install anything. Running scandisk, disk frag and disk cleanup didnt help. Does any1 know how i can can fix this? thanx enable windows explorer to see hidden and system files then go to "search" files don;t enter anything then search view files according to size and you should see what is taking up all the room |
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Mysterious Lost of Disk Space
"j" wrote in message ... Yesterday my used disk space went up by more than 1GB. i didnt download or install anything. Running scandisk, disk frag and disk cleanup didnt help. Does any1 know how i can can fix this? thanx enable windows explorer to see hidden and system files then go to "search" files don;t enter anything then search view files according to size and you should see what is taking up all the room |
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did u check for any infection of virus?
i'd face the same problem before,but i'd forgot wat virus is it. my antivirus stop working, and hard disk run out of spaces in a sudden. my suggestion:- 1. online scan for viruses 2. is there any antivirus installed? well remove n reinstall again. in my case, since it's an old machine, i end up with formating hd. |
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Mysterious Lost of Disk Space
did u check for any infection of virus?
i'd face the same problem before,but i'd forgot wat virus is it. my antivirus stop working, and hard disk run out of spaces in a sudden. my suggestion:- 1. online scan for viruses 2. is there any antivirus installed? well remove n reinstall again. in my case, since it's an old machine, i end up with formating hd. |
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Hi J,
I would suggest you start by doing a virus scan with up to date virus software, then scan for and removing any installed spyware. If you are in need of virus software, here are a couple to choose from, for free. Download the software, and in Update Manager run Update then do a complete virus scan. Free Offer: eTrust EZ Armor Security Suite from Computer Associates http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm Search and destroy any installed SpyWare/malware/adwa Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them safely. After installing Ad-Aware make sure to run the update feature before scanning. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ For large amounts of installed spyware and such, it may be necessary to run Ad-Aware several times to clear them all. Here are a couple more removal tools that should also be run. CWShredder: http://aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#cwshred Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/ SpywareBlaster: http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed. SpywareBlaster is a non memory resident utility. It works by setting a "kill bit" for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls, it prevents the installation of any of them from a webpage. For more information: The Parasite Fight: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm Darnit: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 "j" wrote Yesterday my used disk space went up by more than 1GB. i didnt download or install anything. Running scandisk, disk frag and disk cleanup didnt help. Does any1 know how i can can fix this? thanx |
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Mysterious Lost of Disk Space
Hi J,
I would suggest you start by doing a virus scan with up to date virus software, then scan for and removing any installed spyware. If you are in need of virus software, here are a couple to choose from, for free. Download the software, and in Update Manager run Update then do a complete virus scan. Free Offer: eTrust EZ Armor Security Suite from Computer Associates http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm Search and destroy any installed SpyWare/malware/adwa Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them safely. After installing Ad-Aware make sure to run the update feature before scanning. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ For large amounts of installed spyware and such, it may be necessary to run Ad-Aware several times to clear them all. Here are a couple more removal tools that should also be run. CWShredder: http://aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#cwshred Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/ SpywareBlaster: http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed. SpywareBlaster is a non memory resident utility. It works by setting a "kill bit" for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls, it prevents the installation of any of them from a webpage. For more information: The Parasite Fight: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm Darnit: http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 "j" wrote Yesterday my used disk space went up by more than 1GB. i didnt download or install anything. Running scandisk, disk frag and disk cleanup didnt help. Does any1 know how i can can fix this? thanx |
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