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

Might start by looking for any big files

Do a FIND for files greater than 1000000 bytes and see what shows up.

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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

Might start by looking for any big files

Do a FIND for files greater than 1000000 bytes and see what shows up.

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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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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

"j" wrote in message
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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

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.

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.

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

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