I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months.
Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without any
Windows or other major update. How could this happen?

Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has apparently
deleted data.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007


"ah" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Orwz$QQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months.
>Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without
>any Windows or other major update. How could this happen?
>

Of course, this is why I am puzzled. I carry my laptop everywhere with me
and nobody else ever uses it, all my files seem to be there, the OS seems to
be running as usual.

10GB is a lot, I am really anxious about what has happened.

--
ah

"Ron Badour" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:uqx%23neQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has
> apparently deleted data.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Ron Badour
> MS MVP 1997 - 2007
>
>
> "ah" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Orwz$QQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months.
>>Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without
>>any Windows or other major update. How could this happen?
>>
>
>

Did you turn off system restore?

"ah" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23hgi0nQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Of course, this is why I am puzzled. I carry my laptop everywhere with me
> and nobody else ever uses it, all my files seem to be there, the OS seems
> to be running as usual.
>
> 10GB is a lot, I am really anxious about what has happened.
>
> --
> ah
>
> "Ron Badour" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:uqx%23neQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has
>> apparently deleted data.
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> Ron Badour
>> MS MVP 1997 - 2007
>>
>>
>> "ah" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:Orwz$QQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months.
>>>Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without
>>>any Windows or other major update. How could this happen?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

No, I did not. I didn't do anything else than usually.

--
ah

"PowerUser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eiQiUwQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Did you turn off system restore?
>
> "ah" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23hgi0nQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Of course, this is why I am puzzled. I carry my laptop everywhere with
>> me and nobody else ever uses it, all my files seem to be there, the OS
>> seems to be running as usual.
>>
>> 10GB is a lot, I am really anxious about what has happened.
>>
>> --
>> ah
>>
>> "Ron Badour" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:uqx%23neQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has
>>> apparently deleted data.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Ron Badour
>>> MS MVP 1997 - 2007
>>>
>>>
>>> "ah" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:Orwz$QQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few
>>>>months. Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or
>>>>without any Windows or other major update. How could this happen?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

You didn't do a disk clean? Are you using Outlook Express?
"ah" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23Brvl2Q%(E-Mail Removed)...
> No, I did not. I didn't do anything else than usually.
>
> --
> ah
>
> "PowerUser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:eiQiUwQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Did you turn off system restore?
>>
>> "ah" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%23hgi0nQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Of course, this is why I am puzzled. I carry my laptop everywhere with
>>> me and nobody else ever uses it, all my files seem to be there, the OS
>>> seems to be running as usual.
>>>
>>> 10GB is a lot, I am really anxious about what has happened.
>>>
>>> --
>>> ah
>>>
>>> "Ron Badour" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:uqx%23neQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has
>>>> apparently deleted data.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Ron Badour
>>>> MS MVP 1997 - 2007
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "ah" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:Orwz$QQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>>I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few
>>>>>months. Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything
>>>>>or without any Windows or other major update. How could this happen?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

On Sep 17, 6:50 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote:
> You didn't do a disk clean? Are you using Outlook Express?"ah" <anonew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:%23Brvl2Q%(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > No, I did not. I didn't do anything else than usually.
>
> > --
> > ah
>
> > "PowerUser" <a...@bbc.com> wrote in message
> >news:eiQiUwQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Did you turn off system restore?
>
> >> "ah" <anonew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >>news:%23hgi0nQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>> Of course, this is why I am puzzled. I carry my laptop everywhere with
> >>> me and nobody else ever uses it, all my files seem to be there, the OS
> >>> seems to be running as usual.
>
> >>> 10GB is a lot, I am really anxious about what has happened.
>
> >>> --
> >>> ah
>
> >>> "Ron Badour" <So...@NoAddress.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:uqx%23neQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>>> Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has
> >>>> apparently deleted data.
>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Regards
>
> >>>> Ron Badour
> >>>> MS MVP 1997 - 2007
>
> >>>> "ah" <anonew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>>news:Orwz$QQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>>>>I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few
> >>>>>months. Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything
> >>>>>or without any Windows or other major update. How could this happen?


Yes I use Outlook Express for Newsgroups and Outlook 2003 for mail,
calendar etc... but still 10GB seems to me an awful lot

--
ah

Are you using outlook express?
"ah" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sep 17, 6:50 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote:
>> You didn't do a disk clean? Are you using Outlook Express?"ah"
>> <anonew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:%23Brvl2Q%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> > No, I did not. I didn't do anything else than usually.
>>
>> > --
>> > ah
>>
>> > "PowerUser" <a...@bbc.com> wrote in message
>> >news:eiQiUwQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> Did you turn off system restore?
>>
>> >> "ah" <anonew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >>news:%23hgi0nQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >>> Of course, this is why I am puzzled. I carry my laptop everywhere
>> >>> with
>> >>> me and nobody else ever uses it, all my files seem to be there, the
>> >>> OS
>> >>> seems to be running as usual.
>>
>> >>> 10GB is a lot, I am really anxious about what has happened.
>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> ah
>>
>> >>> "Ron Badour" <So...@NoAddress.com> wrote in message
>> >>>news:uqx%23neQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >>>> Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has
>> >>>> apparently deleted data.
>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Regards
>>
>> >>>> Ron Badour
>> >>>> MS MVP 1997 - 2007
>>
>> >>>> "ah" <anonew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >>>>news:Orwz$QQ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >>>>>I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few
>> >>>>>months. Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned
>> >>>>>anything
>> >>>>>or without any Windows or other major update. How could this happen?
>
>
> Yes I use Outlook Express for Newsgroups and Outlook 2003 for mail,
> calendar etc... but still 10GB seems to me an awful lot
>
> --
> ah
>

Hi,

Did you run Disk Clean-up with the System Restore option?

And were any applications uninstalled?

And is Zone Alarm installed on the system?

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

ah wrote:
> I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months.
> Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without any
> Windows or other major update. How could this happen?

Why would ZA have anything to do with this?

"Bert Kinney" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:OyswLh$%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Did you run Disk Clean-up with the System Restore option?
>
> And were any applications uninstalled?
>
> And is Zone Alarm installed on the system?
>
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
> Member: http://dts-l.org
>
> ah wrote:
>> I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months.
>> Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without
>> any Windows or other major update. How could this happen?