I have started getting a persistent message which pops up from even
notification telling me my disk space is low, even though I have used only
30 gig out of a total of 160 gigs. I am also getting strange "CANNOT WRITE
FILE" errors from some of my applications, which I think might be related to
the fact that Windows seems to think that I am low on disk space. I cleaned
up the drive, ran defragger, and ran chkdsk /f from safe mode. No errors
were turned up.

Error Message Reads
Disk free space has dropped below the minimum threshold. Free up space on
your hard disk drive by:
1. Backing up your data to a tape backup, ZIP or network drive.
2. Delete unused files.
If you are unsure which files are safe to move or delete, contact your Help
Desk or consult your software manuals.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

abradaxis wrote:
> I have started getting a persistent message which
> pops up from even
> notification telling me my disk space is low, even
> though I have used
> only 30 gig out of a total of 160 gigs. I am also
> getting strange
> "CANNOT WRITE FILE" errors from some of my
> applications, which I
> think might be related to the fact that Windows seems
> to think that I
> am low on disk space. I cleaned up the drive, ran
> defragger, and ran
> chkdsk /f from safe mode. No errors were turned up.
>
> Error Message Reads
> Disk free space has dropped below the minimum
> threshold. Free up
> space on your hard disk drive by:
> 1. Backing up your data to a tape backup, ZIP or
> network drive.
> 2. Delete unused files.
> If you are unsure which files are safe to move or
> delete, contact
> your Help Desk or consult your software manuals.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

How big is that partition? Is it the full 160Gig?
What does Properties of that drive letter show for free
space? You may not be using the whole 160 Gig for that
drive letter.

On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:34:28 -0500, "abradaxis"
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> I have started getting a persistent message which pops up from even
> notification telling me my disk space is low, even though I have used only
> 30 gig out of a total of 160 gigs. I am also getting strange "CANNOT WRITE
> FILE" errors from some of my applications, which I think might be related to
> the fact that Windows seems to think that I am low on disk space.



Just a guess, but perhaps your 160GB drive is divided into two or more
partitions, and the partition you are getting the message on (probably
C is only slightly larger than 30GB.

Start My Computer or Windows Explorer. How many Hard Drives are shown?
Right-click on C:. How big is it?

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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> abradaxis wrote:
>> I have started getting a persistent message which pops up from even
>> notification telling me my disk space is low, even though I have used
>> only 30 gig out of a total of 160 gigs. I am also getting strange
>> "CANNOT WRITE FILE" errors from some of my applications, which I
>> think might be related to the fact that Windows seems to think that I
>> am low on disk space. I cleaned up the drive, ran defragger, and ran
>> chkdsk /f from safe mode. No errors were turned up.
>>
>> Error Message Reads
>> Disk free space has dropped below the minimum threshold. Free up
>> space on your hard disk drive by:
>> 1. Backing up your data to a tape backup, ZIP or network drive.
>> 2. Delete unused files.
>> If you are unsure which files are safe to move or delete, contact
>> your Help Desk or consult your software manuals.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
> How big is that partition? Is it the full 160Gig? What does Properties of
> that drive letter show for free space? You may not be using the whole 160
> Gig for that drive letter.
>
>Thank you both for answering. Properties shows 26.3 GB used and 122 GB
>free. I'm sure it was partitioned for maximum size. I ran a windows disk
>check, which took about two hours, and there were no error reported.
>Naturally, as soon as I booted up, I got the same error message about disk
>space being low. I'm very sure it's making my backup operation blow up with
>disk write errors, although everything else is working fine. Thanks in
>advance for your help.