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JohnD
A couple three months ago I was forced to reformat my internal hard drive as
the only way to get rid of a virus or spyware or something. I chose to
partition the drive into a cmall C: partition (24 gigs) and use it for
Windows and program files only. The other partition I would use for data
type files. (90 gigs). I quickly found that the C: drive wasn't big enough,
so I set up a Programs folder on the F: partition and installed the
additional programs I needed there.
(I don't understand how the numbers add up because I thought I had a 120 gig
drive, not a 114 gig drive, but anyway.....)
So this worked fine until about a week ago when I got a message that I was
running out of space on the C: drive and on checking I found there was
actually no space left.
So, I uninstalled some programs and re-installed them on the F: partition
and deleted some files and ended up with 11.X gigs free.
Since then I haven't installed anything new, I haven't been to any web sites
- simply captured some video and rendered some DVD's, all of which happens on
my external drives, but today I got the same message and again found the C:
partition full.
I managed to free up about 40 MB and then got distracted and when I came
back that 40 MB had disappeared again and there is once again no space on my
C: drive.
I am running Zonealarm and Windows Firewall and up to the time I freed up
the 11 gigs I was running Malwarebytes. I suspect that this was one of the
programs I intended to move to the F: partition, but I must have forgotten
because it is no longer installed. This in itself is strange because I run
Malwarebytes on all my machines every Sunday evening. So I tried to install
it, intending to put it in the F:\Programs folder, but it insists on being
installed on the C: drive, where there isn't any room.
All the above leads to the first question I can think of right now: The C:
partition properties screen offers the option to compress the files to make
more room. Is this a safe thing to do so I can install (and run)
Malwarebytes?
My second question is: I find a number of programs installed in my
C:\programs folder that I don't use and don't want - like Netmeeting and MSN
gaming Zone, Windows Media Components, Windows Media Player. But I don't
find them in "Add or Remove Programs". Is there a way to either get rid of
them or move them to the F:\Programs folder?
Thanks for any help
the only way to get rid of a virus or spyware or something. I chose to
partition the drive into a cmall C: partition (24 gigs) and use it for
Windows and program files only. The other partition I would use for data
type files. (90 gigs). I quickly found that the C: drive wasn't big enough,
so I set up a Programs folder on the F: partition and installed the
additional programs I needed there.
(I don't understand how the numbers add up because I thought I had a 120 gig
drive, not a 114 gig drive, but anyway.....)
So this worked fine until about a week ago when I got a message that I was
running out of space on the C: drive and on checking I found there was
actually no space left.
So, I uninstalled some programs and re-installed them on the F: partition
and deleted some files and ended up with 11.X gigs free.
Since then I haven't installed anything new, I haven't been to any web sites
- simply captured some video and rendered some DVD's, all of which happens on
my external drives, but today I got the same message and again found the C:
partition full.
I managed to free up about 40 MB and then got distracted and when I came
back that 40 MB had disappeared again and there is once again no space on my
C: drive.
I am running Zonealarm and Windows Firewall and up to the time I freed up
the 11 gigs I was running Malwarebytes. I suspect that this was one of the
programs I intended to move to the F: partition, but I must have forgotten
because it is no longer installed. This in itself is strange because I run
Malwarebytes on all my machines every Sunday evening. So I tried to install
it, intending to put it in the F:\Programs folder, but it insists on being
installed on the C: drive, where there isn't any room.
All the above leads to the first question I can think of right now: The C:
partition properties screen offers the option to compress the files to make
more room. Is this a safe thing to do so I can install (and run)
Malwarebytes?
My second question is: I find a number of programs installed in my
C:\programs folder that I don't use and don't want - like Netmeeting and MSN
gaming Zone, Windows Media Components, Windows Media Player. But I don't
find them in "Add or Remove Programs". Is there a way to either get rid of
them or move them to the F:\Programs folder?
Thanks for any help