XP in 2GB out of 8GB drive

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vjp2.at

On Acer Aspire One. I only have 600MB free. Program files is 1GB.
Other files under 500 MB. What is eating up the space?

I can't even defrag. It says I only have 8% free and it needs 15%

It is a factory refurb.

It does havea lot of what appear to be cabinets both in WIndows and I386



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G

Gerry

How large is the hard drive? Has it been partitioned?


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V

VanguardLH

On Acer Aspire One. I only have 600MB free. Program files is 1GB.
Other files under 500 MB. What is eating up the space?

I can't even defrag. It says I only have 8% free and it needs 15%

It is a factory refurb.

It does havea lot of what appear to be cabinets both in WIndows and I386

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---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
[Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
[Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]
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You expected help from those you call bimbos?
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:18:44 +0000 (UTC),
On Acer Aspire One. I only have 600MB free. Program files is 1GB.
Other files under 500 MB. What is eating up the space?

I can't even defrag. It says I only have 8% free and it needs 15%

It is a factory refurb.

It does havea lot of what appear to be cabinets both in WIndows and I386
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You are running Windows XP with an 8GB drive?

You've gotten some good specific suggestions from others, but I want
to add the following comment: anything you do will just be a stopgap
measure. The only real solution to your problem would be to buy a much
bigger hard drive and replace the one you have. Fortunately drives are
very inexpensive now, and you can buy a 160GB drive for around $40 US
(Amazon.com has a couple at that price). If your computer is a laptop,
it will cost a little more, but you should still do it.
 
D

Daave

On Acer Aspire One. I only have 600MB free. Program files is 1GB.
Other files under 500 MB. What is eating up the space?

I can't even defrag. It says I only have 8% free and it needs 15%

It is a factory refurb.

It does havea lot of what appear to be cabinets both in WIndows and
I386
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Regarding your Subject Line "XP in 2GB out of 8GB drive",

I think you may be confused about your netbook's specs. The 8GB is the
size of the NAND flash module. I'm pretty sure you also have a 120GB
hard drive, no? How many drives are listed in My Computer *and* in Disk
Management?
 
V

vjp2.at

This laptop is also available with Linpus but there are bugs with
installing software. Supposedly they are fixed in the new release.

I noticed my Desktop XP had 4GB for Windows Directory!


(I don't like Windows at all!)


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---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
[Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
[Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]
 
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vjp2.at

The C: is the only drive and it says 8GB.

I might be able to add a storage expansion (oh, darn, waht do youcall
those things you put into cameras and PDAs? SB card?) But I got a
factory refab precisely because I want my laptops to be "disposable"
I don't want to carry around something expensive in NYC.

Hey, I still have a 75MHz Gateway where the SECOND drive is 8GB. I
still use it as my main machine, and run mostly DOS (75% DOS, 20%
Win3, 5% W98) because I overpaid for all the software running on it,
and I keep my file archives there. It's annoyances like Windows
hogging so much space (and, BTW, XP is so much slower than Linpus on
the Acer) that make me despise Windows. Both WIndows and Unix have
turned into cults, so no one has the control over their computers they
first got with the early 1980s PCs without bowing to the priesthoods.

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---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
[Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
[Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]
 
V

vjp2.at

I had tried to "COMPRESS" then it said it would take fourteen days!

I got rid of MS WOrks and I am now to 10% free.

I think the sys restore may help. I had turned off standby or
something like that.

Someone sells an "XP lite" but I don't think it is MS Authorized.

If I had the time and skill, I'd install Quantian on all my advanced machines


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http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm http://www.facebook.com/vasjpan2
---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
[Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
[Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]
 
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vjp2.at

It used 17.GB for cache, 1 GB Windows/system, 1GB windows/system32,
and 1/4 GB for Programs/Common.. I got Sys restpre down to 200MB,
and am about to reboot with max cache 777MB.. let's see



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---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
[Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
[Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]
 

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