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Hi
In the middle of a backup transfer (~ 5gigs) between my two computers using
FTP, the client receiving the backup material promps a "Low Disk space"
message. The files I am transfering are between 350 MB and 700 MB in size,
and are being dumped into another partition (the F drive which has 30+ GB
free), not the window's C drive).
After getting that message, I cancel the transfer (of course), I check the
distination folder (on F drive), and confirm that it is not running out of
space. So, I then check the system drive, the C Drive, and notice that
there's 2 MB free. Next, I go through all the directories in the C drive and
notice that the &userprofile%/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files/ folder
is a whopping 2gigs!
Knowing that the source of low disk space is in part due to the huge TIF, I
perform disk cleanup and |delete offline content| and |cookies| in Internet
Explorer options, and upon doing that, I've freed up 2 Gigs and resolved the
problem!
That's not the end, however. After resuming my backup, I encounter the same
problem again, and the TIF is again over-inflated. Double-checking that the
cache is set to 50 MB, I'm stumbled upon why XP would allow the TIF to grow
to be 2 Gigs!
So my question boils down to this: Does FTP data (btw i should have
mentioned i was using IE as a FTP browser) get treated as Temp data? It sure
seems so after this experience, but how do I resolve this? I don't want to
keep cleaning up the TIF two or three times everytime I perform a backup
Thanks in advance!
In the middle of a backup transfer (~ 5gigs) between my two computers using
FTP, the client receiving the backup material promps a "Low Disk space"
message. The files I am transfering are between 350 MB and 700 MB in size,
and are being dumped into another partition (the F drive which has 30+ GB
free), not the window's C drive).
After getting that message, I cancel the transfer (of course), I check the
distination folder (on F drive), and confirm that it is not running out of
space. So, I then check the system drive, the C Drive, and notice that
there's 2 MB free. Next, I go through all the directories in the C drive and
notice that the &userprofile%/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files/ folder
is a whopping 2gigs!
Knowing that the source of low disk space is in part due to the huge TIF, I
perform disk cleanup and |delete offline content| and |cookies| in Internet
Explorer options, and upon doing that, I've freed up 2 Gigs and resolved the
problem!
That's not the end, however. After resuming my backup, I encounter the same
problem again, and the TIF is again over-inflated. Double-checking that the
cache is set to 50 MB, I'm stumbled upon why XP would allow the TIF to grow
to be 2 Gigs!
So my question boils down to this: Does FTP data (btw i should have
mentioned i was using IE as a FTP browser) get treated as Temp data? It sure
seems so after this experience, but how do I resolve this? I don't want to
keep cleaning up the TIF two or three times everytime I perform a backup
Thanks in advance!