HARD DRIVE FULL?

[dARYL]

I ran a disk defrag analysis at the end of May . The
report indicated I had 78% free space on the 80GB HD. A
new analysis shows I have only 7% free space.

Question 1 = I dont' know how my HD got filled up so
quickly? I did a disc scan, disk cleanup, norton virus
scan and used PC tools. everything's ok

Looking in the "MY computer" window and clicking
properties to check file sizes didn't show anything
unusual. but when I changed the view option to show system
configuration files, in the folder "system volume
information" I see a subfolder "_restore{0193FC1C-0A70-
478B-8107-B531B8E70CAB}" clicking properties showed= size:
57.4GB, size on disk: 51.9GB. In this folder are other
folders ex. RP4XX and several files (that look important)

Question 2 is this why the HD is full and can those RP
folders be deleted safely?

Other possible related problems may be that a recent
upgrade to aol 9.0 optimized SE has been causing my
computer to lockup to the point that I have to unplug the
computer inorder to reboot.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

In Disk Cleanup there is More Options, which allows for removal of all but the latest restore points. However, before doing this find out whether what you are looking at is the latest or an earlier restore point? No point in removing the earlier ones if the latest one is the problem and it is corrupted.

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Hope this helps.

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[Guest]

dARYL,

AOL is the worst ISP in the world:
http://www.dslreports.com/psearch
http://reviews.cnet.com/ISP_buying_guide/4520-7606_7-728424-1.html?tag=cnetfd.dir

Try cleaning Temp folders manually (link below).

Additionally, (if your pc is ok) you could disable System Restore. That will delete all Restore Points along with all restore files. That should give you tons of free space. Just keep in mind that you’ll lose System Restore feature.

If you have > 512 MB of RAM, you could disable Virtual Memory.

http://fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindows.htm

Good Luck!

 

[Kelly]

Another checkpoint to consider:

If you do not use hibernation, make sure you do not have it enabled, which
reserves disk space equal to your RAM. If you have a hidden file on the root
directory of your C-drive called hiberfil.sys, hibernation is enabled.

To remove that file, go to Display Properties, Screensaver, Power, Hibernate
tab, and uncheck the Enable hibernation box.

You can delete the following files to save disk space:

c:\windows\system32\dllcache\*.*
c:\windows\driver cache\i386\driver.cab
c:\windows\inf\*.pnf

 

[Travis King]

AOL isn't that great, but it got horrible (more than it was already) when
version 8 and newer came out. (It was getting worse on 6 and 7 too.) Yes,
you need cable or DSL if it's affordable enough and is in your area. You'll
probably be happy you changed. We had CompuServe for 3 years (contract) and
we immediately switched over to MediaCom (Although I don't think it was the
best choice). I don't think we could ever go back to 56k again. Usually
the slowest download speed we get is 200k/bits per second. Usually closer
to 300 though. 56k was lucky to see 5k/bits per second. The only problem
is that it's a pain when the cable goes out...

 

[Kelly]

Ok.....but why are you telling me this? )

 

[David Candy]

There's a bigger issue than why he is telling you. Why would anyone admit to being or having been an AOL customer?

 

[Alex Nichol]

Looking in the "MY computer" window and clicking
properties to check file sizes didn't show anything
unusual. but when I changed the view option to show system
configuration files, in the folder "system volume
information" I see a subfolder "_restore{0193FC1C-0A70-
478B-8107-B531B8E70CAB}" clicking properties showed= size:
57.4GB, size on disk: 51.9GB. In this folder are other
folders ex. RP4XX and several files (that look important)

Question 2 is this why the HD is full and can those RP
folders be deleted safely?

Those are the restore points. They should not be being allowed by the
system to get anything like that big; the default is 12% of the drive at
most, and that is too much. I suspect its log files have got damaged
so it has been failing to clear up old points. It is probably safest
to start it over, sacrificing the ones that are there. Go to Control
Panel - System - System restore, check 'Disable System restore. OK out
and reboot. Now go to that folder and delete *everything* in it. Start
up SR again, and I suggest highlighting the drive there, taking
settings, and moving the slider down to maybe 1000 (1GB). I think it
can get in a tangle if allowed more than is good for it, and that should
be plenty for the two or three weeks of points that are all that are
really useful

 

[Plato]

Question 1 = I dont' know how my HD got filled up so
quickly? I did a disc scan, disk cleanup, norton virus

http://www.bootdisk.com/kay/trsize16.zip

See what's using the space.