WinXP hard drive full??

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"Win XP home /despite removing the blaster virus my friends hard driv
still appears to be full of junk?He had only used approx 5gb befor
infection however his machine has suddenly consumed 30gb(40gb har
drive).he has tried a couple of junk file removers not much success.Whe
he reinstalled windows as a last resort old programs/files were stil
there in programs folder etc but they werent showing up in program
menu?they are not in add/remove either??tried disk cleanup etc.trie
manually deleting etc but seems to be getting nowhere.i remembe
reading about a file type that multiplies(can,t remember name)fillin
hard drive!any assistance would be much appreciated.Also unable t
install all xp updates?Used avast anti virus and microsof
patches/updates"
 
buzzerman said:
"Win XP home /despite removing the blaster virus my friends hard drive
still appears to be full of junk?He had only used approx 5gb before
infection however his machine has suddenly consumed 30gb(40gb hard
drive).he has tried a couple of junk file removers not much
success.When he reinstalled windows as a last resort old
programs/files were still there in programs folder etc but they werent
showing up in programs menu?they are not in add/remove either??tried
disk cleanup etc.tried manually deleting etc but seems to be getting
nowhere.i remember reading about a file type that multiplies(can,t
remember name)filling hard drive!any assistance would be much
appreciated.Also unable to install all xp updates?Used avast anti
virus and microsoft patches/updates";
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I would suggest that your friend do a clean installation of Windows;
i.e., boot with the cd, delete the partition(s), create a new
partition, format, and install the operating system. Here is a link to
help you/him:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Be sure you have previously downloaded and installed the MSblaster patch
and installed a current antivirus before connecting the machine to the
Internet.

Cheers,

Malke
 
You probably now have two installations of WinXP; you reinstalled rather
than repaired.
Rather than try to clean up you might be better advised to format/install -
assuming you have the req.Winxp disk
David
 
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