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« on: September 30, 2007, 06:04:16 PM »
I recently had to do a system restore, and now after a little while it says that the system is running on low HD space. But even after I delete stuff, it says that I have  more space temporarily, but eventually goes back to 0MB.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance


I recently unchecked allow indexing of files to search... was that maybe what was causing all of the memory to be taken up?
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« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2007, 06:14:06 PM »
first turn off system restore just to test this. then restart.

After you restart watch your space, and find out what file is taking up so much space. Look through each directory. it will probably be in program files, windows, or documents and settings.

Once you find what is taking up so much space delete it.

System restore can keep this image file after a restore and it can be quite big so i'm thinking it might be that.
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« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2007, 06:25:26 PM »
Quote from: dlewis23 on September 30, 2007, 06:14:06 PM
System restore can keep this image file after a restore and it can be quite big so i'm thinking it might be that.
so, why can't he create a restore point then go into disk cleanup and delete all but the most recent restore point. that would free up a bunch of space i bet.
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« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2007, 06:36:43 PM »
Quote from: starship_troopers on September 30, 2007, 06:25:26 PM
so, why can't he create a restore point then go into disk cleanup and delete all but the most recent restore point. that would free up a bunch of space i bet.

Because he can't delete the file when system restore is on because its being used.

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« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2007, 06:40:33 PM »
Quote from: dlewis23 on September 30, 2007, 06:36:43 PM
Because he can't delete the file when system restore is on because its being used.


ok. sorry. i misread his post.
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« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2007, 07:15:04 PM »
Thanks for the idea, but it didn't work. Like I said earlier, I will delete a game folder for example, and it's 500 mb. So I chekc the the space, and it says 500mb. But in another 30 seconds, I will check again and it tells me that 0 mb is free on the HD. I know for sure I hae at least 20 gigs free.
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« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2007, 07:16:27 PM »
In fact it tells me I have 0 bytes free. There is no way I would use the exact space down to the byte of memory. Also, 50% of my CPU is being used just sitting idle. Something is wrong here


Maybe a partition + re-format is necessary
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« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2007, 07:18:15 PM »
Quote from: asubaseball727 on September 30, 2007, 07:15:04 PM
Thanks for the idea, but it didn't work. Like I said earlier, I will delete a game folder for example, and it's 500 mb. So I chekc the the space, and it says 500mb. But in another 30 seconds, I will check again and it tells me that 0 mb is free on the HD. I know for sure I hae at least 20 gigs free.

I had that problem before.. Its like every second youre losing 2 mb until you get to zero right? I remember it was a spyware, malware problem.. Maybe you should try scanning your pc for these..

Also it could be a page file problem..

Hope this helps!!
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« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2007, 07:19:35 PM »
Do you remember what you used to get rid of it? I'm trying adaware now...
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« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2007, 07:23:21 PM »
Quote from: asubaseball727 on September 30, 2007, 07:19:35 PM
Do you remember what you used to get rid of it? I'm trying adaware now...

I think i used spybot S&D and also adaware personal.. if that doesnt work. It definitely is Pagefile or system restore problem..

I also tweaked my pagefile that day so I dont know if the malware I deleted or the pagefile itself solved it... But one of them surely worked...
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« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2007, 07:24:09 PM »
If it were a pagefile issue, how would I fix that?
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« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2007, 07:25:57 PM »
Quote from: asubaseball727 on September 30, 2007, 07:24:09 PM
If it were a pagefile issue, how would I fix that?

restart..

What are you using to view your disk usage?

Try going into computer management and check it there just to be sure.
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« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2007, 07:28:10 PM »
Quote from: asubaseball727 on September 30, 2007, 07:24:09 PM
If it were a pagefile issue, how would I fix that?

Try disabling the virtual memory at system properties then restart. see if it changes, try disk cleanup, then turn it on again (I use system managed size)
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« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2007, 07:30:32 PM »
I'm going to my computer, and then in the left corner of the explorer it says o bytes. Where is computer management?
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« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2007, 07:34:50 PM »
Quote from: asubaseball727 on September 30, 2007, 07:30:32 PM
I'm going to my computer, and then in the left corner of the explorer it says o bytes. Where is computer management?

right click on my computer and click manage, the click storage and then disk management

Have you looked through and tried to find out what file is eating up all of the space. its probably only 1 file.
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