Hi Karen,

Well, 2MB isn't much free space at all.  I'm surprised it will let you do
anything.  You should try to keep at least 150MB free.  I am writing this
with the presumption that you are running Windows 98 or some such similar
beast, and have 64BM or more of RAM.

You should really move more files/data/proggies off of your C drive.  Also,
move your swap file over to one of the other drives.  That will/should help
out quite a bit.

To do this,

Right Click on My Computer
Left Click on Properties
Left Click on the Performance Tab
Left Click on Virtual Memory

Check the Let me specify my own settings.
Choose a drive other than the C:  One that is physically different, not
just a different partition on the same physical drive.

Re-boot your machine.

See what happens, this should help some.  There will be other suggestions
for you from the listies.

Take Care and Have A Super Day!

David A. Abbe
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At 08:57 AM 8/28/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>My 1998 DELL Dimension Computer has several hard drives: C,D,E and F.  C
>is where all new programs seem to go so it is pretty full with about 2 MB
>of space remaining.  D & E are not full at all and F is rather full.
>
>Because C was so full, I recently purchased an external drive with 60 GB
>of storage.  It presently still has about 57 GB remaining.
>
>What can I do to speed up my computer so I do not have to wait 2 minutes
>to get the curser to move as it finishes the last command, such as copying
>5 short words)?
>
>Thanks
>
>Karen Miller