Hi Bruce,

Further to my previous answer, I'd like to add a link to a program or
utility, you or any of the readers
may want to add to their list of tools.
While not directly related to your question, this is an excellent way of
finding out what's occupying your drive.

TreeSize  >  TreeSize Free
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml 

It can give you a full overview of the size of files or folders ,plus
many other options in the r-click menu.
Much faster than the native Property sheets of Windows plus a whole lot
more options.

Peter E




> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [PCSOFT] C drive overloaded with unwanted backup
> From: Bruce Lund <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, October 04, 2009 4:32 am
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> 
> OK, I have a very bizarre situation. My C drive is overloaded so I started taking things off it. Uninstalled some programs, but still had issues. Then deleted/moved some files/folders, and still no good. (And yes, I did empty the recycle bin. But then I noticed something very odd. I deleted a bunch of files, freeing up 2 GB of space on the drive. And then that free space shrank and shrank and shrank, and by the end of the next day, the C drive was again totally full. And the increase was in folder "My Backup -- YY-MM-DD 1249PM". 
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> Bruce

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