I had a similar program with my computer being low disc space. I had to
erase some files from like movies, music and so on. I think what you
should do is add another drive to store music, movies and files like
that that take lots of space on your drive. Also, for the pop up problem
I think you should use for protection zone alarm is what I have I don't
get any pop ups and is like a firewall that is the only program I have.



Lydia Rivera
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-----Original Message-----
From: Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frausto, Richard
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 4:35 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Low Disc Space

Okay,the hd is a standard disk drive(WDC WD8088-00Caa-1 capacity
74.5GB.I should also add that about two weeks ago I started to recieve a
ton of pop-ups even the tool bar on my comcast internet changed,it had
some security,anti-spam disk doctor,etc.I finally installed Mcafee
antivirus program. But it does not help,I still get annoying pop
ups.Could this be what is causing low disc space?We use the computer
mainly for web browsing, MY SPACE, CD/DVD burning and file transfer for
ipods,digicameras.Is my computer Zombitized?I will do what you
advise,hope this helps -----Original Message-----
From: Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of David Gillett
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 8:04 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Low Disc Space


On 4 Apr 2007 at 18:00, Frausto, Richard wrote:

> Hello,I have machine with winxp,penIII,697MHz,512MB and lately I have 
> been getting a popup stating low disc space.I have tried to use disc 
> cleanup and disc defragg but it seems to be unsuccessful.In disc 
> defragg there are alot of defraggmented files that will not go away.I 
> have even tried to remove programs that we rarely use but again,there 
> is'nt enough free space to remove them.

  You've told us several things about your machine, but nothing about
how big the hard drive is!  (There are several ways to find this out,
including right-clicking on the drive in Windows Explorer and selecting
"Properties".)

  Defragmenting a drive doesn't get rid of any files (or, at least, it's
not

supposed to!).  It just shuffles the pieces around on the disk to try
and put all of each file together for faster access.  As you've found,
this shuffling process needs some "elbow room" to function.

  The first thing to do is get rid of unnecessary temporary files.  In
Internet Explorer, go to Tools|Internet Options|General|Browsing History
and

tell it to delete old temporary files.  (You can also set a maximum for
how much space these are allowed to take up in future.)
  Next, locate your "Temp" folder and see what's in it.  I've seen
machines where this accounted for more than half of the drive!  This
folder may be at

the root, or inside the WINDOWS folder -- it's possible to have one both
places, but if so only one will have much in it.
  It's possible that a few files in the Temp folder are needed by things
that are currently running.  So sort the display by date, and delete
everything more than a month old.

  Hopefully this gets you to where cleanup and uninstalls can do their
jobs.

David Gillett

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