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Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:00:25 -0800
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:43:09 -0400
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Disk Full Hard drive warnings
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am running win98se on an 8 gig hard drive with 512Meg Ram.
> 
> I have 2.9 gig free, but am constantly receiving disk full warnings and
> am unable to download mail (I use firefox) and cannot compact the folders
> due to lack of space. I tried to defrag, and received the same warnings -
> not enough space.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions.
> 
> I run Win98SE on this computer as all my software works well with it and
> a couple of very expensive (to upgrade) and important programs I use
> daily will not work with XP.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Anne Smith
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> 
>                          PCBUILD's List Owners:
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RU sure it's HD space and not RAM or virual memory?
You should set your virtual memory to be at least 2 times the amount of RAM on your MB.

I would set min and max values to 512MB.  This would leave almost 2.5 GB free on your HD.

Download and install sequoia to locate large useless files. Keep everything in the Windows folder except Dr. Watson.

Delete temp files, cookies, chk files.

Download, install and run then register avast antivirus.  Download, install and run spybot 1.4

Download, install and run hijackthis (be careful)

Boot into command prompt only and run scandisk.  
If errors are found delete them and skip undo.

Look at the surface of HD.  Does it resemble swiss cheese? Stop surface scan.

If HD looks fragmented then boot into safe mode and run disk defragmenter.

Hopefully, your problem will finally be solved.

Chris
drpcdr.ca

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