David,
> That said, I'm not sure I've ever seen "Disk Cleanup" pop up in 98 at
all;
> I thought it was an XP feature.
Disk Cleanup was included with 98 and ME. It does not remove anything
without approval. It clears the cache folders you mentioned, but also gives
an option to reduce System Restore space and / or remove useless windows
components and unused programs. I have seen it pop up on very rare occasions
when the virtual memory pagefile was over-taxed (win386.swp) and available
disk space was Not in question. However, if Walter's numbers are correct,
then Disk Cleanup worked just as it should.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/186099
The old rule of thumb, Walter, says you can't possibly download a 2GB file
without having 2½ times that much drive space available. Windows needs hard
drive space for its virtual memory file while it works. Along with David's
suggestions, I would advise using Disk Cleanup and then defragging your
drive when you're done.
Al Thompson
From: "David Gillett"
> It is, of course, impossible to fit a file into a space to small to hold
> it. Moreover, I don't believe that the FAT file system used by Win98 hs a
> maximum file size limit of 2GB.
> That said, I'm not sure I've ever seen "Disk Cleanup" pop up in 98 at
all;
> I thought it was an XP feature.
>
> Before you let Disk Cleanup go ahead with what *it* thinks you don't
need,
> I'd take a look at the size of your "TEMP" (depending on config, this
might
> be C:\TEMP or C:\WINDOWS\TEMP -- check both!) folder. I've seen Win98
> machines where this folder had grown to more than half the total disk
> capacity....
>
> David Gillett
>
>
>
> On 26 Jun 2007 at 1:25, Walter Ermacora wrote:
>
> > Recently I've come across this problem stating that my main hard drive
> > is full and having the option to use Disk Cleanup. I've been trying
> > to download a file that's >2GB. My drive is currently at 1.82GB free
> > space. The catch is that I just barely begun the download. Is this
> > normal for WIN98 or is there something I'm missing out on. Please
> > inform me as what to do. Any suggestions or comments would be greatly
> > appreciated.
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