>>>Why do you think these are backup files?
Because they are in a folder named C:\My Backup -- 05-06-16 1249PM and they have the same file names, size and date on them.
>>>We can probably identify the program if you will tell us the file name
including the extension.
There are probably thousands. I have deleted many of the ones I felt comfortable getting rid of, including word documents, but I get nervous when they seem to be some kind of program files. You can download a txt list found by CloneSpy at http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=1583567&da=y (This list won't let me send the file as an attachment.) Although it includes other duplicates, note that tons are duplicated in the backup folder. I have managed to get over 2G free space on my C drive in recent weeks but in short order it has been shrunk back down to 145MB. Since most of what I save on my disk intentionally goes to a D and E drive, what goes onto the C drive should be limited. The entire C partition is only about 22G (I know, it's undersized) but that was good enough for almost 5 years. Now I am regularly freeing up space only to have it filled back up. I have scanned with AVG and Trend Micro's Housecall which showed nothing.
So how are these files getting into this backup folder? I have checked the scheduler and don't see anything that would do this. What's going on?
Bruce Lund
--- On Sun, 10/11/09, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] C drive overloaded with unwanted backup
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 1:39 PM
You're making this much too difficult.
Why do you think these are backup files?
We can probably identify the program if you will tell us the file name
including the extension.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] C drive overloaded with unwanted backup
From: Bruce Lund <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, October 09, 2009 10:52 pm
To: [log in to unmask]
OK, I am moving through the possibilities for what would cause a backup
to be clogging up my C drive. I currently have ZERO free space. I have
included a screen shot of my open processes after startup and a list of
startup entries for my registry at
http://img59.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=09100721509processesope.png
Does anybody see anything in there that could be causing the problems?
What is labrador?
Thanks for any insight on this.
Bruce
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