Disappearing disk space

[Mike Bostwick]

This is a continuing problems of mine. I have Win XP home
on P4 2.0G HP with 80 gb Harddrive and 768MB of Ram.
Currently 24GB of space left on drive.
I loose disk space continuously over a week until I get
the low disk space warning. I reboot and I am back to
24GB. My page file is at 768MB. I have scanned my hard
drive and can find no files that are being created. System
Restore is turned off. Cache for IE6 is set to 350MB. If I
do a cleanup I might see a couple of MB's of files to
clean but that is it. Any one have a clue?

[Gerry Cornell]

Mike

Enable Show Hidden Files and Folders -Start, Control Panel, Folder =
Options, View.

Extract from post earlier a while ago by R. McCarty, which is relevant:

Your C: Drive also contains the following, you may not be
aware of.

Pagefile.Sys - Probably in the range of 1.5 Gigabytes
Hiberfil.sys - A hibernation file also 1+ Gigabytes
System Restore - A fixed % of the drive (Around 10%)
Recycle Bin - A fixed % of the drive
Offline Files - Cached into C:\Windows\CSC
IE Cache - Probably set to 100+ megabytes (should be
Purged, set to 35 Megabytes max.
Temp Folders - Need to be purged. C:\Windows\Temp

These files are hidden by default.=20

Also are you using Norton Utilities -Norton Protected Storage?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Mike Bostwick" > wrote in message =
...
> This is a continuing problems of mine. I have Win XP home=20
> on P4 2.0G HP with 80 gb Harddrive and 768MB of Ram.=20
> Currently 24GB of space left on drive.
> I loose disk space continuously over a week until I get=20
> the low disk space warning. I reboot and I am back to=20
> 24GB. My page file is at 768MB. I have scanned my hard=20
> drive and can find no files that are being created. System=20
> Restore is turned off. Cache for IE6 is set to 350MB. If I=20
> do a cleanup I might see a couple of MB's of files to=20
> clean but that is it. Any one have a clue?

[Mike Bostwick]

No, not running Norton, and already have all hidden files
showing. I think it has something to do with IE or Java as
it seems to disappear faster when browsing or playing
online games. The pagefile.sys file never gets any bigger,
and I can clear the cache but I am getting MB's back not
GB's when I do that. A reboot brings everthing back and
then slowly starts disappearing. Usually within a week I
will have lost 24GB and get the low disk space alert.
Reboot and back in business.

Mike

>-----Original Message-----
>Mike
>
>Enable Show Hidden Files and Folders -Start, Control
Panel, Folder Options, View.
>
>Extract from post earlier a while ago by R. McCarty,
which is relevant:
>
>Your C: Drive also contains the following, you may not be
>aware of.
>
>Pagefile.Sys - Probably in the range of 1.5 Gigabytes
>Hiberfil.sys - A hibernation file also 1+ Gigabytes
>System Restore - A fixed % of the drive (Around 10%)
>Recycle Bin - A fixed % of the drive
>Offline Files - Cached into C:\Windows\CSC
>IE Cache - Probably set to 100+ megabytes (should be
> Purged, set to 35 Megabytes max.
>Temp Folders - Need to be purged. C:\Windows\Temp
>
>These files are hidden by default.
>
>Also are you using Norton Utilities -Norton Protected
Storage?
>
>~~~~~~
>
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Gerry
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>FCA

>Stourport, Worcs, England
>Enquire, plan and execute.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Please tell the newsgroup how any
>suggested solution worked for you.
>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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>
>"Mike Bostwick" > wrote in message
...
>> This is a continuing problems of mine. I have Win XP
home
>> on P4 2.0G HP with 80 gb Harddrive and 768MB of Ram.
>> Currently 24GB of space left on drive.
>> I loose disk space continuously over a week until I get
>> the low disk space warning. I reboot and I am back to
>> 24GB. My page file is at 768MB. I have scanned my hard
>> drive and can find no files that are being created.
System
>> Restore is turned off. Cache for IE6 is set to 350MB.
If I
>> do a cleanup I might see a couple of MB's of files to
>> clean but that is it. Any one have a clue?
>.
>

[Gerry Cornell]

Mike

When you get to have lost 24 gb enter Windows Explorer and search using =
"*.*" without quotes and for files over 1 mb using the "What size is =
it?" option. Compare your suspicious candidates with a similar search =
when the 24 gb has been restored.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Mike Bostwick" > wrote in message =
...
> No, not running Norton, and already have all hidden files=20
> showing. I think it has something to do with IE or Java as=20
> it seems to disappear faster when browsing or playing=20
> online games. The pagefile.sys file never gets any bigger,=20
> and I can clear the cache but I am getting MB's back not=20
> GB's when I do that. A reboot brings everthing back and=20
> then slowly starts disappearing. Usually within a week I=20
> will have lost 24GB and get the low disk space alert.=20
> Reboot and back in business.
>=20
> Mike
>=20
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Mike
> >
> >Enable Show Hidden Files and Folders -Start, Control=20
> Panel, Folder Options, View.
> >
> >Extract from post earlier a while ago by R. McCarty,=20
> which is relevant:
> >
> >Your C: Drive also contains the following, you may not be
> >aware of.
> >
> >Pagefile.Sys - Probably in the range of 1.5 Gigabytes
> >Hiberfil.sys - A hibernation file also 1+ Gigabytes
> >System Restore - A fixed % of the drive (Around 10%)
> >Recycle Bin - A fixed % of the drive
> >Offline Files - Cached into C:\Windows\CSC
> >IE Cache - Probably set to 100+ megabytes (should be
> > Purged, set to 35 Megabytes max.
> >Temp Folders - Need to be purged. C:\Windows\Temp
> >
> >These files are hidden by default.=20
> >
> >Also are you using Norton Utilities -Norton Protected=20
> Storage?
> >
> >~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >Hope this helps.
> >
> >Gerry
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >FCA
>
> >Stourport, Worcs, England
> >Enquire, plan and execute.
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >Please tell the newsgroup how any=20
> >suggested solution worked for you.
> >http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >"Mike Bostwick" > wrote in message=20
> ...
> >> This is a continuing problems of mine. I have Win XP=20
> home=20
> >> on P4 2.0G HP with 80 gb Harddrive and 768MB of Ram.=20
> >> Currently 24GB of space left on drive.
> >> I loose disk space continuously over a week until I get=20
> >> the low disk space warning. I reboot and I am back to=20
> >> 24GB. My page file is at 768MB. I have scanned my hard=20
> >> drive and can find no files that are being created.=20
> System=20
> >> Restore is turned off. Cache for IE6 is set to 350MB.=20
> If I=20
> >> do a cleanup I might see a couple of MB's of files to=20
> >> clean but that is it. Any one have a clue?
> >.
> >