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#256
April 16th 04, 01:35 AM
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Lack of free space, new machine.
"Plato" |@|.| wrote in message ... EasyCleaner | Space Usage http://ptm2.cc.utu.fi/ftp/windows/tools/EClea1_7.exe That tells me that I have 84% free space? Good grief!!!! :-) 
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#257
April 16th 04, 01:41 AM
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On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 22:46:02 +0100, Phil wrote:
Result From a command prompt, send the output of a dir /a /s to a text file. anyone see anything here please? Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Phil\My Documents\Ulead VideoStudio Check with Ulead about this program. Someone else posted this week about a problem with it... I think they were uninstalling and having some trouble getting back disk space but can't recall exactly. Sorry my memory's hazy on the details and sorry if it's a false lead. Question: Do you know if you have a hidden partition on that drive with the OEM recovery files? -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
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#258
April 16th 04, 01:50 AM
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Lack of free space, new machine.
"Sharon F" wrote in message ... On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 22:46:02 +0100, Phil wrote: Check with Ulead about this program. Someone else posted this week about a problem with it... I think they were uninstalling and having some trouble getting back disk space but can't recall exactly. Sorry my memory's hazy on the details and sorry if it's a false lead. http://makeashorterlink.com/?E2F514FE7 Not as much space as i 'seem' to be missing? Question: Do you know if you have a hidden partition on that drive with the OEM recovery files? Not that i know of? BTW i am stuck with what command prompt to use in the filelist application you suggested?
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#259
April 16th 04, 01:54 AM
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On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 23:54:49 +0100, Phil wrote:
BTW i am stuck with what command prompt to use in the filelist application you suggested? Place filelist and its DLL into the Windows folder. Open a command prompt window (CMD.EXE) and try: FILELIST C: list.csv The resulting file will show up in Documents and Settings\your account It can be imported to Excel or a similar program. Most database and spreadsheet programs allow you to sort a column by numerical value. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
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#260
April 16th 04, 01:57 AM
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Lack of free space, new machine.
"Sharon F" wrote in message ... On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 23:54:49 +0100, Phil wrote: BTW i am stuck with what command prompt to use in the filelist application you suggested? Place filelist and its DLL into the Windows folder. Open a command prompt window (CMD.EXE) and try: FILELIST C: list.csv The resulting file will show up in Documents and Settings\your account It can be imported to Excel or a similar program. Most database and spreadsheet programs allow you to sort a column by numerical value. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User Thanks but i had worked ot out eventually :-) It shows a total of 2056321415.00 bytes. Did you see the result i got with the EasyCleaner | Space Usage http://ptm2.cc.utu.fi/ftp/windows/tools/EClea1_7.exe That tells me that I have 84% free space? I removed autoroute, that gave me an extra 1% disk space :-(
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#261
April 16th 04, 02:51 AM
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Lack of free space, new machine.
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 23:54:49 +0100, Phil wrote:
BTW i am stuck with what command prompt to use in the filelist application you suggested? Place filelist and its DLL into the Windows folder. Open a command prompt window (CMD.EXE) and try: FILELIST C: list.csv The resulting file will show up in Documents and Settings\your account It can be imported to Excel or a similar program. Most database and spreadsheet programs allow you to sort a column by numerical value. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
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April 16th 04, 02:54 AM
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Lack of free space, new machine.
"Sharon F" wrote in message ... On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 23:54:49 +0100, Phil wrote: BTW i am stuck with what command prompt to use in the filelist application you suggested? Place filelist and its DLL into the Windows folder. Open a command prompt window (CMD.EXE) and try: FILELIST C: list.csv The resulting file will show up in Documents and Settings\your account It can be imported to Excel or a similar program. Most database and spreadsheet programs allow you to sort a column by numerical value. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User Thanks but i had worked ot out eventually :-) It shows a total of 2056321415.00 bytes. Did you see the result i got with the EasyCleaner | Space Usage http://ptm2.cc.utu.fi/ftp/windows/tools/EClea1_7.exe That tells me that I have 84% free space? I removed autoroute, that gave me an extra 1% disk space :-(
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#263
April 16th 04, 03:01 AM
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Lack of free space, new machine.
On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 01:17:12 +0100, Phil wrote:
Thanks but i had worked ot out eventually :-) It shows a total of 2056321415.00 bytes. Did you see the result i got with the EasyCleaner | Space Usage http://ptm2.cc.utu.fi/ftp/windows/tools/EClea1_7.exe That tells me that I have 84% free space? I removed autoroute, that gave me an extra 1% disk space :-( If we try hard enough, I bet we could get the rest of that drive filled up with more free programs for you to try  I hesitate to suggest running chkdsk. If there is a disk problem - physical or just a sick file system - running this tool could make things worse. On the other hand, it might straighten out the weird report of free space. If you have your important data backed up, you may want to give that a try. Also, might want to try hard drive diagnostic tools. These are available from the hard drive manufacturers. They go on a floppy. Boot the machine with the floppy disk and run the tests according to the directions. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
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April 16th 04, 03:28 AM
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Lack of free space, new machine.
On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 01:17:12 +0100, Phil wrote:
Thanks but i had worked ot out eventually :-) It shows a total of 2056321415.00 bytes. Did you see the result i got with the EasyCleaner | Space Usage http://ptm2.cc.utu.fi/ftp/windows/tools/EClea1_7.exe That tells me that I have 84% free space? I removed autoroute, that gave me an extra 1% disk space :-( If we try hard enough, I bet we could get the rest of that drive filled up with more free programs for you to try I hesitate to suggest running chkdsk. If there is a disk problem - physical or just a sick file system - running this tool could make things worse. On the other hand, it might straighten out the weird report of free space. If you have your important data backed up, you may want to give that a try. Also, might want to try hard drive diagnostic tools. These are available from the hard drive manufacturers. They go on a floppy. Boot the machine with the floppy disk and run the tests according to the directions. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
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April 16th 04, 04:18 AM
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Lack of free space, new machine.
On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 01:17:12 +0100, Phil wrote:
Thanks but i had worked ot out eventually :-) It shows a total of 2056321415.00 bytes. Did you see the result i got with the EasyCleaner | Space Usage http://ptm2.cc.utu.fi/ftp/windows/tools/EClea1_7.exe That tells me that I have 84% free space? I removed autoroute, that gave me an extra 1% disk space :-( If we try hard enough, I bet we could get the rest of that drive filled up with more free programs for you to try I hesitate to suggest running chkdsk. If there is a disk problem - physical or just a sick file system - running this tool could make things worse. On the other hand, it might straighten out the weird report of free space. If you have your important data backed up, you may want to give that a try. Also, might want to try hard drive diagnostic tools. These are available from the hard drive manufacturers. They go on a floppy. Boot the machine with the floppy disk and run the tests according to the directions. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
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#266
April 17th 04, 08:23 PM
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Lack of free space, new machine.
"Phil" wrote in message ... Can you throw any light on this one for me please? I did a clean up & defrag of XP. (NTFS) I note that on a 80GB drive I only have 28% free space, after a month of use? Where to look to determine the "hog" My W98 machine, after 6 years, still has 70% free space. What could cause this? Volume (C  Volume size = 76.32 GB Cluster size = 4 KB Used space = 54.40 GB Free space = 21.92 GB Percent free space = 28 % Volume fragmentation Total fragmentation = 0 % File fragmentation = 0 % Free space fragmentation = 1 % File fragmentation Total files = 296,563 Average file size = 330 KB Total fragmented files = 0 Total excess fragments = 0 Average fragments per file = 1.00 Pagefile fragmentation Pagefile size = 768 MB Total fragments = 1 Folder fragmentation Total folders = 1,985 Fragmented folders = 1 Excess folder fragments = 0 Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation Total MFT size = 297 MB MFT record count = 300,838 Percent MFT in use = 98 % Total MFT fragments = 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Phew!!! At last - after using TreeSize http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml It showed several restore points, two of which where in excess of 21GB!! the following post then solved it for me: "You can delete all but the last restore point. Go to StartAll programsAccessoriesSystem toolsDisk cleanup. Choose any drive for disk cleanup and when disk cleanup has estimated the files usage, flip to the "more options" tab and click on clean up under system restore. This will clean up all but the last restore point." Anando Microsoft-MVP for Windows XP The log now shows 94% free space :-) I wonder why XP was able to store such large backups when set to a max of 12%? Thank you to all who contributed! ------- Volume (C Volume size = 76.32 GB Cluster size = 4 KB Used space = 4.47 GB Free space = 71.85 GB Percent free space = 94 % Volume fragmentation Total fragmentation = 0 % File fragmentation = 0 % Free space fragmentation = 0 % File fragmentation Total files = 21,374 Average file size = 233 KB Total fragmented files = 0 Total excess fragments = 0 Average fragments per file = 1.00 Pagefile fragmentation Pagefile size = 768 MB Total fragments = 1 Folder fragmentation Total folders = 1,400 Fragmented folders = 1 Excess folder fragments = 0 Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation Total MFT size = 297 MB MFT record count = 22,817 Percent MFT in use = 7 % Total MFT fragments = 3
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April 17th 04, 11:31 PM
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Lack of free space, new machine.
On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 18:41:24 +0100, Phil wrote:
Phew!!! At last - after using TreeSize http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml It showed several restore points, two of which where in excess of 21GB!! the following post then solved it for me: "You can delete all but the last restore point. Go to StartAll programsAccessoriesSystem toolsDisk cleanup. Choose any drive for disk cleanup and when disk cleanup has estimated the files usage, flip to the "more options" tab and click on clean up under system restore. This will clean up all but the last restore point." Anando Microsoft-MVP for Windows XP The log now shows 94% free space :-) I wonder why XP was able to store such large backups when set to a max of 12%? Thank you to all who contributed! I'm glad you found the missing space, Peter. Enjoy! -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
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April 18th 04, 07:36 AM
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Lack of free space, new machine.
"Phil" wrote in message ... Can you throw any light on this one for me please? I did a clean up & defrag of XP. (NTFS) I note that on a 80GB drive I only have 28% free space, after a month of use? Where to look to determine the "hog" My W98 machine, after 6 years, still has 70% free space. What could cause this? Volume (C Volume size = 76.32 GB Cluster size = 4 KB Used space = 54.40 GB Free space = 21.92 GB Percent free space = 28 % Volume fragmentation Total fragmentation = 0 % File fragmentation = 0 % Free space fragmentation = 1 % File fragmentation Total files = 296,563 Average file size = 330 KB Total fragmented files = 0 Total excess fragments = 0 Average fragments per file = 1.00 Pagefile fragmentation Pagefile size = 768 MB Total fragments = 1 Folder fragmentation Total folders = 1,985 Fragmented folders = 1 Excess folder fragments = 0 Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation Total MFT size = 297 MB MFT record count = 300,838 Percent MFT in use = 98 % Total MFT fragments = 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Phew!!! At last - after using TreeSize http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml It showed several restore points, two of which where in excess of 21GB!! the following post then solved it for me: "You can delete all but the last restore point. Go to StartAll programsAccessoriesSystem toolsDisk cleanup. Choose any drive for disk cleanup and when disk cleanup has estimated the files usage, flip to the "more options" tab and click on clean up under system restore. This will clean up all but the last restore point." Anando Microsoft-MVP for Windows XP The log now shows 94% free space :-) I wonder why XP was able to store such large backups when set to a max of 12%? Thank you to all who contributed! ------- Volume (C Volume size = 76.32 GB Cluster size = 4 KB Used space = 4.47 GB Free space = 71.85 GB Percent free space = 94 % Volume fragmentation Total fragmentation = 0 % File fragmentation = 0 % Free space fragmentation = 0 % File fragmentation Total files = 21,374 Average file size = 233 KB Total fragmented files = 0 Total excess fragments = 0 Average fragments per file = 1.00 Pagefile fragmentation Pagefile size = 768 MB Total fragments = 1 Folder fragmentation Total folders = 1,400 Fragmented folders = 1 Excess folder fragments = 0 Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation Total MFT size = 297 MB MFT record count = 22,817 Percent MFT in use = 7 % Total MFT fragments = 3
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April 18th 04, 09:03 AM
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Lack of free space, new machine.
"Phil" wrote in message ... Can you throw any light on this one for me please? I did a clean up & defrag of XP. (NTFS) I note that on a 80GB drive I only have 28% free space, after a month of use? Where to look to determine the "hog" My W98 machine, after 6 years, still has 70% free space. What could cause this? Volume (C Volume size = 76.32 GB Cluster size = 4 KB Used space = 54.40 GB Free space = 21.92 GB Percent free space = 28 % Volume fragmentation Total fragmentation = 0 % File fragmentation = 0 % Free space fragmentation = 1 % File fragmentation Total files = 296,563 Average file size = 330 KB Total fragmented files = 0 Total excess fragments = 0 Average fragments per file = 1.00 Pagefile fragmentation Pagefile size = 768 MB Total fragments = 1 Folder fragmentation Total folders = 1,985 Fragmented folders = 1 Excess folder fragments = 0 Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation Total MFT size = 297 MB MFT record count = 300,838 Percent MFT in use = 98 % Total MFT fragments = 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Phew!!! At last - after using TreeSize http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml It showed several restore points, two of which where in excess of 21GB!! the following post then solved it for me: "You can delete all but the last restore point. Go to StartAll programsAccessoriesSystem toolsDisk cleanup. Choose any drive for disk cleanup and when disk cleanup has estimated the files usage, flip to the "more options" tab and click on clean up under system restore. This will clean up all but the last restore point." Anando Microsoft-MVP for Windows XP The log now shows 94% free space :-) I wonder why XP was able to store such large backups when set to a max of 12%? Thank you to all who contributed! ------- Volume (C Volume size = 76.32 GB Cluster size = 4 KB Used space = 4.47 GB Free space = 71.85 GB Percent free space = 94 % Volume fragmentation Total fragmentation = 0 % File fragmentation = 0 % Free space fragmentation = 0 % File fragmentation Total files = 21,374 Average file size = 233 KB Total fragmented files = 0 Total excess fragments = 0 Average fragments per file = 1.00 Pagefile fragmentation Pagefile size = 768 MB Total fragments = 1 Folder fragmentation Total folders = 1,400 Fragmented folders = 1 Excess folder fragments = 0 Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation Total MFT size = 297 MB MFT record count = 22,817 Percent MFT in use = 7 % Total MFT fragments = 3
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April 18th 04, 09:05 AM
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Lack of free space, new machine.
On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 18:41:24 +0100, Phil wrote:
Phew!!! At last - after using TreeSize http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml It showed several restore points, two of which where in excess of 21GB!! the following post then solved it for me: "You can delete all but the last restore point. Go to StartAll programsAccessoriesSystem toolsDisk cleanup. Choose any drive for disk cleanup and when disk cleanup has estimated the files usage, flip to the "more options" tab and click on clean up under system restore. This will clean up all but the last restore point." Anando Microsoft-MVP for Windows XP The log now shows 94% free space :-) I wonder why XP was able to store such large backups when set to a max of 12%? Thank you to all who contributed! I'm glad you found the missing space, Peter. Enjoy! -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
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