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Mystical files in C directory
The following files are shown in the root directory of my C drive, no file type is shown, 5 of them are 0 bytes and 1 is 12Gb. I would be grateful for some indication of what they are and if I can delete the 12Gb one to free up some memory. t180.1 0 t18g.1 0 t18k.1 0 t190.1 12,482,932,736 t194.1 0 t194.2 0 Thank you, John. |
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Mystical files in C directory
John wrote:
The following files are shown in the root directory of my C drive, no file type is shown, 5 of them are 0 bytes and 1 is 12Gb. I would be grateful for some indication of what they are and if I can delete the 12Gb one to free up some memory. t180.1 0 t18g.1 0 t18k.1 0 t190.1 12,482,932,736 t194.1 0 t194.2 0 When were they last modified? Could be you are running software (whether goodware or malware) that is creating and updating those files. If they have been updated recently then use a file monitor (.e.g., SysInternals' ProcMon) to see what process is touching those files (other than your anti-virus program). Then you'll know what created and modifies those files. Deleting them could result in a program you want no longer functioning or losing data you really wanted to keep. See if you can tell what uses them before deleting them. Have you tried loading the non-zero byte file into an editor (e.g., Notepad) to see if you can happen to see some recognizable strings? You could also use SysInternals 'strings' commands to list the strings it finds within the file. Pipe the output of strings.exe into 'more', as in "strings.exe t190.1 | more" so you can page through the long output. For 'more', hitting Return advances by one line and hitting Spacebar advances by a page. |
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Mystical files in C directory
"John" wrote in message
... The following files are shown in the root directory of my C drive, no file type is shown, 5 of them are 0 bytes and 1 is 12Gb. I would be grateful for some indication of what they are and if I can delete the 12Gb one to free up some memory. t180.1 0 t18g.1 0 t18k.1 0 t190.1 12,482,932,736 t194.1 0 t194.2 0 A couple of installation setup programs use the .1 and .2 file extension.... Inno Setup and Setup Factory.... but these files could also be from something else. Open the 12-GB file in Notepad or WordPad, and look for readable text that might tell you what it is related to. That's time-consuming for a 12-GB file. If you have MS Word installed, open Word and then use its File Open menu. In the file type menu scroll down to "Recover text from any file (*.*)" and select it. Then navigate to, and select, the 12-GB file. Word will parse the file and extract any text in it, opening the text as a new document. -- Glen Ventura MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 CompTIA A+ |
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Mystical files in C directory
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:42:55 -0400, "glee"
wrote: "John" wrote in message .. . The following files are shown in the root directory of my C drive, no file type is shown, 5 of them are 0 bytes and 1 is 12Gb. I would be grateful for some indication of what they are and if I can delete the 12Gb one to free up some memory. t180.1 0 t18g.1 0 t18k.1 0 t190.1 12,482,932,736 t194.1 0 t194.2 0 A couple of installation setup programs use the .1 and .2 file extension.... Inno Setup and Setup Factory.... but these files could also be from something else. Open the 12-GB file in Notepad or WordPad, and look for readable text that might tell you what it is related to. That's time-consuming for a 12-GB file. If you have MS Word installed, open Word and then use its File Open menu. In the file type menu scroll down to "Recover text from any file (*.*)" and select it. Then navigate to, and select, the 12-GB file. Word will parse the file and extract any text in it, opening the text as a new document. Thank you, Notepad, Wordpad or Word will not open it Notepad - The C:\t190.1 file is too large for Notepad. Use another editor to edit the file. Wordpad - Failed to open document. Word - There is a serious disc error on file t190.1 They were created and accessed - t180.1 27/09/2011 08:52 t18g.1 01/08/2011 07:50 t18k.1 20/05/2012 09:29 t190.1 04/04/2012 07:48 t194.1 20/01/2011 09:56 t194.2 11/03/2012 09:40 John |
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Mystical files in C directory
"John" wrote in message
... On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:42:55 -0400, "glee" wrote: "John" wrote in message . .. The following files are shown in the root directory of my C drive, no file type is shown, 5 of them are 0 bytes and 1 is 12Gb. I would be grateful for some indication of what they are and if I can delete the 12Gb one to free up some memory. t180.1 0 t18g.1 0 t18k.1 0 t190.1 12,482,932,736 t194.1 0 t194.2 0 A couple of installation setup programs use the .1 and .2 file extension.... Inno Setup and Setup Factory.... but these files could also be from something else. Open the 12-GB file in Notepad or WordPad, and look for readable text that might tell you what it is related to. That's time-consuming for a 12-GB file. If you have MS Word installed, open Word and then use its File Open menu. In the file type menu scroll down to "Recover text from any file (*.*)" and select it. Then navigate to, and select, the 12-GB file. Word will parse the file and extract any text in it, opening the text as a new document. Thank you, Notepad, Wordpad or Word will not open it Notepad - The C:\t190.1 file is too large for Notepad. Use another editor to edit the file. Wordpad - Failed to open document. Word - There is a serious disc error on file t190.1 They were created and accessed - t180.1 27/09/2011 08:52 t18g.1 01/08/2011 07:50 t18k.1 20/05/2012 09:29 t190.1 04/04/2012 07:48 t194.1 20/01/2011 09:56 t194.2 11/03/2012 09:40 Did you use the option in Word to "Recover text from any file (*.*)" when you tried to open it? If you tried to open the file in Word using just the regular File Open option, you could get that error. -- Glen Ventura MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 CompTIA A+ |
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Mystical files in C directory
On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:09:11 -0400, "glee"
wrote: "John" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:42:55 -0400, "glee" wrote: "John" wrote in message ... The following files are shown in the root directory of my C drive, no file type is shown, 5 of them are 0 bytes and 1 is 12Gb. I would be grateful for some indication of what they are and if I can delete the 12Gb one to free up some memory. t180.1 0 t18g.1 0 t18k.1 0 t190.1 12,482,932,736 t194.1 0 t194.2 0 A couple of installation setup programs use the .1 and .2 file extension.... Inno Setup and Setup Factory.... but these files could also be from something else. Open the 12-GB file in Notepad or WordPad, and look for readable text that might tell you what it is related to. That's time-consuming for a 12-GB file. If you have MS Word installed, open Word and then use its File Open menu. In the file type menu scroll down to "Recover text from any file (*.*)" and select it. Then navigate to, and select, the 12-GB file. Word will parse the file and extract any text in it, opening the text as a new document. Thank you, Notepad, Wordpad or Word will not open it Notepad - The C:\t190.1 file is too large for Notepad. Use another editor to edit the file. Wordpad - Failed to open document. Word - There is a serious disc error on file t190.1 They were created and accessed - t180.1 27/09/2011 08:52 t18g.1 01/08/2011 07:50 t18k.1 20/05/2012 09:29 t190.1 04/04/2012 07:48 t194.1 20/01/2011 09:56 t194.2 11/03/2012 09:40 Did you use the option in Word to "Recover text from any file (*.*)" when you tried to open it? If you tried to open the file in Word using just the regular File Open option, you could get that error. Thank you, yes, it immediately comes up with "There is a serious disc error on file t190.1". John. |
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Mystical files in C directory
"Mike" wrote in message
... On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:09:11 -0400, "glee" wrote: "John" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:42:55 -0400, "glee" wrote: "John" wrote in message m... The following files are shown in the root directory of my C drive, no file type is shown, 5 of them are 0 bytes and 1 is 12Gb. I would be grateful for some indication of what they are and if I can delete the 12Gb one to free up some memory. t180.1 0 t18g.1 0 t18k.1 0 t190.1 12,482,932,736 t194.1 0 t194.2 0 A couple of installation setup programs use the .1 and .2 file extension.... Inno Setup and Setup Factory.... but these files could also be from something else. Open the 12-GB file in Notepad or WordPad, and look for readable text that might tell you what it is related to. That's time-consuming for a 12-GB file. If you have MS Word installed, open Word and then use its File Open menu. In the file type menu scroll down to "Recover text from any file (*.*)" and select it. Then navigate to, and select, the 12-GB file. Word will parse the file and extract any text in it, opening the text as a new document. Thank you, Notepad, Wordpad or Word will not open it Notepad - The C:\t190.1 file is too large for Notepad. Use another editor to edit the file. Wordpad - Failed to open document. Word - There is a serious disc error on file t190.1 They were created and accessed - t180.1 27/09/2011 08:52 t18g.1 01/08/2011 07:50 t18k.1 20/05/2012 09:29 t190.1 04/04/2012 07:48 t194.1 20/01/2011 09:56 t194.2 11/03/2012 09:40 Did you use the option in Word to "Recover text from any file (*.*)" when you tried to open it? If you tried to open the file in Word using just the regular File Open option, you could get that error. Thank you, yes, it immediately comes up with "There is a serious disc error on file t190.1". It may be a corrupt file, or there may not be enough free space left on your hard drive, or in the partition/volume where you have your Temp folder. Or, you could have a hard drive error. Check the Event Viewer to make sure no hard drive (atapi) errors are listed for the drive. Copy the files to another drive or to a writeable CD or a flash drive, then delete them from their current location. Wait a week or so, use all your programs, then check back and see if any are re-created or if any programs complain about them being missing. If neither of those things happen, you can delete the copies you made and "move along, nothing to see here." -- Glen Ventura MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 CompTIA A+ |
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Mystical files in C directory
On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 09:45:50 -0400, "glee"
wrote: "Mike" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:09:11 -0400, "glee" wrote: "John" wrote in message ... On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:42:55 -0400, "glee" wrote: "John" wrote in message om... The following files are shown in the root directory of my C drive, no file type is shown, 5 of them are 0 bytes and 1 is 12Gb. I would be grateful for some indication of what they are and if I can delete the 12Gb one to free up some memory. t180.1 0 t18g.1 0 t18k.1 0 t190.1 12,482,932,736 t194.1 0 t194.2 0 A couple of installation setup programs use the .1 and .2 file extension.... Inno Setup and Setup Factory.... but these files could also be from something else. Open the 12-GB file in Notepad or WordPad, and look for readable text that might tell you what it is related to. That's time-consuming for a 12-GB file. If you have MS Word installed, open Word and then use its File Open menu. In the file type menu scroll down to "Recover text from any file (*.*)" and select it. Then navigate to, and select, the 12-GB file. Word will parse the file and extract any text in it, opening the text as a new document. Thank you, Notepad, Wordpad or Word will not open it Notepad - The C:\t190.1 file is too large for Notepad. Use another editor to edit the file. Wordpad - Failed to open document. Word - There is a serious disc error on file t190.1 They were created and accessed - t180.1 27/09/2011 08:52 t18g.1 01/08/2011 07:50 t18k.1 20/05/2012 09:29 t190.1 04/04/2012 07:48 t194.1 20/01/2011 09:56 t194.2 11/03/2012 09:40 Did you use the option in Word to "Recover text from any file (*.*)" when you tried to open it? If you tried to open the file in Word using just the regular File Open option, you could get that error. Thank you, yes, it immediately comes up with "There is a serious disc error on file t190.1". It may be a corrupt file, or there may not be enough free space left on your hard drive, or in the partition/volume where you have your Temp folder. Or, you could have a hard drive error. Check the Event Viewer to make sure no hard drive (atapi) errors are listed for the drive. Copy the files to another drive or to a writeable CD or a flash drive, then delete them from their current location. Wait a week or so, use all your programs, then check back and see if any are re-created or if any programs complain about them being missing. If neither of those things happen, you can delete the copies you made and "move along, nothing to see here." Thanks for this advice, I am very grateful to you. John. |
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