[Leica] OT - my PC's hard drive space - HELP

[jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)]

Jeffery,

If you haven't already done so, you might try emptying your Recycle Bin. 
Some of the stuff your removed may still be stored there.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:57 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] OT - my PC's hard drive space - HELP


>I downloaded a program some time back (forgot what it was), but at the time
> it also downloaded a Google package of accessories, inlcuding Google
> Desktop, Picasa, Adaware, and some others. When the college opens again on
> Thursday (they even give us a hangover day after Mardi Gras), I'll delete
> that bunch of accessories. Thanks, Jeff!!
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jeff
> Matsler
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:38 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - my PC's hard drive space - HELP
>
>
> Jeff,
>
> I had a problem a year or two ago because of Google software.  A friend of
> mine came over and was talking about Picasa and what a great application 
> it
> was.  Downloaded it to show me.  I didn't use it (got PSCS), but didn't
> delete it.  A few months later, my laptop started telling me that it was 
> out
>
> of memory - similar issue to what you report.
>
> Come to find out that Picasa was backing itself up and making a copy of
> EVERY picture on the hard drive in each backup file.  Once I found the 
> cache
>
> of files and deleted them, and turned off the feature on Picasa, things 
> were
>
> fine.
>
> I have no idea whether that's what happening on your computer, but in
> regards to Google: I have been very hesitant to download their software 
> ever
>
> since.
>
> Jeff M
> Amarillo, Tx
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net>
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:24 AM
> Subject: [Leica] OT - my PC's hard drive space - HELP
>
>
>> At work, I have a 120 gb hard drive. Last week, the PC told me that I
>> was nearly out of hard drive space (!) and to remove some programs to
>> free up space. My Computer reported about 100 mb of free space. I
>> uninstalled a bunch of programs that I never use. My reported space
>> was 450mb! I uninstalled programs that I do use but could do without.
>> My reported space...430mb!
>>
>> Does Google Desktop eat available space? The only way I can imagine
>> that 119.5 gb are still occupied is if Google Desktop is indexing
>> everything and using up space for that index. I suppose that Windows
>> can be using it as scratch drive space, but now I couldn't have much
>> more than 40gb of programs
>> that seem to be using up 119.5 gb of hard drive space.
>>
>> Is there a utility out there that will tell me what's going on here?
>
>
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