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

[jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)]

Hi Jim,

Yeah, I've been monitoring that. It is possible to forget the recycle bin
for weeks at a time. I've been trying the "disk cleanup" utility in windows
to get rid of internet temp files. So far, not much effect.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



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[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Nichols
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:16 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - my PC's hard drive space - HELP


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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