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    Hard drive space fluctuating

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Sepharite, Jan 5, 2008.

  1. Sepharite

    Sepharite Notebook Consultant

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    I just really noticed it today. I first had 20 GBs, I installed one program (after extracting it from a RAR which came from a DVD) and I had 1 GB HDD space remaining. But after looking wasting time researching the problem, I now have 5 GBs. Could it be a virus, my virus scan shows nothing (using AVG). Or is Windows being a ***** and storing it in the temp, and delete the files ever so slowly.
     
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  2. tumnasgt

    tumnasgt Notebook Evangelist

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    Try using CCleaner (ccleaner.com) to clean your temp files etc, sometimes it will find GBs of stuff to delete.

    Have you got system restore enabled? You might wanna do some research into it, I decided I didn't want it on, and it freed up about 20GB
     
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  3. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Kdawgca, Jan 5, 2008
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  4. Sepharite

    Sepharite Notebook Consultant

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    Nice guide, thanks.

    But okay. This is odd. I just got 10GBs back out of no where. =/
     
    Sepharite, Jan 6, 2008
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  5. lokster

    lokster Notebook Deity

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    how much ram have you got? are you using vista or XP? could be swap space being used,
     
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  6. Sepharite

    Sepharite Notebook Consultant

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    2GBs, and Vista.

    And I didn't know that was possible. But still, wouldn't it delete it immediately after usage? Guess not. >_>
     
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    a legitimate application in .rar? hmmmm
     
    NotebookYoozer, Jan 6, 2008
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