"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:O6itnr5OHHA.3212@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Any idea on the "overflow" query?
>
> Nope, the "Low Disk Space" message is the only thing that is automatic.
>
> When a Windows XP-based computer is running low on disk space, you receive
> a
> "Low Disk Space" message that, when clicked, starts the Disk Cleanup
> Wizard.
> This article describes the conditions in which you receive the "Low Disk
> Space" message.
>

He must have been getting warning messages for some time. Ive taken off
some older unused game programs and thats freed up quite a bit of space.

He was also getting periods of hard drive activity when things were freezing
momentarily on the screen. A dvd film was apparently scratched badly during
one of these episodes? Could low disk space have caused this??

Thanks again for the helpful articles. I'm getting a better understanding
of the subject.

:o)