Shenan
The OP thinks they have turned off System Restore but to me the Low
Disk Space messages suggest otherwise.
I am doubtful that, given the control the OP seems to have over the
system, the system might be classified stable!
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Gerry
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Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Katonahjoe wrote:
>> I am constantly getting the low disk space error message. When I
>> run Disk Cleanup, I get a message saying I have 0 Mb of free disk
>> space and System Restore is disabled.
>>
>> The first time this happened, I used Add/Remove Programs to remove
>> 90MB of programs. Next, I lost all my cookies and the Low Disk
>> message and Disabled System restore messages appeaared again.
>>
>> I have not added any software or hardware recently. I had over 650
>> MB of free disk space last week when I checked My Computer. As I
>> type this it shows only 1.83MB free. I only have Outlook Express
>> and IE running to save resources.
>>
>> Can I remove any of the following programs? How?
>>
>> 1. Microsoft Office XP Media Content - would removing this effect
>> Windows Media Player or the My Pictures folder and files?
>> 2. Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 - I could not find a description in
>> Microsoft Help and Support.
>> 3. Games - not on Control Panel but I dont use them. How do I
>> remove them? 4. Quicktime - comes with ITunes. Will check with
>> Apple
>> since I
>> dont use video feature of ITunes
>>
>> Is it safe to keep the PC running and hope the Low Disk issue
>> resolves itself?
>
> hahah
> You think the 'low disk space' is going to resolve itself?
> That's like seeing your garbage can full and just waiting until it
> rots to resolve itself.
>
> You need to figure out where the problem is and resolve it.
>
> How large is your hard disk drive anyway?
> How large are the partition(s) on said hard disk drive?
> If you don't know - now is a fine time to find out.
>
> - Open 'My Computer'.
> - Find your hard disk drive listed there (usually at least 'Local
> Disk
> (C:)') and right-click on it.
> - Choose 'Properties'.
> - You should see (under the General tab) three numbers...
> - Free Space
> - Used Space
> - Capacity
> - Come back and respond here with those three numbers as shown.
>
> Used Disk Cleanup?
> Is hibernate turned on and do you use that feature?
> Uninstalled unnecessary applications lately?
>
> If you are comfortable with the stability of your system, you can
> delete the uninstall files for the patches that Windows XP has
> installed..
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
>
> You can run Disk Cleanup - built into Windows XP - to erase all but
> your latest restore point and cleanup even more "loose files"..
>
> How to use Disk Cleanup
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312
>
> You can turn off hibernation if it is on and you don't use it..
>
> When you hibernate your computer, Windows saves the contents of the
> system's memory to the hiberfil.sys file. As a result, the size of
> the hiberfil.sys file will always equal the amount of physical
> memory
> in your system. If you don't use the hibernate feature and want to
> recapture the space that Windows uses for the hiberfil.sys file,
> perform the following steps:
> - Start the Control Panel Power Options applet (go to Start,
> Settings,
> Control Panel, and click Power Options).
> - Select the Hibernate tab, clear the "Enable hibernation" check
> box,
> then click OK; although you might think otherwise, selecting Never
> under the "System hibernates" option on the Power Schemes tab
> doesn't
> delete the hiberfil.sys file.
> - Windows will remove the "System hibernates" option from the Power
> Schemes tab and delete the hiberfil.sys file.
>
> You can control how much space your System Restore can use...
> (You may want to turn this off on your system.. 3GB?!)
>
> 1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
> 2. Click the System Restore tab.
> 3. Highlight one of your drives (or C: if you only have one) and
> click on the "Settings" button.
> 4. Change the percentage of disk space you wish to allow.. I
> suggest
> 5% or higher.
> 5. Click OK.. Then Click OK again.
>
> You can control how much space your Temporary Internet Files can
> utilize...
> Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores to
> a
> size between 128MB and 512MB..
>
> - Open ONE copy of Internet Explorer.
> - Select TOOLS -> Internet Options.
> - Under the General tab in the "Temporary Internet Files" section,
> do
> the following:
> - Click on "Delete Cookies" (click OK)
> - Click on "Settings" and change the "Amount of disk space to use:"
> to
> something between 128MB and 512MB. (Betting it is MUCH larger
> right
> now.)
> - Click OK.
> - Click on "Delete Files" and select to "Delete all offline
> contents"
> (the checkbox) and click OK. (If you had a LOT, this could take
> 2-10
> minutes or more.)
> - Once it is done, click OK, close Internet Explorer, re-open
> Internet
> Explorer.
>
> You can use an application that scans your system for log files and
> temporary files and use that to get rid of those:
>
> Ccleaner (Free!)
> http://www.ccleaner.com/
>
> Other ways to free up space..
>
> SequoiaView
> http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/
>
> DX Hog Hunt
> http://www.dvxp.com/en/Downloads.aspx
>
> JDiskReport
> http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html
>
> Those can help you visually discover where all the space is being
> used.
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP