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Old 01-21-2007, 09:30 AM
Katonahjoe
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Re: Low Disk Space, System Restore Disabled

I will try removing Office XP Media Content.

I have a 40GB HD running XP Home Edition with 256MB ram. I assume I have I
have only 1 partition (i.e. C Drive). I do have a zip drive but I dont think
that is what you mean.

"GateKeeper" <earthbarence@earth1ink.net> wrote in message
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> Office XP Media Content is a large collection of images and short video
> clips you can use in Office documents. You can remove this from your
> computer without causing any problems. Removing it should free up a lot of
> space.
>
> It would really helps us help you if you would answer the questions about
> the size of your hard drives and partitions.
>
> 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?



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Old 01-21-2007, 09:30 AM