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Kim Warren - 17 Feb 2004 22:19 GMT

i own a n old computer...it has 64 of memory and i need to
install Ao 7.o version.but the install works up until 99%
and then the error mesage pops u.i was told by AOL tech
support that i eeed to free u some space.....there is 83%
info loaded..and it needs to be reduced to 72%...How can I
manage to free up some space in order to successfully
install my AOL 7.0 disk on my pc?? would appreciate some
instruction and/or advie. Will i need to rformat at all?

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Jeff Richards - 17 Feb 2004 22:48 GMT

What space are you referring to - where exactly are you seeing this 83% and
72% information?

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> i own a n old computer...it has 64 of memory and i need to
> install Ao 7.o version.but the install works up until 99%
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> install my AOL 7.0 disk on my pc?? would appreciate some
> instruction and/or advie. Will i need to rformat at all?

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Gerry Voras - 19 Feb 2004 23:23 GMT

Assuming you're talking about hard drive space, try this:

Edit your autoexec.bat command so that you have the following sequence of
commands:

@echo off
cls
set temp=c:\windows\temp
set tmp=c:\windows\temp
deltree /y c:\temp
deltree /y c:\windows\temp
deltree /y c:\windows\tempor~1

Reboot, and let the computer sit for about an hour, as it will take some
time to clean up. Scandisk and defrag afterwards. Then, you'll want to
remark out line 6 (and maybe line 7, depending on what you want your browser
to do about caching) so that it/they don't run all the time.

Then do a search on your hard drive and delete the following:

*.old
*.bak
*.temp
readme*.*
*.me
shelliconcache

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