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Ed Meza - 29 Jun 2006 01:49 GMT

Hello,
I have a 731 Mhz Processor, with 255MB of RAM. Running Win ME on a 56
dial-up modem. IE 6.0 SP1
The capacity for disk C is listed as 18.6GB, of which 17.7GB are Used and
only 911MB are Free. I have deleted obsolete programs with the total
deletion being near 6GB - through the Add/Remove feature and used the
Maintenace Wizard to clean,scan and defrag the drive. However, after
rebooting the computer, I do not see any significant change on the above
stats. Is there some other task(s) that I should look at? Or perhaps I am
not following procedures. Your feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks,

Ed

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TomV - 29 Jun 2006 03:09 GMT

One place you can look is the system restore folder. If for some reason
system restore is not functioning properly, files may be accumulating in
the _RESTORE folder. I had this happen where the _RESTORE folder was
taking up a few gigabytes of space rather than a few hundred megabytes.
You can also check the amount of space that is being allocated to
system restore. 300-400 MB is probably more than adequate. IIRC, system
restore allocates 10% of the drive by default, so in your case that's
approximately 2 GB. If you've not adjusted this, it's worth checking.

> Hello,
> I have a 731 Mhz Processor, with 255MB of RAM. Running Win ME on a 56
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> Ed

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Ed Meza - 29 Jun 2006 03:56 GMT

Tom - Thanks for getting back to me. The size on _RESTORE folder is
presently 216MB which appears to be adequate. Any other thoughts?

> One place you can look is the system restore folder. If for some reason
> system restore is not functioning properly, files may be accumulating in
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> > Ed

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TomV - 29 Jun 2006 05:30 GMT

Ed,

It sounds like system restore is okay. The only other items that come
to mind are to clear your browser(s) cache and remove temporary files
from your system in the windows/temp folder. If you used the
maintenance wizard, it should have already cleaned the temporary files.

Tom

> Tom - Thanks for getting back to me. The size on _RESTORE folder is
> presently 216MB which appears to be adequate. Any other thoughts?
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>>> Ed

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Ron Martell - 29 Jun 2006 05:49 GMT

>Hello,
>I have a 731 Mhz Processor, with 255MB of RAM. Running Win ME on a 56
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>not following procedures. Your feedback will be appreciated.
>Thanks,

Is your computer infested with any Norton/Symantec products?

If so then the "Norton Protected Recycle Bin" may have filled up the
hard drive with hidden copies of files that you thought were long
since eaten, burped, and forgotten.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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Ed Meza - 29 Jun 2006 13:58 GMT

Hi,

I don't have either Norton or Symantec Products (pulled them out about 6
months ago, especially Norton - for being such a hog in using resources.)
Thanks,
Ed

> >Hello,
> >I have a 731 Mhz Processor, with 255MB of RAM. Running Win ME on a 56
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> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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