Re: [CGUYS] Upgrading Laptop Hard Drive
Thank you all for the suggestions. As more background, no, I do not store, edit, or view videos on my laptop and I am in fact mystified as to how it filled up. Could be a big temp, scratch, or cache file. I have seen these grow to many useless GB. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Upgrading Laptop Hard Drive
I've just about filled up the 60G hard drive that came on my Thinkpad. I'm looking at upgrading to a 160G replacement but I have a couple of qualms. I use Danz Retrospect backup software and have a complete system backup to restore from. My plan was to install Win XP, then Retrospect, then restore from my backup drive. But I think I'll have a problem installing XP because all I have is the upgrade version. Any suggestions? 60GB is plenty of space for all the system and program files you need. You're probably storing data files that should be archived elsewhere. Remove the extra files and see how much space you have. Unless you have a need to store large files on your Thinkpad, archiving should free up plenty of space. Do you watch movies on your laptop? Do you create movies on your laptop? Do you have lots of music and photos that you need to have at all times? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
