--- In [email protected], Donk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Yeah, it does sound like you've got a bad virus infection. Not
many
> other reasons your hard drive space would keep disappearing.
You'll
> probably end up reformatting - or using the manufacturer's rescue
> disks. But here's some things I would try:
> 1. Boot into Safe Mode and see if the hard drive light still lights
up
> all the time. If not, then you can be pretty sure that it's a
software
> problem and probably a virus. (To get to safe mode keep tapping F8
> during boot).
> 2. XP's System Restore is a huge hog of disk space. You could try
> turning it off. Or at least delete some restore points if you've
got a
> lot. Go to Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System
> Restore. You can set the amount of disk space reserved for restore
> points - the less space you allocate, the fewer points will be
saved.
> If you turn it off "all" restore points are immediately deleted -
and no
> more will be created.
> 3. Check in the Scheduled Tasks folder to see if you've got
something in
> there that is repeatedly running and writing to the disk. Start,
> Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Scheduled Tasks.
> 4. You might try turning off Automatic Updates to see if maybe it's
> malfunctioning and repeatedly downloading updates. Start, right-
click
> My Computer, Properties, AutoUpdates tab.
>
> Good luck,
> Donk
>
>
> winegumsinsnow wrote:
> > I am losing my mind and maybe my computer here!
> >
> > microsoft xp home, sp3, hp computer intel pentium 4
> >
> > My computer has always been somewhat slow and sluggish but
recently it
> > got worse. The light seems to almost always be on even when I am
not
> > using the computer.
> >
> > Then I noticed that I recently had 27% free space and now I have
1% on
> > my c drive. I have not added anything much beyond emails and
have been
> > relentlessly deleting and uninstalling to try and save my space.
> >
> > I have done disk clean-up, defrag, and check disk. I removed
extra
> > restore points and lowered the space of restore. I have also
used pc
> > doctor and my hardware passed the tests.
> >
> > My virus checker cannot properly run with this low free space so
I
> > cannot do a proper scan. The online scan will also not load onto
my
> > computer so that is not an option? I use shaw secure (made by f-
secure)
> >
> > I have googled the problem and find similiar questions but most
of the
> > answers fall into the category of cleaning up my free space. I
do not
> > believe that I used up 26% of my free space in less than 2 weeks
> > without adding anything much. Also with all the deleting and
> > uninstalling that should even out things somewhat. I don't
believe the
> > amount of free space is accurate.
> >
> > I don't know if this is relevant or not but I noticed my add
remove
> > programs seems off. My sp3 says last time I used it is 2 years
before
> > I installed it. Most of my dates are off. Also frequency of use
is
> > off.
> >
hello there go to onecare.live.com for a free scan by microsoft that
will help good luck e.m
>
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