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________________________________ From: Artichoke Flower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:24:49 PM Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech]** Ivan & Donk** Help! Free Space Rapidly Decreasing! Thank you both for all your suggestions. I successfully got my computer back to it's usual slow self and restored all my free space. My free space started to go up slowly and it raised enough (1%) to perform a full scan which told me my computer was clean, no bad stuff of any kind. I have no idea why the free space started to increase. I also noticed that it had no bearing when a I saved a document of one size to the amount of space the computer used up. What ever the case after 2 full days of a scan (extra slow because of limited space) I decided to run the cc cleaner again. I noticed a discrepancy between how much mb it said it could delete and how much it actually deleted. When I checked my settings I noticed it was set to delete only files older than 48 hours. I unchecked this option and ran it again. My computer went from 1% to 40% free space. Now I know those files were not created in the last 48 hours as I was only deleting and had no room to save, so I cannot explain this. Lot of my settings came back out of whack but after a few days struggling, I have now corrected them back to normal. It would be good to know what caused all this but the main thing is I am back! I am obsessively watching my space for now.... Thanks again! -------Original Message----- -- From: Ivan Wilson Date: 22-Nov-08 4:23:03 AM To: A-1-Computer_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_ Tech] Help! Free Space Rapidly Decreasing! Run a-squared, it plays well with others! No pain, no fear. Don't forget to start checking your C: Drive for Folders containing Downloaded Programs. Oh yeah, RUN A-SQUARED... Thank you, Ivan [Lucid Geek] --- On Sat, 11/22/08, Artichoke Flower <artichoke_flower@ shaw..ca> wrote: From: Artichoke Flower <artichoke_flower@ shaw.ca> Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_ Tech] Help! Free Space Rapidly Decreasing! To: A-1-Computer_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 3:52 AM Hi Ivan, Thanks for the quick response. CC Cleaner only gave me an extra 77mb. It was one of the programs I deleted ...thought it was slowing my computer although in retrospect it was probably Low disk space. A-squared I am scared to run as my Shaw secure does not play well with other Similar programs. Any other thoughts on what may be causing the rapid loss of free space? Thanks. -------Original Message----- -- From: Ivan Wilson Date: 21-Nov-08 11:20:20 PM To: A-1-Computer_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] .Com Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_ Tech] Help! Free Space Rapidly Decreasing! Sounds as if you are infected, probably from using P2P software to Download. My guess is that it is still running.. Furthermore, you could have duplicate Copies [usually found on C: Drive] of the items that have been Downloaded. So, you will have to find those Folders and make the decision to Remove what You don't want. Meanwhile, run these: A-squared Free 3.5.0.25 Publisher's Description: A-squared Free scans the computer for malicious software (Malware). The term Malware describes Trojan Horses, Dialer, Worms, Spyware and others. A-squared Free is specialized in finding and removing them securely. The Disk scan checks all files on your disks for Malware. The scanner also scans For Spyware Traces and Tracking Cookies. The included Memory Scan detects Malware immediately without the need to scan the whole harddisk to make a Quick security check. Currently more than 440,000 different types of Malware Can be removed. After the scan has finished you can select which Malware Files you want to remove automatically. Free daily online updates provides Best protection against Malware. Secure your PC and stop hackers now. *Click on the Link below to view and or Download. http://www.emsisoft ..Com/en/software /free/ CCleaner 2.13.720 Publisher's Description: CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It Removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and Freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online Activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully Featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast (normally Taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware. *Click on the Link below to view and or Download. http://www.ccleaner ..com/ Thank you, Ivan [Lucid Geek] ____________ _________ _________ __ From: winegumsinsnow <artichoke_flower@ shaw.ca> To: A-1-Computer_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 2:07:08 AM Subject: [A-1-Computer_ Tech] Help! Free Space Rapidly Decreasing! 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. My hunches: 1)sp3 - seems things got worse after downloading this but I am not sure if that is relevant. 2)Since I cannot do a proper scan (real time still works) could it be a virus, worm, maleware, etc...? I would like to find the cause of this rather than simply keep deleting as a bandaid so if anybody has some troubleshooting tips I would be most grateful. This group is always so wonderful and helpful! 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