Hi Rick, I didn't. I just did some comparisons of free/used space. I was just making an assumption, but I believe Don is right about there being bad sectors on my dad's desktop. There is probably a way (method or software) of determining how much space a particular program takes up.
BTW: would a reformat fix those bad sectors, or is that too much for this issue? :) I did a check disk and scan disk on both computers last month. I think I'll just stick with the replacement hard drive suggestion though. :) Thanks! Alvin --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Rick Justice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:20:59 -0400 Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] AVG removal and MSE installation Message-ID: <1237E0500896482094989393005782C0@rick> References: <[email protected]> Hi Alvin, How did you determine the amount of space on the hard drive Microsoft Security Essentials occupies? Rick Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:49 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] AVG removal and MSE installation Hi list It's Alvin. My AVG license is about to expire next month, and I want to make sure that I uninstall everything associated with it. What's the best way to do this? I am thinking about using Microsoft Security Essentials instead. I already use it on my dad's desktop, and I want to put it on my HP laptop. However, I have noticed on my dad's desktop that it seems to take up quite a bit of the hard drive. At one point, the computer had around 22 gigs free, but after a while, it has about 2 gigs of hard drive. Is this normal? This would be my only hang up with using MSE. It seems to be a hard drive hog. :) Is there something I can do to minimize this from happening? I haven't installed anything on the desktop that takes up that much space. At least I don't believe so. Maybe Windows update is doing it without me knowing. It often installs things (according to my dad) when I shut down the computer. The desktop is using Windows XP Pro SP2 with about 1 Gig of ram and around 40 Gigs on the hard drive. It's an old computer. Lol My HP Pavilion notebook has about 2 Gigs of Ram and around 80 Gigs on the hard drive and is using Windows XP Home SP3. It is pretty old too. Lol I have had it since the spring of 2005. It shows signs of wear and tare from time to time, but it still gets done what I need it to do. I am looking into purchasing another computer anyway. Well any info/guidance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Be blessed! Alvin ____________________________________________________________ Groupon™ Official Site 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4e1d1649236fe3983a4st06duc For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
