Thanks Don! I believe you are right about the hard drive failing. I have noticed the Gigs available fluctuating from 2 Gigs at one time back up to 8 Gigs once before while viewing the local drive properties. I do have an external hard drive for backing up, so I will use it.
The computer does have another slot for another hard drive, so I will look into that as well. Concerning AVG, I am guessing that I can just do a normal uninstall of AVG when the time comes without having to download any special removal tool or worry about any folders or registry values being left behind. Thanks! Alvin --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Don Marang <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:22:32 -0400 Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] AVG removal and MSE installation Message-ID: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Neither Security Essentials or Windows Update should ever eat up 20 GB of disk space! You have something going on. Calculate the used and free space compared to the entire drive, My guess is that the drive may be failing and automatically blocking out bad sectors. This effectively continuously makes the drive smaller as it gets worse. If this is the case, get the data off of it and replace the drive. *Don Marang* Vinux Software Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org <http://www.vinuxproject.org/> There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter. -- Dean Kamen On 7/12/2011 11:49 PM, [email protected] wrote: > 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/
