Well, it looks like I am in trouble from the numerous replies I received.... :-(
Since I am an old lady on Soc Sec, a new computer or $150 external hard drive just doesn't fit in, so I am going to have to just save photos to CD's and hope they last. No other choice at this point (but a good suggestion to give my kids for my Christmas present...LOL). I certainly appreciate the information I received from this list. I have a much better understanding of what my computer is like. Elizabeth ============================================================ On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 3:06 PM, JLB <[email protected]> wrote: > I remember when I had a 30GB hard-drive. I couldn't see past my nose and > made some really bad choices like making some photos smaller to save space. > > 1.47GB left on your computer means you're already past the point where > you could even defrag it. You don't have enough room to turn around in > basically. > > There's a point at which it's time to upgrade. 40GB hard-drives, which > it sounds like you have, went out of a style around 2005 I think. > > If you just can't, you can buy an external hard-drive and keep your > photos on that. Although I would recommend having at least two of them. > > But, if at all possible, get yourself a new computer. And some external > hard-drives for back up. Removing 20MB of Passage Express and Legacy > Charting is not going to help you. > > ---- > JL | http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ > > On 6/14/2012 11:54 AM, elizabeth wrote: > > Hi Jan, Thank you for your reply. I'm not too knowledgeable about > > computers. I have a Passage Express folder in my Drive C, under Program > > Files (not under the Legacy folder), that is 1.64MB. I have never used > > Passage Express so I don't even know what it is. > > > > Legacy Charting is a folder under Legacy and when I right click it says > > the Size is 18.2MB. I have never used this either. > > > > But I need the space. I'm trying to remove anything that I don't use or > > need because I want to scan and save the 'many' photo albums my parents > > put together during their lifetimes. My computer is already stuffed full > > of genealogy-related material along with all the files for my husband's > > web site, kids pictures, etc.......none of which I ever want to remove > > or lose. > > > > My computer uses Windows XP. When I right-click my C Drive and look at > > the "pie chart" for my computer it shows that I have used 34.7GB and > > have 1.47GB of free space left. That doesn't seem like much space left > > to use for all these photo albums. > > > > Whenever I want to remove a program from my computer I have to search or > > email the producer of the product and find out how to remove it manually > > since I cannot use the Add/Remove feature. > > > > > > Elizabeth > > ============================================================= > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Jan Roberts <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Passage Express only takes up 95MB so even if it came up in your > > “Add / Remove Programs†list it probably isn’t worth removing. > > Can’t see that you can remove Legacy Charting separately – it has > > its own icon in my system, but doesn’t come up in its own right on > > my programs list (only in the Legacy 7.5 folder) but it appears to > > only take up 4KB so even if you could remove it you would hardly be > > saving any disk space. What makes you think they take up a huge > > amount of space? Perhaps someone more knowledgeable than me will > > say I’m wrong about the amount of space used.____ > > > > As to why your “Add / Remove Programs†list comes up blank I > can’t > > help you. How do you delete other programs you no longer want? > > What version of windows are you using, and how much hard drive does > > your computer have?____ > > > > __ __ > > > > Cheers____ > > > > Jan____ > > > > *From:*elizabeth [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected] > >] > > *Sent:* Wednesday, 13 June 2012 12:32 > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Passage Express and Legacy Charting removal____ > > > > __ __ > > > > I'm not too sure this is the right place to ask but perhaps someone > > can direct me to instructions of how to uninstall passage express > > free and legacy charting? They take up a huge amount of space on my > > computer and I never use them. I really need the space. > > > > I cannot remove them by using the Add/Remove feature on my computer. > > That is always blank, nothing ever shows up there. It's been that > > way since I got my computer (it is a refurbished computer) > > > > > > Thank you, > > Elizabeth > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
