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Name: kriztiano
Date: November 24, 2005 at 06:56:47 Pacific
Subject: Low disk space
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: P III / 512
Comment:

I been loosing hard disk space over night,..from 1.4 gig to 12 mb. I ran several utilities, but no luck. I deleted some files so I can continue with my search for a solution before it crashes. Under "System Properties", the "Advanced" tab, "Performance" section, then "Settings", then advanced, then "Virtual Memory",..when I click on "Change" I find that I have 1540 MB, but "MY COMPUTER" SHOWS ME ONLY 735 MB. Either way, what is in my Pc that is either eating the space, or making me belive that I am loosing space/ "LOW DISK SPACE" warning..?
Fell free to contact me at daddy0407@yahoo.com
thank you..



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Response Number 1
Name: Hoss78
Date: November 24, 2005 at 10:24:18 Pacific
Reply:

have you run chkdsk (checkdisk)? http://www.updatexp.com/windows-xp-chkdsk.html


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Response Number 2
Name: jabuck
Date: November 24, 2005 at 11:07:27 Pacific
Reply:

Hector,Its probably a virus. May even be in system restore.

Try turning off system restore, this will purge system restore, then turn it back on and see if you disk space improved. To do so go to start>control panel>system>system restore tab>check the box beside "turn off system restore">apply>ok. Restart the computer and check your disk space. Turn system restore back on by unchecking the box>apply>ok.

If that didn't increase your disk space by a huge amount it could be something other than a virus.

Post a Hijack This log to help search for files containing any viruses. You can download Hijack This at this link http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/ then place it into a folder of it's on, such as C:\HJT, so that back up copies can be made and not clutter your desktop or other folders and the backup copies of deleted items can be easily located if needed.

Once saved double click HijackThis.exe, and press "Scan". When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button.
Press that, save the log, Ctrl-A to Select All, and copy its contents into the text editor at this forum.

Do not fix anything yet unless you know what you are doing. This is a powerful tool that can crash the computer if used improperly.


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