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920mb free space but can't save jpg
Name: dwin Date: December 2, 2002 at 03:47:03 Pacific OS: 98se CPU/Ram: p2
Comment:
my c drive has 920mb of free space yet it won't let me save a small jpg (says I'm out of space). I know 920mb is not much, but it is enough to save a pic, isn't it. I have a lot of free space on my d drive (have hd partitioned), but I am just wondering why it won't let me use my 920mb on my c drive
Name: realdan Date: December 2, 2002 at 05:10:38 Pacific
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can it be saved on ur d drive
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Response Number 2
Name: dwin Date: December 2, 2002 at 05:15:36 Pacific
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yes, but the question is: why can't it be saved on my c drive
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Response Number 3
Name: realdan Date: December 2, 2002 at 05:27:44 Pacific
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did you specify ur vm setting urself? if so how big did u make it?
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Response Number 4
Name: dwin Date: December 2, 2002 at 05:31:27 Pacific
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no- i did not set it myself. It's managed by windows
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Response Number 5
Name: will Date: December 2, 2002 at 06:23:17 Pacific
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I'd run scandisk and see if things get corrected. Might be reporting the wrong amount of space.
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Response Number 6
Name: John Date: December 2, 2002 at 07:34:47 Pacific
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I can't remember the details, but I think windows does not necessarily report disk space correctly. Like if you have a bunch of half empty clusters it reports them as half empty even though a cluster can only be occupied by one file, meaning that these half empty clusters are unusable.
2x explorer from download.com is how I manage my hard drives, as it does a more detailed job of telling who what folders and subfolders are taking up space
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Response Number 7
Name: Random Date: December 2, 2002 at 07:46:24 Pacific
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A lot of times this can be caused by having too many or too large files in your root directory.
Try clearing out some of the files at C:\ and see if that helps.
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Response Number 8
Name: Tony Date: December 2, 2002 at 08:38:00 Pacific
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Yeah, clear \windows\temp, clear IE cache, uninstall uneeded progs, reboot, close everything except explorer and systray using ctrl+alt+del, run scandisk, defrag, reboot.
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Response Number 9
Name: Random Date: December 2, 2002 at 13:15:17 Pacific
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I meant specifically in the root of C:
See also: http://support.gateway.com/s/issues/151801390.shtml
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Response Number 10
Name: jboy Date: December 3, 2002 at 03:36:03 Pacific
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Well, as I understand it, there is a limit on the number of root directory entries - files and directories (but not subdirectories) of 512, but only if you're using the (pretty much) obsolete FAT16. With FAT32 I've heard either 'no limit' or else a limit of 65,536 entries.
Generally considered 'good housekeeping' to keep the root entries to a minimum though - can't hurt to delete/move some unecessary files.
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Response Number 11
Name: Callan Date: December 3, 2002 at 07:31:03 Pacific
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