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Name: James
Date: May 20, 2002 at 15:52:15 Pacific
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All of a sudden after having 2.5GB of memory left this morning, it now claims my hard drive is full.

Nothing new has been installed, and I downloaded nothing off the net that could of done this.

I can now not run many programs as I have no memory left, although I know I still do, its just disapeared.

Could someone please help a computer idiot out here.



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Response Number 1
Name: WhitPhil
Date: May 20, 2002 at 16:16:34 Pacific
Reply:

As a FYI, RAM is referenced as memory but seldom disk.

Do you use Kazaa?

If so, check this link for a virus you may have.


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Response Number 2
Name: WhitPhil
Date: May 20, 2002 at 16:19:20 Pacific
Reply:

That would be this one!!

http://www.computing.net/security/wwwboard/forum/698.html


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Response Number 3
Name: James
Date: May 20, 2002 at 16:46:50 Pacific
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Thanks, ive done what the link said, but still no joy :o(

It probably is KazaA, shall i delete that as well? anymore help anyone? i want my memory back!!


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Response Number 4
Name: Ellis
Date: May 20, 2002 at 17:38:17 Pacific
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Try running Scandisk first - I seen this occur on several PC's in the past (and assuming it just being misreported, Scandisk should fit it).

You may also want to clear your Temporary Internet files, and delete the content of your TEMP Directory as well.


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Response Number 5
Name: WhitPhil
Date: May 20, 2002 at 18:43:52 Pacific
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So you ran the online virus check?

Do Find Files > C:\ > Date Tab > "During the previous 1 days"
When the list is presented, open the window maximized, click on the heading "Modified" to sort by Date.
Scroll through the list.
What folder are all the new files in? And what are they? EXE, etc?


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Response Number 6
Name: wawadave
Date: May 20, 2002 at 18:43:57 Pacific
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hello
if after scan disk and the other good advice does not work remove kazaa and run regcleaner and ad-ware anti spy ware to clean kazaa good.you might want to run delindex.bat from renisaunce man.to get rid of those hidden and unhidden files from your machine you dont need.
allso this is an absolut must to read and do

http://computing.net/windowsme/wwwboard/forum/18106.html

have a nice day

d/l XP HOME free


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Response Number 7
Name: WhitPhil
Date: May 20, 2002 at 18:46:01 Pacific
Reply:

So you ran the online virus check?

Do Find Files > C:\ > Date Tab > "During the previous 1 days"
When the list is presented, open the window maximized, click on the heading "Modified" to sort by Date.
Scroll through the list.
What folder are all the new files in? And what are they? EXE, etc?


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Response Number 8
Name: Alvin Raymode
Date: May 23, 2002 at 09:17:39 Pacific
Reply:

One thing that i found with WinME was in the "_RESTORE" folder i had 2 files that were nearly 1.5Gb big.
You may need to have change your viewing settings to show hidden files and folders.
This may be where all your free space is being eaten up.
Since then, I've disabled the system restore function on my comp.

hope this helps.


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