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Name: Allen Michael Gurrea
Date: September 27, 2003 at 17:22:10 Pacific
OS: Win Xp Pro
CPU/Ram: P4 2.4 / 256 DDram
Comment:

hi, i was testing my new internet connection so i left it open overnight and was running the programs flashget and mirc, then the next morning, something weird happened, the free space in my drive C went bigger but the my drive D suddenly got full... what could have posibly has gone wrong? i checked all files in D and it is supposed to be only 7 gb, but it is saying 10 gb, and when i look at it in diskeeper, it shows the free space is 35gb... i already scanned for viruses but i have no virus detected



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Name: Johnw
Date: September 27, 2003 at 17:30:50 Pacific
Reply:

Are you using McAfee ?

Mcafee has a temporary hotfix for this problem on their website until their next build is released.

http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-09-11.htm

19/Sep/2003 5:05
9) Sudden Drop In Disk Space


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Response Number 2
Name: Allen
Date: September 27, 2003 at 17:39:12 Pacific
Reply:

nope.. im under norton antivirus


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Response Number 3
Name: Allen
Date: September 27, 2003 at 17:49:43 Pacific
Reply:

i think the problem is on the system restore... i checked it out and it consumed 2gb of space in my drive d... so how do i minimize the size of it?

in the properties of system restore, i already lowered the tab to the 1 step before the minimum for system restore for drive d:


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Response Number 4
Name: Johnw
Date: September 27, 2003 at 18:56:25 Pacific
Reply:

Is XP on C ?

If so , D should be set to > Turned Off .

I have my C set to 243mb .

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001111912274039


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Response Number 5
Name: Allen
Date: September 27, 2003 at 19:29:05 Pacific
Reply:

i turned it off just now... but the space it occupied is still there, is it safe to delete? and reclaim my 2 gb?


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Response Number 6
Name: Johnw
Date: September 27, 2003 at 22:57:31 Pacific
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Yes , as long as you have set C drive to restore .

And even if C drive has'nt been saving , it will begin to do so from now on .


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Response Number 7
Name: allen
Date: September 28, 2003 at 13:21:01 Pacific
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HELP D is full again!... system volume information has been saving huge files on my d: drive again... how do i stop this? i already turn it off...


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Response Number 8
Name: Johnw
Date: September 28, 2003 at 15:53:11 Pacific
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As a temp measure , turn off all restore & see what happens .

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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302796

http://www.kellys-korner.com/xp_restore.htm

Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional



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