Re: How to figure out what's plugging up my hard drive

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I just had a further thought.

When I run Add/Remove programs I see a TON of MS updates. They may or may
not be a contributor to my space problem.

Would it be smart to remove all the MS "fixes"... and (if this gives me
enough space) defrag and run Windows Update to restore the critical updates?

jeff

"Jeff Ingman" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a 3 year old Dell computer running WinXP pro.... fully updated....
with a 190 gig hard drive that is almost completely full.

Using Add/Remove Programs I've removed all software I'm not using. I've
run the WinXP Disk Cleanup utility. But these steps have not solved the
glut.

I can't figure out what's the remaining space hog. According to Windows
Explorer my Progams folder contains 148 gigs. I haven't figured out how to
determine which specific folder/program is the disk space hog.

I suspect one of the program files has somehow grown way to fat. Any tips
on how I can locate the culprit and get back some space?

jeff



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