Re: C Drive Suddenly full

Brandon,
The first thing I would check is how big your swap file has gotten. The file
is PAGEFILE.SYS probably located in the root directory C:\. Use Windows
explorer to view the files on the drive and make sure you go to TOOLS>FOLDER
OPTIONS then click on the view tab. Under files and folders make sure that
Show hidden files and folders is selected and UNCHECK the Hide extensions
for known file types AND hide protected system files. This way you will be
able to see the swap file and it's size. If it has grown incredibly large,
above 2 gig, re-boot the system.
The other thing to check is the Temp directory, Temp Internet files. Make
sure that any huge video giles have been deleted after viewing.
Hope this helps
Anthony

"Brandon" <Brandon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I got a message yesterday that my C drive is full. I have no idea how this
happened. The only thing I can think of is that I was on my Winamp player
watching a bunch of music videos they have on their program, but I wasn't
aware of any files being saved to my computer -- I thought it was simply
streaming from the internet.

I even did a search on my C drive to see if any of the files saved
anywhere
and they didn't show up in the search. Is there any way to tell which
files
on my C drive are the largest so I can see if a new folder was created or
something that is taking all the space????

Also, I noticed when I ran a defragment analysis there was quite a bit of
space that was fragmented -- like over half, but when I try to run a
defragmentation I get a message that there isn't enough space to run it.
I
only have 4% free space vs the 15% required. Any ideas????



.

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