Re: Very Low Disk Space on C:

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From: R. C. White (RCWhite_at_msn.com)
Date: 03/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 16:00:12 -0600

Hi, Bro. Howard.

In Internet Explorer, click Tools | Internet Options... On the first
(General) tab, there is a section for Temporary Internet Files. You can TIF
and cookies from here. You can also click Settings... and adjust the amount
of space that TIF uses - or even move the TIF to a different drive to free
up some space on C:.

You might also want to click the Advanced tab, scroll down to Security, and
check the box that says to Empty the TIF when you close IE. If you have
broadband, IE can reload a page from the 'net just about as fast as it can
retrieve a copy from your TIF cache.

The page file is an essential part of WinXP. You can manage it yourself,
but I prefer to let WinXP do it. Either way, the place to set it is at
System Properties | Advanced | Performance Settings | Advanced | Virtual
Memory Change. You can, among other choices, move the page file to some
drive other than C:.

RC 

-- 
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
"Bro. Howard" <aabarmdiv@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:105u5uf6all8k6e@corp.supernews.com...
> I repeatedly get the popup message about (very) low disk space on C:
drive.
> I don't just want to remove the popup - the problem needs to be taken care
> of.
>
> I downloaded DiskData (trial evaluation).  It shows the problem is a file
> named index.dat inside Content.IE5 inside Temporary Internet Files inside
> Local Settings, etc.  The content.ie5 folder is filled with downloads
which
> were interrupted in process and never restarted.
>
> Disk Cleanup doesn't get rid of these files.  Nor does "My Computer" show
> that they exist.  Nonetheless they are taking up that amount of space on
my
> system.
>
> The second greatest space hog is a file named pagefile.sys .  Is there any
> relation?
>
> How do I get rid of these files that my Windows XP says don't exist?  I
> tried booting to a floppy and deleting them but can't switch to drive C:
> from the floppy boot.  I tried a Command Prompt box within Windows but it
> doesn't show that folder even exists.
>
> My C: drive should have around a gig free, but right now it shows it has 7
> KB!  Help, please.
>
> Bro. Howard

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