Hard disk full

[Roger]

I started getting the hard disk full warning when my
2.2gig C:\ was about half full. Without adding any further
software to the disk it now shows the disk as almost
totally full. Waht could be filling my hard drive?
I have ran disk cleanup and found nothing that seems to be
hogging the drive.

[Ron Badour]

Select Details from the view option and then sort on file size by clicking
that header. Maybe that will help identify what is happening.

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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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"Roger" > wrote in message
...
> I started getting the hard disk full warning when my
> 2.2gig C:\ was about half full. Without adding any further
> software to the disk it now shows the disk as almost
> totally full. Waht could be filling my hard drive?
> I have ran disk cleanup and found nothing that seems to be
> hogging the drive.

Tried that and could identify anything in particular that
was causing the problem. Is there anything that could give
the impression of a full disk when it isn't?

>-----Original Message-----
>Select Details from the view option and then sort on file
size by clicking
>that header. Maybe that will help identify what is
happening.
>
>--
>Regards
>
>Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
>Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
>Knowledge Base Info:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
>
>"Roger" > wrote in
message
...
>> I started getting the hard disk full warning when my
>> 2.2gig C:\ was about half full. Without adding any
further
>> software to the disk it now shows the disk as almost
>> totally full. Waht could be filling my hard drive?
>> I have ran disk cleanup and found nothing that seems to
be
>> hogging the drive.
>
>
>.
>

[Ron Martell]

> wrote:

>Tried that and could identify anything in particular that
>was causing the problem. Is there anything that could give
>the impression of a full disk when it isn't?

Norton Utilities perhaps? If you are using the "Norton Protected
Recycle Bin".


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

Don't have Norton Utilities on my PC.
I think I'm heading for a reformat. The only thing thats
putting me off is the amount of data I need to back up.
Thanks for your help
Roger
>-----Original Message-----
> wrote:
>
>>Tried that and could identify anything in particular
that
>>was causing the problem. Is there anything that could
give
>>the impression of a full disk when it isn't?
>
>Norton Utilities perhaps? If you are using the "Norton
Protected
>Recycle Bin".
>
>
>Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>--
>Microsoft MVP
>On-Line Help Computer Service
>http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
>"The reason computer chips are so small is computers
don't eat much."
>.
>

[Bill Blanton]

The free space count is held on disk for fat32 volumes. A Scandisk
"normal" scan will fix it if the value is incorrect.

> wrote in message ...
> Tried that and could identify anything in particular that
> was causing the problem. Is there anything that could give
> the impression of a full disk when it isn't?

Thanks Bill but tried that as well.
Roger
>-----Original Message-----
>The free space count is held on disk for fat32 volumes. A
Scandisk
>"normal" scan will fix it if the value is incorrect.
>
> wrote in message
...
>> Tried that and could identify anything in particular
that
>> was causing the problem. Is there anything that could
give
>> the impression of a full disk when it isn't?
>
>
>.
>

[Bill Blanton]

It's conceivable that some program is trying to allocate a large
amount of memory, and this is being paged to disk. I would keep
an eye on the swap file, and check its size the next time you get
the disk full message. 2.2GB isn't really all that much space.


> wrote in message ...
> Thanks Bill but tried that as well.
> Roger
> >-----Original Message-----
> >The free space count is held on disk for fat32 volumes. A
> Scandisk
> >"normal" scan will fix it if the value is incorrect.
> >
> > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Tried that and could identify anything in particular
> that
> >> was causing the problem. Is there anything that could
> give
> >> the impression of a full disk when it isn't?
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Roger]

Excuse my ignorance but how do I view the swap file?
Roger
>-----Original Message-----
>It's conceivable that some program is trying to allocate
a large
>amount of memory, and this is being paged to disk. I
would keep
>an eye on the swap file, and check its size the next time
you get
>the disk full message. 2.2GB isn't really all that much
space.
>
>
> wrote in message
...
>> Thanks Bill but tried that as well.
>> Roger
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >The free space count is held on disk for fat32
volumes. A
>> Scandisk
>> >"normal" scan will fix it if the value is incorrect.
>> >
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> Tried that and could identify anything in particular
>> that
>> >> was causing the problem. Is there anything that could
>> give
>> >> the impression of a full disk when it isn't?
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

[Ron Badour]

I believe it is very unlikely that the swap file is 1 gb in size; however,
here is how you check:

Run sysmon.exe--I don't know what is the default setting, if any. If swap
file size is not shown, click on Edit, Add Item and choose swap file size.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Roger" > wrote in message
...
> Excuse my ignorance but how do I view the swap file?
> Roger
> >-----Original Message-----
> >It's conceivable that some program is trying to allocate
> a large
> >amount of memory, and this is being paged to disk. I
> would keep
> >an eye on the swap file, and check its size the next time
> you get
> >the disk full message. 2.2GB isn't really all that much
> space.
> >
> >
> > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Thanks Bill but tried that as well.
> >> Roger
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >The free space count is held on disk for fat32
> volumes. A
> >> Scandisk
> >> >"normal" scan will fix it if the value is incorrect.
> >> >
> >> > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> >> Tried that and could identify anything in particular
> >> that
> >> >> was causing the problem. Is there anything that could
> >> give
> >> >> the impression of a full disk when it isn't?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Thanks for your help Ron.
Roger
>-----Original Message-----
>I believe it is very unlikely that the swap file is 1 gb
in size; however,
>here is how you check:
>
>Run sysmon.exe--I don't know what is the default setting,
if any. If swap
>file size is not shown, click on Edit, Add Item and
choose swap file size.
>
>--
>Regards
>
>Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
>Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
>Knowledge Base Info:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
>
>"Roger" > wrote in
message
...
>> Excuse my ignorance but how do I view the swap file?
>> Roger
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >It's conceivable that some program is trying to
allocate
>> a large
>> >amount of memory, and this is being paged to disk. I
>> would keep
>> >an eye on the swap file, and check its size the next
time
>> you get
>> >the disk full message. 2.2GB isn't really all that much
>> space.
>> >
>> >
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> Thanks Bill but tried that as well.
>> >> Roger
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >The free space count is held on disk for fat32
>> volumes. A
>> >> Scandisk
>> >> >"normal" scan will fix it if the value is incorrect.
>> >> >
>> >> > wrote in
message
>> >> ...
>> >> >> Tried that and could identify anything in
particular
>> >> that
>> >> >> was causing the problem. Is there anything that
could
>> >> give
>> >> >> the impression of a full disk when it isn't?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>