computer Help Please

Lathum · 06-25-2005, 12:02 PM

OK, this is annoying. I have a 27 gig hard drive. when I look how full the disk is it shows there are over 8 gigs of free space, yet, I keep getting an error message that says Disk c is full....

Anyone know why this is happening?

Surtt · 06-25-2005, 12:27 PM

What is giving you this message?

Some older aps do not recognize hard drives over 2 gig.
Some times when they look at, for instance, a 27gig with 8 gig free, they see a 2 gig almost full.
The numbers just happen to look the same to the program.
I've had this problem with dbase IV.

Try adding or deleting some stuff and see if it goes away.

sovereignstar · 06-25-2005, 12:35 PM

Try deleting all of your poker software.

Lathum · 06-25-2005, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sovereignstar

Try deleting all of your poker software.

lmao

so I ran scandisk and rebooted and now my C drive shows as full.

Time to delete some porn.

Yes I prefer poker to porn.

sovereignstar · 06-25-2005, 12:39 PM

Suicane would say you shouldn't ever delete porn. You should archive it until you have enough porn to make peace after an apocalypse.

JonInMiddleGA · 06-25-2005, 12:41 PM

Sounds like you may have a drive with 27G of total space, but has too much space devoted to a partion (for saving backups or whatever).

Lathum · 06-25-2005, 12:47 PM

As far as I know I didn't create any partitions

JonInMiddleGA · 06-25-2005, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

As far as I know I didn't create any partitions

I think XP sets aside a certain amount of space as a default, for the Restore (or whatever its called) feature.

MizzouRah · 06-25-2005, 04:57 PM

Right click on my computer, go to properties and then click the System Restore tab. If this feature is on (no check mark in box), click the settings button and reduce the amount of space by moving the slider.

Todd

06-25-2005, 12:41 PM	#6
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Sounds like you may have a drive with 27G of total space, but has too much space devoted to a partion (for saving backups or whatever). __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

06-25-2005, 12:27 PM	#2
Surtt College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003	What is giving you this message? Some older aps do not recognize hard drives over 2 gig. Some times when they look at, for instance, a 27gig with 8 gig free, they see a 2 gig almost full. The numbers just happen to look the same to the program. I've had this problem with dbase IV. Try adding or deleting some stuff and see if it goes away.

06-25-2005, 12:35 PM	#3
sovereignstar Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004	Try deleting all of your poker software.

06-25-2005, 12:39 PM	#5
sovereignstar Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004	Suicane would say you shouldn't ever delete porn. You should archive it until you have enough porn to make peace after an apocalypse.

06-25-2005, 12:47 PM	#7
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	As far as I know I didn't create any partitions

06-25-2005, 04:57 PM	#9
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Right click on my computer, go to properties and then click the System Restore tab. If this feature is on (no check mark in box), click the settings button and reduce the amount of space by moving the slider. Todd

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