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Old 03-21-2008   #6 (permalink)
davidjchuang


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Re: Hard Drive Full?

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Cass View Post
Winston,

Thank you for the response - my Windows folder shows just over 10GB -
however when I look at my 'Users' folder it shows over 130GB which from my
knowledge of what I have on the computer does not seem right. I think in
total across all users accounts I have just over 50GB which is predominantly
made up of my videos, music & photos which are all stored on the 'Public'
folder.

When I then look at my own user account in 'Users' and just highlight with
the mouse it shows 2.17GB which I think is right. However when I right click
it and go to properties it then shows my own user account having 46GB. I do
not store videos, photos , music in there (all kept in my 'Public' folder)
only documents.

When I repeat this exercise with the other User accounts' (wife and
children) I get a similar response as my own for two of the accounts I.e
less than 1GB on highlighting with mouse and then when checking properties a
much larger amount of GB's

I am now assuming now this is why my HD is showing as practically full - but
still not sure as to how to fix it?

Thank you for your help

Steve


"...winston" <winstonmvp@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Login with an admin account(are all accounts admin accounts)?
> Check each user profile for size(right click on a user profile and
> determine the size of each)
> Windows and Office 2007, and all software on this Vista Ultimate
> machine(fully updated via Windows Update) consume 13GB of space.
> Music(Windows Media) and Music(Ipod) and Pictures are on separate
> partitions and shared among 3 pc's on the network.
>
> Additionally, while determing the size of each user's profile, do the same
> on the Windows folder(how large is it?)
>
> --
> ...winston
> ms-mvp windows live mail
>
>
> "Cass" <stephen.cassidy3@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uV1PdjyiIHA.4868@xxxxxx
>

Hi, Steve. I can offer you a short term fix. Go to your hd, right click, choose properties, choose Compress This Drive To Save Space. By the way, defrag your hd might be in order.

Last edited by davidjchuang; 03-21-2008 at 06:22 AM.. Reason: spelling
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