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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2009, 03:18:27 PM »
DE-FRAG please and then I we can see what it is. Turn off your screensaver and any other power saving programmes then leave it over night.
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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2009, 04:42:00 PM »
Quote from: Mulreay on June 11, 2009, 02:09:41 PM
You gave up? Why would you give up? Disk de-frag is one of the most important things you do on your system atleast once a month. It may take minutes or hours but you let it run. I had a De-frag take 7hrs but it cleared over 12gb of storage. You need to do a disk clean first and de-frag then we will see what your left with. CLEAN-DISK first though. You will get that right next to de-frag. Deleate all the crap you don't need go to accessories then to system tools. You want to run a disk cleanup first 'let it run' then run a defrag. But leave it alone it can take hours. I know it's a pain but it's worth remembering in the future dont leave it so long!  ;D



I haven't defragmented in almost a year...

and "defrag" doesn't restore ANY space. EVER. it just rearranges things. It was probably disk cleanup that saved your storage.

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I have been told that a person should never put anything in D drive.  It is for the recovery and only recovery.   Is this true?  I don't know how things get there.   I suppose when you run a program part of it is in D drive but I have no idea how.  I know that sometimes D drive has more stuff in it than at other times and I never put anything there.  What I need is more space or some way to get rid of some of what is there.   Bob

it isn't ALWAYS a recovery disk- but in your case it is. In mine, for example, I have all my programs and documents going to my 433GB Drive D:\, and my Windows install resides on C:\.

However, I know exactly what your experiencing, bobh- I ran windows XP from a 2GB drive for almost 4 years, and disk space was a constant bother.

Since your space is so low, do NOT defragment the drive. you don't have enough free space.

However since I've successfully run from 2GB I'm sure we can trim off some fat!

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  • Click Continue at the disclaimer screen.
  • Once it has finished, two logs will open.
  • log.txt <will be maximized and info.txt <will be minimized
  • Please post the contents of both logs in the next reply.
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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2009, 04:53:00 PM »
I don't get that BC I have saved space in the past? Why do we De-frag then? Honest question?
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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #18 on: June 11, 2009, 04:56:48 PM »
Defragmenting, rearranges the files, so they are accessed faster.

Here's a good explanation:

http://www.pantherproducts.co.uk/Articles/Storage/defrag.shtml

overall, it doesn't actually save any space, since no data is removed.

the chkdsk, on the other hand, can occasionally restore missing free space, caused by disk corruption. (IE, if you delete a file, it is marked as "deleted" and it's storage space is marked as free in the "Master File Table". However if say there was a power loss between being marked as deleted and marking the space as free, the file is no longer there, but it's space is still consumed.

chkdsk can see this, and reports it as "lost chains" (or, it used to. not sure what it calls it now). it can also find, allocation errors and the like.

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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #19 on: June 11, 2009, 05:02:46 PM »
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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #20 on: June 11, 2009, 06:17:28 PM »
BC_Programmer -
Thanks for your reply.  I hate to tell you how dumb I am but there is no other way.  When I click on the link you gave I get a panel that says "run" or "save".  I click on save and I get another panel that I know from past experience I can put a file name in and it will be put in "documents".  I don't know what I do to save it to my desktop.
Help!!!   Thanks   Bob
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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #21 on: June 11, 2009, 07:08:19 PM »
just run it, instead of save.

It should work, I ran it from my "downloads" folder and it worked alright.


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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #22 on: June 12, 2009, 04:13:27 AM »
BC_Programmer -
I had to shut down last evening.  We had a bad storm pass close by and I had to prepare for it.  Now this morning I ran the link you gave me and got a page full of stuff that is meaningless to me.  You wanted me to post it.  I have seen other people post logs but I don't know how.  I did save it in a file in the "document" folder.    How do I post it in my reply?  I can post it by doing another "run" or from the saved file, which ever is easier.    Bob
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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #23 on: June 12, 2009, 04:37:54 AM »
BC -
I am posting in sections as the whole thing is too big to post as one.
Logfile of random's system information tool 1.06 (written by random/random)
Run by Bob at 2009-06-12 05:15:45
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Basic 
System drive C: has 77 GB (73%) free of 106 GB
Total RAM: 1525 MB (51% free)

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 5:15:53 AM, on 6/12/2009
Platform: Windows Vista  (WinNT 6.00.1904)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16851)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\sttray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\igfxtray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\igfxpers.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\hpwuSchd2.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe
C:\Windows\system32\igfxsrvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Engine\16.5.0.135\ccSvcHst.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqSTE08.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieuser.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\ZH65T96Y\RSIT[1].exe
C:\Program Files\trend micro\Bob.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://verizon.yahoo.com/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://www.gateway.com/g/startpage.html?Ch=Retail&Br=EM&Loc=ENG_US&Sys=DTP&M=W3609
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.gateway.com/g/startpage.html?Ch=Retail&Br=EM&Loc=ENG_US&Sys=DTP&M=W3609
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = http://www.gateway.com/g/sidepanel.html?Ch=Retail&Br=EM&Loc=ENG_US&Sys=DTP&M=W3609
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #24 on: June 12, 2009, 04:39:27 AM »
BC -
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: Media Access Startup - {25B8D58C-B0CB-46b0-BA64-05B3804E4E86} - C:\Program Files\Media Access Startup\1.3.0.790\HPIEAddOn.dll
O2 - BHO: NP Helper Class - {35B8D58C-B0CB-46b0-BA64-05B3804E4E86} - C:\Program Files\Internet Saving Optimizer\3.3.0.4160\NPIEAddOn.dll
O2 - BHO: Symantec NCO BHO - {602ADB0E-4AFF-4217-8AA1-95DAC4DFA408} - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Engine\16.5.0.135\coIEPlg.dll
O2 - BHO: Symantec Intrusion Prevention - {6D53EC84-6AAE-4787-AEEE-F4628F01010C} - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Engine\16.5.0.135\IPSBHO.DLL
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: Browser Address Error Redirector - {CA6319C0-31B7-401E-A518-A07C3DB8F777} - c:\google\BAE.dll
O2 - BHO: System Search Dispatcher - {CDBFB47B-58A8-4111-BF95-06178DCE326D} - C:\Program Files\System Search Dispatcher\1.2.0.750\ssd.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Norton Toolbar - {7FEBEFE3-6B19-4349-98D2-FFB09D4B49CA} - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Engine\16.5.0.135\coIEPlg.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows Defender] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe -hide
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SigmatelSysTrayApp] sttray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NapsterShell] C:\Program Files\Napster\napster.exe /systray
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BigFix] c:\program files\Bigfix\bigfix.exe /atstartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] C:\Windows\system32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\Windows\system32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Persistence] C:\Windows\system32\igfxpers.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe
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O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0\bin\npjpi160.dll
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/get/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab
O16 - DPF: {E2883E8F-472F-4FB0-9522-AC9BF37916A7} - http://platformdl.adobe.com/NOS/getPlusPlus/1.6/gp.cab
O18 - Protocol: symres - {AA1061FE-6C41-421F-9344-69640C9732AB} - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Engine\16.5.0.135\coIEPlg.dll
O23 - Service: Norton Internet Security - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Engine\16.5.0.135\ccSvcHst.exe
O23 - Service: SigmaTel Audio Service (STacSV) - SigmaTel, Inc. - C:\Program Files\SigmaTel\C-Major Audio\WDM\STacSV.exe
O23 - Service: XAudioService - Conexant Systems, Inc. - C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\xaudio.exe

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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #25 on: June 12, 2009, 04:42:31 AM »
BC -
ogfile of random's system information tool 1.06 (written by random/random)
Run by Bob at 2009-06-12 05:15:45
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Basic 
System drive C: has 77 GB (73%) free of 106 GB
Total RAM: 1525 MB (51% free)

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 5:15:53 AM, on 6/12/2009
Platform: Windows Vista  (WinNT 6.00.1904)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16851)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\sttray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\igfxtray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\igfxpers.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\hpwuSchd2.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe
C:\Windows\system32\igfxsrvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Engine\16.5.0.135\ccSvcHst.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqSTE08.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieuser.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\ZH65T96Y\RSIT[1].exe
C:\Program Files\trend micro\Bob.exe
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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #26 on: June 12, 2009, 04:44:23 AM »
BC -
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://verizon.yahoo.com/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://www.gateway.com/g/startpage.html?Ch=Retail&Br=EM&Loc=ENG_US&Sys=DTP&M=W3609
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.gateway.com/g/startpage.html?Ch=Retail&Br=EM&Loc=ENG_US&Sys=DTP&M=W3609
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = http://www.gateway.com/g/sidepanel.html?Ch=Retail&Br=EM&Loc=ENG_US&Sys=DTP&M=W3609
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: Media Access Startup - {25B8D58C-B0CB-46b0-BA64-05B3804E4E86} - C:\Program Files\Media Access Startup\1.3.0.790\HPIEAddOn.dll
O2 - BHO: NP Helper Class - {35B8D58C-B0CB-46b0-BA64-05B3804E4E86} - C:\Program Files\Internet Saving Optimizer\3.3.0.4160\NPIEAddOn.dll
O2 - BHO: Symantec NCO BHO - {602ADB0E-4AFF-4217-8AA1-95DAC4DFA408} - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Engine\16.5.0.135\coIEPlg.dll
O2 - BHO: Symantec Intrusion Prevention - {6D53EC84-6AAE-4787-AEEE-F4628F01010C} - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Engine\16.5.0.135\IPSBHO.DLL
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: Browser Address Error Redirector - {CA6319C0-31B7-401E-A518-A07C3DB8F777} - c:\google\BAE.dll
O2 - BHO: System Search Dispatcher - {CDBFB47B-58A8-4111-BF95-06178DCE326D} - C:\Program Files\System Search Dispatcher\1.2.0.750\ssd.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Norton Toolbar - {7FEBEFE3-6B19-4349-98D2-FFB09D4B49CA} - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Engine\16.5.0.135\coIEPlg.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows Defender] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe -hide
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SigmatelSysTrayApp] sttray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NapsterShell] C:\Program Files\Napster\napster.exe /systray
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BigFix] c:\program files\Bigfix\bigfix.exe /atstartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] C:\Windows\system32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\Windows\system32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Persistence] C:\Windows\system32\igfxpers.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0\bin\npjpi160.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0\bin\npjpi160.dll
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #27 on: June 12, 2009, 04:45:36 AM »
You have 77G Free space out of 106G on C:.....
I see no space problem at this point.
D: is your Recovery partition and should be left alone .....period.
The only reason you are getting low space errors is from trying to store things on D: which you shouldn't be doing.
Pretend it's not there and keep everything on C:.
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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #28 on: June 12, 2009, 04:51:05 AM »
You might want to upgrade Vista to SP1.
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Re: Bob-PC (D:) is nearly full. What to do?
« Reply #29 on: June 12, 2009, 05:07:50 AM »
BC -
13 - Gopher Prefix:
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/get/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab
O16 - DPF: {E2883E8F-472F-4FB0-9522-AC9BF37916A7} - http://platformdl.adobe.com/NOS/getPlusPlus/1.6/gp.cab
O18 - Protocol: symres - {AA1061FE-6C41-421F-9344-69640C9732AB} - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Engine\16.5.0.135\coIEPlg.dll
O23 - Service: Norton Internet Security - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Engine\16.5.0.135\ccSvcHst.exe
O23 - Service: SigmaTel Audio Service (STacSV) - SigmaTel, Inc. - C:\Program Files\SigmaTel\C-Major Audio\WDM\STacSV.exe
O23 - Service: XAudioService - Conexant Systems, Inc. - C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\xaudio.exe

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I hope this is what you want.  I had to post in parts because it was too big.  I tried several things until I found out how to post the logs.  I try different things and sometimes they work and sometimes I get in trouble and have to start over.
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