Guest ah Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months. Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without any Windows or other major update. How could this happen?
Guest Ron Badour Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: 10GB suddenly regained Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has apparently deleted data. -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2007 "ah" <anonewsgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Orwz$QQ%23HHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months. >Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without >any Windows or other major update. How could this happen? >
Guest ah Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: 10GB suddenly regained Of course, this is why I am puzzled. I carry my laptop everywhere with me and nobody else ever uses it, all my files seem to be there, the OS seems to be running as usual. 10GB is a lot, I am really anxious about what has happened. -- ah "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message news:uqx%23neQ%23HHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has > apparently deleted data. > > -- > Regards > > Ron Badour > MS MVP 1997 - 2007 > > > "ah" <anonewsgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:Orwz$QQ%23HHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months. >>Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without >>any Windows or other major update. How could this happen? >> > >
Guest PowerUser Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: 10GB suddenly regained Did you turn off system restore? "ah" <anonewsgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23hgi0nQ%23HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Of course, this is why I am puzzled. I carry my laptop everywhere with me > and nobody else ever uses it, all my files seem to be there, the OS seems > to be running as usual. > > 10GB is a lot, I am really anxious about what has happened. > > -- > ah > > "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message > news:uqx%23neQ%23HHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has >> apparently deleted data. >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Ron Badour >> MS MVP 1997 - 2007 >> >> >> "ah" <anonewsgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:Orwz$QQ%23HHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months. >>>Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without >>>any Windows or other major update. How could this happen? >>> >> >> > >
Guest ah Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: 10GB suddenly regained No, I did not. I didn't do anything else than usually. -- ah "PowerUser" <a@bbc.com> wrote in message news:eiQiUwQ%23HHA.4736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Did you turn off system restore? > > "ah" <anonewsgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:%23hgi0nQ%23HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Of course, this is why I am puzzled. I carry my laptop everywhere with >> me and nobody else ever uses it, all my files seem to be there, the OS >> seems to be running as usual. >> >> 10GB is a lot, I am really anxious about what has happened. >> >> -- >> ah >> >> "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message >> news:uqx%23neQ%23HHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has >>> apparently deleted data. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> >>> Ron Badour >>> MS MVP 1997 - 2007 >>> >>> >>> "ah" <anonewsgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:Orwz$QQ%23HHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>>I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few >>>>months. Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or >>>>without any Windows or other major update. How could this happen? >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
Guest Unknown Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: 10GB suddenly regained You didn't do a disk clean? Are you using Outlook Express? "ah" <anonewsgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23Brvl2Q%23HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > No, I did not. I didn't do anything else than usually. > > -- > ah > > "PowerUser" <a@bbc.com> wrote in message > news:eiQiUwQ%23HHA.4736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Did you turn off system restore? >> >> "ah" <anonewsgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:%23hgi0nQ%23HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> Of course, this is why I am puzzled. I carry my laptop everywhere with >>> me and nobody else ever uses it, all my files seem to be there, the OS >>> seems to be running as usual. >>> >>> 10GB is a lot, I am really anxious about what has happened. >>> >>> -- >>> ah >>> >>> "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message >>> news:uqx%23neQ%23HHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>> Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has >>>> apparently deleted data. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Ron Badour >>>> MS MVP 1997 - 2007 >>>> >>>> >>>> "ah" <anonewsgr@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:Orwz$QQ%23HHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>>>I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few >>>>>months. Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything >>>>>or without any Windows or other major update. How could this happen? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
Guest ah Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: 10GB suddenly regained On Sep 17, 6:50 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote: > You didn't do a disk clean? Are you using Outlook Express?"ah" <anonew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:%23Brvl2Q%23HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > > No, I did not. I didn't do anything else than usually. > > > -- > > ah > > > "PowerUser" <a...@bbc.com> wrote in message > >news:eiQiUwQ%23HHA.4736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >> Did you turn off system restore? > > >> "ah" <anonew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > >>news:%23hgi0nQ%23HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > >>> Of course, this is why I am puzzled. I carry my laptop everywhere with > >>> me and nobody else ever uses it, all my files seem to be there, the OS > >>> seems to be running as usual. > > >>> 10GB is a lot, I am really anxious about what has happened. > > >>> -- > >>> ah > > >>> "Ron Badour" <So...@NoAddress.com> wrote in message > >>>news:uqx%23neQ%23HHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > >>>> Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has > >>>> apparently deleted data. > > >>>> -- > >>>> Regards > > >>>> Ron Badour > >>>> MS MVP 1997 - 2007 > > >>>> "ah" <anonew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > >>>>news:Orwz$QQ%23HHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >>>>>I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few > >>>>>months. Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything > >>>>>or without any Windows or other major update. How could this happen? Yes I use Outlook Express for Newsgroups and Outlook 2003 for mail, calendar etc... but still 10GB seems to me an awful lot -- ah
Guest Unknown Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 Re: 10GB suddenly regained Are you using outlook express? "ah" <nicarb@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1190063141.222305.316100@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > On Sep 17, 6:50 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote: >> You didn't do a disk clean? Are you using Outlook Express?"ah" >> <anonew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:%23Brvl2Q%23HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> >> > No, I did not. I didn't do anything else than usually. >> >> > -- >> > ah >> >> > "PowerUser" <a...@bbc.com> wrote in message >> >news:eiQiUwQ%23HHA.4736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> Did you turn off system restore? >> >> >> "ah" <anonew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >>news:%23hgi0nQ%23HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> >>> Of course, this is why I am puzzled. I carry my laptop everywhere >> >>> with >> >>> me and nobody else ever uses it, all my files seem to be there, the >> >>> OS >> >>> seems to be running as usual. >> >> >>> 10GB is a lot, I am really anxious about what has happened. >> >> >>> -- >> >>> ah >> >> >>> "Ron Badour" <So...@NoAddress.com> wrote in message >> >>>news:uqx%23neQ%23HHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> >>>> Unlike water, data does not evaporate so something or someone has >> >>>> apparently deleted data. >> >> >>>> -- >> >>>> Regards >> >> >>>> Ron Badour >> >>>> MS MVP 1997 - 2007 >> >> >>>> "ah" <anonew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >>>>news:Orwz$QQ%23HHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >>>>>I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few >> >>>>>months. Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned >> >>>>>anything >> >>>>>or without any Windows or other major update. How could this happen? > > > Yes I use Outlook Express for Newsgroups and Outlook 2003 for mail, > calendar etc... but still 10GB seems to me an awful lot > > -- > ah >
Guest Bert Kinney Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Re: 10GB suddenly regained Hi, Did you run Disk Clean-up with the System Restore option? And were any applications uninstalled? And is Zone Alarm installed on the system? Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org ah wrote: > I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months. > Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without any > Windows or other major update. How could this happen?
Guest PowerUser Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: 10GB suddenly regained Why would ZA have anything to do with this? "Bert Kinney" <bert@NSmvps.org> wrote in message news:OyswLh$%23HHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi, > > Did you run Disk Clean-up with the System Restore option? > > And were any applications uninstalled? > > And is Zone Alarm installed on the system? > > Regards, > Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User > http://bertk.mvps.org > Member: http://dts-l.org > > ah wrote: >> I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months. >> Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without >> any Windows or other major update. How could this happen?
Guest Juan I. Cahis Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: 10GB suddenly regained I remember that I deleted Zone Alarm from my PC because it generated huge amounts of LOGs (several Gigabytes), in a Windows subdirectory, I don't remember the name now, and it failed to automatically delete them after a period of days. "PowerUser" <a@bbc.com> wrote: >Why would ZA have anything to do with this? > >"Bert Kinney" <bert@NSmvps.org> wrote in message >news:OyswLh$%23HHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Hi, >> >> Did you run Disk Clean-up with the System Restore option? >> >> And were any applications uninstalled? >> >> And is Zone Alarm installed on the system? >> >> Regards, >> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://bertk.mvps.org >> Member: http://dts-l.org >> >> ah wrote: >>> I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months. >>> Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without >>> any Windows or other major update. How could this happen? > Thanks Juan I. Cahis Santiago de Chile (South America) Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!
Guest Bert Kinney Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: 10GB suddenly regained Hi, Zone Alarm version 6.5 has a bug that creates very large .rdb files within the system. These .rdb files are monitored by System Restore and thus end up in the restore points located in the System Volume Information folder, along with other locations on the system. The best advise is to revert to an earlier, or newer version of Zone Alarm. Then disable System Restore which will purge all existing restore points, then turn it back on. For more information on this subject please visit the Zone Labs User Forum. http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=gen&message.id=34871 Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org PowerUser wrote: > Why would ZA have anything to do with this? > > "Bert Kinney" wrote >> Hi, >> >> Did you run Disk Clean-up with the System Restore option? >> >> And were any applications uninstalled? >> >> And is Zone Alarm installed on the system? >> >> Regards, >> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://bertk.mvps.org >> Member: http://dts-l.org >> >> ah wrote: >>> I had between 4 and 5GB free left on my hard drive those last few months. >>> Suddenly I have now 10GB free without having cleaned anything or without >>> any Windows or other major update. How could this happen?
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