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squakMix
8th June 2004, 00:29
...I got this computer about 1 year and a half ago with an 80 gig hd, and thought to myself "Hah. I'll NEVER be able to fill THAT up. Pff, I could barely fill a 15 gig hardrive. This is awsome. I'll have more space than I'll ever need."

Wrong. Damn, I have used up 60 gigs of space now, and I have no Idea on what. ...I dont have too many games installed, and I dont have THOUSANDs of mp3s... Where the hell did that extra 45 gigs of information come from!?


agh. I have never reformatted my Hd. It may be time :D.
Namelessv1
8th June 2004, 00:30
Originally posted by squakMix
Where the hell did that extra 45 gigs of information come from!?


porn
Raz
8th June 2004, 00:31
You really don't have anything to do, do you.
squakMix
8th June 2004, 00:32
Originally posted by Dawg4Life2K1
porn

Nope. No porn at all on this computer. I never save it on the hd.

Originally posted by Raz
You really don't have anything to do, do you.

Nothing I would RATHER do ;)
ElChevelle
8th June 2004, 00:47
Chev's short advice of the day:
Backup CD's
wulph
8th June 2004, 01:01
Seriously, check the temporary internet files. I dunno how many times I've seen people with a few gigs of stuff there, because they let windows manage it automatically, and it essentially just keeps EVERYTHING you've ever done.

Other than that... check your uninstall list, and check your main programs - how much do you use? You'd be surprised how big some of todays programs are (ah, the days of 40 meg hard drives... when windows fit on 3 3.5" diskettes and dos on 1 5.25 diskette..)

-r-
deeder7001
8th June 2004, 01:08
i still have an 80 meg hard drive in my 386. it also has Win 3.1 and dos 6.22. that computer is fun sometimes. i thought i would never be able to fill a 40gig hard drive. but i have so many games and movies on it. mostly games though.
cyu
8th June 2004, 01:15
Originally posted by wulph
Seriously, check the temporary internet files. I dunno how many times I've seen people with a few gigs of stuff there, because they let windows manage it automatically, and it essentially just keeps EVERYTHING you've ever done.


I concur. I have 10 movies, 3000 mp3s, numerous games and programs, and I am only using 40% of my 80GB hd.
squakMix
8th June 2004, 01:18
Originally posted by wulph
Seriously, check the temporary internet files. I dunno how many times I've seen people with a few gigs of stuff there, because they let windows manage it automatically, and it essentially just keeps EVERYTHING you've ever done.

Other than that... check your uninstall list, and check your main programs - how much do you use? You'd be surprised how big some of todays programs are (ah, the days of 40 meg hard drives... when windows fit on 3 3.5" diskettes and dos on 1 5.25 diskette..)

-r-

I have a program that deletes ALL history stuff, and logs/keys, ect. Yea, When I cleared it a long time ago (I just cleared it agian this week), it cleared 1 gig of stuff. I was pretty surprised. I do it now about once a month, and it only clears about 10 mb of stuff.

I did check my uninstall list. About once every couple of weeks. I only have things installed that I actively need/use.
squakMix
8th June 2004, 01:20
However, I DO know where at least five of the gigs of mystery hd usage came from. I have a few movies on my computer, and I have the hl2 NOT demo (shh...) and the doom3 demo.


...Who said anything about a demo? Not me. Did you? No...
;)
InvisableMan
8th June 2004, 03:59
Originally posted by squakMix
and I have the hl2 demo (shh...).

you mean the leaked prealpha? hope you don't get a knock on your door from the fbi when a googler from valve reads that :P
squakMix
8th June 2004, 04:03
Nah, It's not being distributed, and i didnt get it off the internet.

God, it takes up almost 4 gigs
mark
8th June 2004, 08:38
I've got 50 filled up with:

about every game i own,
9 gigs of mp3s
a few unfinished movie torrents
some other crap
SSJ4 Gogitta
8th June 2004, 09:05
pffft, over both of my PC's i have two 80 giggers, one 40 gigger, and one 20 gigger. I need more. Tons more. I would love to get a 3rd PC and just fill it with 300+ GB drives.

$237 - EIDE 300GB

If only I had $950 for 4 of thoes puppies.
mark
8th June 2004, 09:34
<3 my 120GB SATA drive
griffinn
8th June 2004, 09:42
Originally posted by SSJ4 Gogitta
pffft, over both of my PC's i have two 80 giggers, one 40 gigger, and one 20 gigger. I need more. Tons more. I would love to get a 3rd PC and just fill it with 300+ GB drives.

$237 - EIDE 300GB

If only I had $950 for 4 of thoes puppies. That looks like the hoarding aspect of obsessive compulsive disorder -- you collect stuff endlessly, fill all available space, and never throw anything away.
mark
8th June 2004, 15:15
i collect my junk and put it on cd. then every year or so i go through them for stuff thats actually useful/worth keeping and find theres only about 100mb of good stuff out of 5 full cds.
OutlawJim
8th June 2004, 16:51
i only have 12gb on my computer :(
horse-fly
8th June 2004, 17:25
you can do a folder to folder run down and delete all the junkie junk that you don't need anymore
wulph
8th June 2004, 19:07
I don't think I can count how many hard drives I have. I've got an 80 external, a 60 internal for my lappy, 2x40 for my main machine back home, and a whole stinkin' pile of 3's, 13's, (and even a 250mb I think) and other crap distributed around about 5 computers.

I think it's time I get rid of some computers. Stupid LAN...

That said, try 10 gigs (probly more, can't check right now) of movies, 20+ of LEGAL music (ah, the life of a DJ), a few of porn, some other random crapola... games, CD's waiting to be burned... pics... *sigh*

-r-
Bilbo Baggins
8th June 2004, 21:19
Originally posted by squakMix
However, I DO know where at least five of the gigs of mystery hd usage came from. I have a few movies on my computer, and I have the hl2 NOT demo (shh...) and the doom3 demo.
;)


That sickens me.
godoncrack
8th June 2004, 21:41
organization (http://myweb.cableone.net/badthoughts/catalog1.jpg)
helps (http://myweb.cableone.net/badthoughts/catalog2.jpg)
morgado
8th June 2004, 21:49
Wich OS do you use ?! If Win XP, it's probably the restore points. Forgot how to delete them tough .. :/
godoncrack
8th June 2004, 21:51
ME lets you, its in the disk clean-up section i think
beanboy89
8th June 2004, 22:38
Uninstall programs you don't use. I did that and now I have more free space.
squakMix
8th June 2004, 22:44
yea, I'll search my Startup list for just random stuff that I dont use.
godoncrack
8th June 2004, 22:51
and i still think your shitin us about the amount of pornography you're declaring
squakMix
8th June 2004, 22:53
...That only cleared about 2 gigs. Still got about 58 gigs full.
SSJ4 Gogitta
8th June 2004, 23:38
Originally posted by griffinn
That looks like the hoarding aspect of obsessive compulsive disorder -- you collect stuff endlessly, fill all available space, and never throw anything away.

Right... get me a 100 pack of Memorex DVD-R's and my drives will be nice empty, except for my music. And except of course for the new anime that'd be downloaded to the new space.

And I save stuff so I don't have to take a week to download it again whenever I wan't to watch it a 2nd time.
zootm
9th June 2004, 00:21
Originally posted by Nobby Nobbs
<3 my 120GB SATA drive
<3 my 250Gb SATA drive :p
Anders
9th June 2004, 00:22
http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/

http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/
godoncrack
9th June 2004, 00:25
hey squak, when was the last time you defraged?
squakMix
9th June 2004, 00:33
Originally posted by godoncrack
hey squak, when was the last time you defraged?

Last night.

Before that?

...4 months?
godoncrack
9th June 2004, 00:36
i did one a week ago
found 5 gigs
bored154
9th June 2004, 00:50
Originally posted by squakMix
...I got this computer about 1 year and a half ago with an 80 gig hd, and thought to myself "Hah. I'll NEVER be able to fill THAT up. Pff, I could barely fill a 15 gig hardrive. This is awsome. I'll have more space than I'll ever need."

Wrong. Damn, I have used up 60 gigs of space now, and I have no Idea on what. ...I dont have too many games installed, and I dont have THOUSANDs of mp3s... Where the hell did that extra 45 gigs of information come from!? HA! i got my 120GB computer last Christmas and ive used up about 50GB already :) my 120GB of space is going to turn into 200GB soon though. mabye over the summer ill do that.
deeder7001
9th June 2004, 01:18
i'm probably going to move up from a 2.1gig hard drive to a 40gig hard drive in the near future. i don't think i'll be able to fill that for a while as i'm on a 400mhz Dell.
ryan
9th June 2004, 01:22
Originally posted by griffinn
That looks like the hoarding aspect of obsessive compulsive disorder -- you collect stuff endlessly, fill all available space, and never throw anything away.

And you haven't seen his coin ollection. :) (seriously, ask him about it ^_^)
Myxomatosis
9th June 2004, 04:52
Originally posted by bored154
HA! i got my 120GB computer last Christmas and ive used up about 50GB already :) my 120GB of space is going to turn into 200GB soon though. mabye over the summer ill do that.

You live up to your name, Bored.
mark
9th June 2004, 10:25
i got my 120GB HDD a month ago and i filled 50GB
Vie
9th June 2004, 12:08
I rember with my first computer (With Windows) being amazed by the 8gb's of space... ..most had 6gbs at the time.
kingo'mountain
9th June 2004, 13:27
/me is crying aloud for help on being in the same situation like those 12 gigger poor people..
/me has 13 gig HD, around 1.5 gig of semi-legal porn
and 6 gigs of games
MonKeyRum
9th June 2004, 13:43
Originally posted by morgado
Wich OS do you use ?! If Win XP, it's probably the restore points. Forgot how to delete them tough .. :/

Once you disable system restore Windows XP erases the previous restore points. Best thing to do is just turn it off click OK, and then go back in and turn it back on and create a new point. Now as for if it gives that space back to the HD is another question.
fwgx
9th June 2004, 14:06
Also make sure that the indexing service is disabled.

Control Panel -> Admin Tools -> Services.
hgnis
9th June 2004, 20:02
I am now ashamed of my puny 17GB.....
squakMix
9th June 2004, 22:11
Originally posted by MonKeyRum
Once you disable system restore Windows XP erases the previous restore points. Best thing to do is just turn it off click OK, and then go back in and turn it back on and create a new point. Now as for if it gives that space back to the HD is another question.

Where can I access system restore?
PulseDriver
9th June 2004, 23:02
Originally posted by ElChevelle
Chev's short advice of the day:
Backup CD's

Or even better, Backup DvDs lol
Myxomatosis
10th June 2004, 00:31
Originally posted by squakMix
Where can I access system restore?

Start:Right click My Computer:Open Tab called "System Restore"
squakMix
10th June 2004, 02:07
How am I supposed to right click my computer? You mean C:?
griffinn
10th June 2004, 02:17
If you don't have the "My Computer" icon on your desktop, go to the Control Panel, switch to "Classic View" (if necessary), and open "System". This does the same thing.
squakMix
10th June 2004, 02:26
Originally posted by griffinn
switch to "Classic View" (if necessary),

Heh, Of course not ;). Thanks :)
CaboWaboAddict
10th June 2004, 12:06
Originally posted by Vie
I rember with my first computer (With Windows) being amazed by the 8gb's of space... ..most had 6gbs at the time.

Holy shit! My first computer with Windows was a 286 with a 20Meg drive. It was loaded with Desmit C, Turbo C, a VT100 emulator, and some word processor that I don't remember the name of. I still had room left!

Thanks for the memory!:D