I noticed my last Java update was 400K. Not huge at all. I add my
voice to the chorus, why not upgrade your HD? 1T for $90 or less?
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Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Did you per chance empty the recycle bin? But default the recycle bin
> is allocated 10% of the disk space. For your 40GB drive emptying the
> recycle bin would free 4GB of space. Add a couple of very large files
> (which, at 700MB, are probably too large to go into the recycle bin) and
> you're at roughly the number you report.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Brian Swale wrote:
>> Some things about my Acer XP machine puzzle me. (40GB HDD)
>>
>> I was down to about 500MB free space, so I saved 2 x 700 MB image files
>> to CDROM, and deleted them from the HD.
>>
>> Winpatrol in this period also detected that Java was trying to upgrade my
>> computer, and since I know from past experience those downloads are
>> huge, I instructed Winpatrol to knock that one on the head. A Flash upgrade
>> was also denied. I have no use for Flash.
>>
>> The machine now has 4.77 GB free !! Where on earth did it find that
>> space? What info have I lost?
>>
>> Many thanks to Moose for the HD Tune link. A useful program.
>>
>> I also have Aida32 which is immensely informative. I have no idea if it
>> works
>> on later flavours of Winders. The talented author of this program was head-
>> hunted by Google or some-such a couple of years ago, so work on it has
>> ceased AFAIK.
>>
>> Brian Swale.
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