computer peeps, XP troubles again

[Buddy_Christ]

the computer told me that the service pack 2 was ready to be downloaded, so i did. now the nice 2g of hard drive space i had on that drive is almost completely eaten up. hibernate is off and so is system restore.

where to start?

 

[digger]

(Cue Roy Scheider in JAWS)

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

 

[Buddy_Christ]

(Cue Roy Scheider in JAWS)

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

2 hard drives - 20g and 100g.

20g

- 5g partition for windows
- 15g partition for Linux Mandrake

100g

- 20g partition for me
- 20g partition for music
- 20g partition for video (aka - the porn drive)
- 14g partition for her
- 14g partition for misc things

so as i said, there was a real nice 2-2.5g or so amount of space left on the windows partition and now it's all but gone. only 744mb remaining after letting the service pack install and i'd like to free up some space again but don't know how this time.

 

[KillahBee]

(Cue Roy Scheider in JAWS)

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

BWAHAHAHAH!! I watched this lastnight, too.

 

[Mr. dB]

find all the files that the SP2 patch backed up, and delete them. Should be the same as the backup files from other Windows Updates, a list of 'em will pop up at the top of your c:\windows directory with dollar signs, probably will be in blue type too

 

[Buddy_Christ]

i'm not seeing any mr.db. there's a hidden folder called $ServicePackUninstall$ (that's not exact) but it's only 355mb or so. that's about it, and doesn't account for almost 2g of space.

 

[Dial_tone]

Move your pagefile to the larger disk.

rightclick my computer/properties/advanced/settings/advanced/virtual memory/change

Make it 1.5 X times the amount of RAM you have, both min and max.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

DT - that one is already done as well. that's what helped to get me 2g of space on the drive a month ago.

 

[anthrax]

XP SP2 ?

Why did you install it ?
It brings more bugs than it resolves

 

[BileStew]

Get a 100g HD dude and stop wasting your money on tattoo's.

 

[Dial_tone]

No idea; my Windows partition is 20GB but I have 11.3GB free. I don't really do much with this computer. Check how much space your temporary internet files are using.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

anthrax - if i would've known that, i wouldn't of installed it. temp internet files are deleted too. they weren't taking up much space anyway.

hey Bilecan'tread Stew - i already have a 100g hard drive and a 20g. twit.

and i havn't gotten any new ink since 99. i really want some new inkwork. my half sleeve could use an overall touch up, i'd like to half sleeve my left arm, and i want some shading finished off on my back. after that, i dunno. i've thought about sleeving my left leg from ankle to knee. already have a tattoo on that calf. i think it'd look good if it was done right.

 

[BileStew]

hey Bilecan'tread Stew - i already have a 100g hard drive and a 20g. twit..

lol, I missed that.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

lol, I missed that.

and as you can see now that you ARE reading, i have a whole 20g dedicated to porn. only have 2g on there though...i need to install kazaa again and work on that problem.

 

[Vash]

Right click on the partition in question and click properties. Then look for disk cleanup.

My problem is I now have 3 hard drives and I'm working on filling them up = )

100, 200, 250. My vast movie and anime collection. I keep my porn on DVD-r for easy access