No space left on my harddrive

[cyberbear]

Hi,

I have deleted my Frontpage 2000, Netscape navigator and about 300mb of programs but I still cannot seem to freeup enough space. I also deleted about 200mb of mail from the sent category of Outlook Express.

My harddrive needs to be defragged but I do not have enough memory to finish the procedure through the Norton Defragger or the MS Defragger. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[Gibble]

make sure c:\temp c:\windows\temp and your temporary internet files directories are all empty.

[DaveN]

search for *.tmp and *.temp files

if win 98 or 95 check the root for the chk files these are created if the system crashed

dave

[oilman]

sounds like it might be time to back up the stuff you need and reformat the drive and start fresh. I've found that sometimes it's just not worth the clean up effort. Reinstalled windows just a couple weeks ago here. I'd forgotten how fast my machine really should be :)

[felix]

Did you empty the recycle bin?

Also, I'm not sure about outlook express, but in outlook, deleting messages doesn't shrink the file size. You have to "compress" the folder after the messages are deleted.

[pendanticist]

Hey, oilman.

There is a step I've heard about that says if you copy all your software .ini files(?) you save yourself the hassle of re-registering all of them after reformatting.

I hope I said that right.

If what I've described is not the case, could you tell us what that step is - If there is such a thing?

Thanks.

Pendanticist.

[cyberbear]

Thanks everybody for the help. I just found the following huge files and what a surprise to me. Felix, you are right and the problem is with Outlook Express and all the files that I deleted ( never compressed) as I didnt know you had to compress. The files are in

C/Program Files/Internet Explorer/Outlook/Default User

My Pop3log is 3.06 GB ( ouch)
Sent Items is 179mb
smtp log is 7.37mb

Do I just delete these files or what is the proper procedure. Thanks.

[cyberbear]

I compressed the mail files and now have 750 mb free. How do I empty the Pop3 log, do I just delete the file. Thanks.

[globay]

My Pop3log is 3.06 GB ( ouch)

wow, how did you do this ;-)

Also you might want to consider buying a new harddrive. They have become that cheap, or burn data that you don't need every day on CDs.

--
globay

[felix]

Cyberbear,

I don't know if you can delete pop3.log. Try renaming it to pop3.old or something and see if everything works for a day or two. If it does, I would say (as long as I am not held legally liable for doing so :)) that it is probably safe to delete.

Also, I saw a good deal on a 40GB 7200rpm drive today that should be about $30 after rebates and coupons and all. You may have to be in the States to take advantage. Sticky me if you want the link.