Got XP OEM...

Not done it yet Paul.There was a little matter of sleep that intervened.

Got all my stuff backed up,chasing one license key but the big hold up is 4GB's of stuff belonging to teenage son.If he thinks I'm allowing it anywhere near my clean HD after the install he has another think coming.

I thought my 2 GB's of accumulated piccy's and art work was bad.

Shall have to poke him awake before noon and it won't be nice

Now if he has 4 GB's and I have 2 GB's and there's 6 GB's of free HD what the heck is filling up the the remaining 28 GB's of my 40 GB HD?

It's a puzzler.

Incog.

[dilli-theclaw]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

Not done it yet Paul.There was a little matter of sleep that intervened.

Got all my stuff backed up,chasing one license key but the big hold up is 4GB's of stuff belonging to teenage son.If he thinks I'm allowing it anywhere near my clean HD after the install he has another think coming.

I thought my 2 GB's of accumulated piccy's and art work was bad.

Shall have to poke him awake before noon and it won't be nice

Now if he has 4 GB's and I have 2 GB's and there's 6 GB's of free HD what the heck is filling up the the remaining 28 GB's of my 40 GB HD?

It's a puzzler.

Incog.

Good luck

And - possibly about 50 million system restore points ( i mean with regards the 28gb of stuff) - or maybe crap loads of dll's that you never use

[Gareth]

You can use some software called Tree Size to track down used-up disk space. You can download a freeware version at http://www.jam-software.com/freeware which I think should be enough, otherwise, you might need to use the shareware professional version temporarily to locate where it's all gone. It's a very handy tool

Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

Good luck

And - possibly about 50 million system restore points ( i mean with regards the 28gb of stuff) - or maybe crap loads of dll's that you never use

I barely use system restore as it hardly ever works these days.It is one reason for moving on from ME because I got ME for the system restore and if it creaks too much too be used....

Anyway I keep the amount of HD space dedicated to restore low.

I think it is all those dll's as they are the one thing I dare not touch because I've no idea which are needed and which are not.

Microsoft really should invent a system that can tell you which system stuff to keep and which to chuck. People might start to love them again.

Incog.Now I really must go and get my first cuppa of the day.I only stopped to check my mail and do some online banking.

Originally Posted by GDW1975

You can use some software called Tree Size to track down used-up disk space. You can download a freeware version at http://www.jam-software.com/freeware which I think should be enough, otherwise, you might need to use the shareware professional version temporarily to locate where it's all gone. It's a very handy tool

Why not? I don't have to keep it once I install XP.

On the other hand perhaps not.Better to wait.

[Paul K]

Most of the time hard drive space is chewed up be uninstall info, windows updates files, recycle bins set too large etc. My windows folder is now half it's size after a clean install

Right I've installed it fairly ok.It did have SP1 with it-the sticker was hidden.

I've not got very far with installing anything after I discovered that my wonderful Genius Optical wireless mouse won't work because XP doesn't apparently support it. However it quite happily accepted my old mouse from my original windows 95 PC.


Yes I have AV and ZAP installed so don't panic.That's what I did when I discovered I'd forgotten my PID number for my BB connection and I couldn't find the relevant letter anywhere.Thank to the nice scots chappie at CS who sorted me out.

I have installed Broadband Medic because the original install insisted I install the connect program or I couldn't register the BB.I then was forced into BBmedic.That's going as soon as I find my way around. It's driving me mad already.

Now I have a real problem in that I cannot access Gmail where I've saved all my passwords and license keys. Why I don't know.But that's another thread.

I will have fun trying to sort everything else out tomorrow.

Incog.

[Paul K]

GMail? Think thats Java based so what browser are you using and do you know if your firewall is blocking it at all? Should show up in the firewall log if it is

Paul.You know you are an absolute darling.

I clicked on your Google siggy, got Google, googled Gmail and I'm there at my inbox. and the are on me if I ever meet you face to face.

Coggy.

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

Paul.You know you are an absolute darling.

I clicked on your Google siggy, got Google, googled Gmail and I'm there at my inbox. and the are on me if I ever meet you face to face.

Coggy.

A strange way to get to it but hey if it worked for you then great Well done Coggy. Any other problems and you know we don't mind helping LOL

[Richard M]

Originally Posted by Paul

GMail? Think thats Java based so what browser are you using and do you know if your firewall is blocking it at all? Should show up in the firewall log if it is

Correction: Javascript based.
The firewall shouldn't really block it, apart from maybe popups.

oh POOh!

I seem to have retained all the junk.27 GB's of it.

Will a reformat get rid of it all?My son says it will.

I was looking forward to a cleaner HD too.

Oh I'm going to bed-I'm totally p*ssed off

[Paul K]

A format will completely scrub the drive of all files, so yes you will get rid of that 27GB junk file.
What options were you given when you re-installed it this time Coggy? Did you boot from the CD or run it within windows as those are two totally different situations.

Originally Posted by Paul

A format will completely scrub the drive of all files, so yes you will get rid of that 27GB junk file.
What options were you given when you re-installed it this time Coggy? Did you boot from the CD or run it within windows as those are two totally different situations.

Dunno Paul.I thought I'd gone for stamp all over the hard disk option but somehow I cocked it up.

Drat I will have to reconnect the BB again.This new IP seems to be better too. MY BB seems a little quicker.

Isn't life fun with a computer?

Anyway I'm off to bed.I've got a touch of my whiplash back.

Goodnight.

Ok.
I've been doing some online research and it's just confused the cr'@p out of me.

How do I reformat and get rid of all the old cr@p now residing on my PC.

I seem to be on the FAT32 file system.

Anyone got a really good dummies guide to how to do this?

I think I did need a manual!!!

Incog.