free space getting reduced automatically

[therain]

hi
recently i have been observing the free space of my drive . just 2 day before there were about 4.80 gb free .each time i use the pc ...for instance even if i chat , yestrday the free space got reduced to about 4.60 gb .....this has been happening regularly .....

why is this happenning ..i havent even stored some files or downloaded anythin from the net ....

kindly help

 

[wolluf]

Have you got system restore enabled?

 

[BuckeyeComputers]

do a disk cleanup then on that screen click more options then system restore and cleanup this will remove all but the last restore point

 

[therain]

yes i have sytem restore enabled ..but this was enabled right from start ..but this space reducing problme has started jus recently ...recently i was jus chattin thru messenger ..before chattinh the free space was 4.59 gb ..and after i finished chattin ie after about 3hrs or so .. the freee space was 4.57 gb ....how can this happen

kiindly help ..i m worried ..

thanz

 

[linney]

Search for files created on the specified date and see if that helps.

308895 - HOW TO: Search for Files and Folders in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308895&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

 

[donnach]

Check your network connection. IF you have the network icon in the taskbar, is the recieve light constant? I'm researching this for XP only. I have over 1000 boxes on XP and they all do it, but the 2k and 9x do not. I can not get a straight answer from MS on why. This happens right from the install. I've disabled all but the tcp/ip and still get a crawl.

 

[mjinks61]

Therain,

You mentioned that your disk space was being reduced while chatting on messenger. Which messenger are you using? Yahoo, MSN,etc.
I am not sure about the others, but Yahoo has the ability to log all teh activity within the messenger window. It is possible logging is enable, thus saving chat sessions to your harddrive.
It saves everything within a session.


Good luck, and Happy Computing

 

[therain]

i m using yahoo ..i know that yahoo saves chat sessions ...i even checked the folder in program files ...the size of the saved sessions was about 3 mb .....

but that doesnt answer the difference between the earleir free space 4.59 GB and the now free space 4.57 GB

 

[mjinks61]

The difference between 4.59 and 4.57 gig, is a mere 20 meg.

You could lose that in temporary internet files within a few minutes depending on where you are browsing, and what you are doing while browsing.

Good luck, and Happy Computing

 

[BuckeyeComputers]

you may also want to check depending on who uses this computer..but for a while i was using a keylogging program to keep tabs on my kids. and this uses quite a bit of space for logging and screen shots

 

[dcsi]

Same Problem on my XP Pro - C Drive completely fills up over time all by itself. Reboot frees up all the lost space. Cannot find cause. Searching for all files (hidden also) returns no large or recently modified file(s) to account for the continuous loss of space. If I select all files/folders on C: they do not change size but free space decreases. No virus' defragged it, indexing service is turned off. msconfig - nothing else running but explorer. All lost hard disk space is re-gained upon reboot. What's up here?