Hardrive full then nearly empty ???

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    RedFred is offline Newbie

    Hardrive full then nearly empty ???

    Hi,

    I am running XP but everynow and again C drive properties shows the drive to be over 90% full. When I reboot the drive goes down to less than 25 % full. Not sure whats going on but gmail seems to have something to do with it. Anybody got any ideas ???

    Thanks

    Rich


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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    What makes you suspect G-mail?

    Is this a new problem? Were things working OK previously? Any new hardware and or software?

    If this is a new problem try a System Restore to a point prior to the problem:

    start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore

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    RedFred is offline Newbie
    Hi jephree

    This is not a new problem and has been going on a while. It seems to happen when gmail notifier is active in the tray but may mean nothing.

    Rich

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    Have you tried both Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter via start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools

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    RedFred is offline Newbie
    Hi,

    Yes done that. I defrag and disk cleanup once a week, run AVG free edition, free Zonealarm and paid for Stopzilla.

    Cheers

    Rich

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    Check your Page File Size:

    Right click My Computer then click Properties

    Advanced > Performance > Settings > Advanced > Virtual memory > Change

    Is this set to System Manage Size?

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