J. P. Gilliver (John)
2017-09-26 15:23:24 UTC
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genealogist too] stored - photos, scans of documents?)
I'm not a genealogist, really, John, just a storage facility for my
sister's research ... and our father's before that.
I presume on your H: partition.On my G: drive, I currently have "My Documents" (100MB), "My Music"
(50MB), "My Pictures" (50MB), "My Podcasts" (where did that come
from??) (65KB) and "My Videos" (1.25GB) (where did they come from??).
So I can dump that 1.5GB'ish onto the H: and that should free things
up on the G: drive a bit!!
So not just executables. (Where are your genealogy images [I'm a(50MB), "My Pictures" (50MB), "My Podcasts" (where did that come
from??) (65KB) and "My Videos" (1.25GB) (where did they come from??).
So I can dump that 1.5GB'ish onto the H: and that should free things
up on the G: drive a bit!!
genealogist too] stored - photos, scans of documents?)
sister's research ... and our father's before that.
The tree is online at tribalpages.com so other family member (6,000-odd
so far) can access it, and, hopefully, send me any updates/corrections
needed.
(On the whole they don't, though, do they!)so far) can access it, and, hopefully, send me any updates/corrections
needed.
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But moving that lot (make sure you move the "My"s properly, so the
system knows they've moved) will only reduce G:'s fill by 7½%. I think
you need to look more into why it's so full. I can't imagine that's
_just_ software - I think there must be a lot of data there too. Have
you tried WinDirStat on G:? (And C: - that's nearly full too.)
Windows has only been popping up a "Low Disk Space" pop-up for the lastsystem knows they've moved) will only reduce G:'s fill by 7½%. I think
you need to look more into why it's so full. I can't imagine that's
_just_ software - I think there must be a lot of data there too. Have
you tried WinDirStat on G:? (And C: - that's nearly full too.)
week or so. Been fine for the preceding eight years. That's why I
don't think the system "knows" about partitions other than C:, for its
own purposes. I don't use W7 as my everyday OS, so I'd have _thought_
your C: - about 2½G free, though that's only a small proportion of the
total - ought to have enough, but goodness knows what the system is
trying to do.
figured it was just something I've done recently, maybe even the cache
of my browser (which I've since emptied!) finally filling the disk to
much or something else simple!
[]of my browser (which I've since emptied!) finally filling the disk to
much or something else simple!
Once you _have_ figured out why G: is silting up, *and have fixed it* to
stop it continuing to happen, I'd consider merging C: and G:; I can't
stop it continuing to happen, I'd consider merging C: and G:; I can't
"silting" ... yeah, that probably just about sums the situation up!!
Oh, it happens for everybody.As for "keeping Microsoft software (the OS) separate from other
software", it just seemed like a logical thing ... back in the MS-DOS
days. It meant that I could back-up the OS only (or not worry about it
as I had the physical, Read-Only floppies any way!), or my programs
only (which I may or may not have had the physical disks for! :-P ), or
my Documents only.
I used to think that way too, but considering all the software I'vesoftware", it just seemed like a logical thing ... back in the MS-DOS
days. It meant that I could back-up the OS only (or not worry about it
as I had the physical, Read-Only floppies any way!), or my programs
only (which I may or may not have had the physical disks for! :-P ), or
my Documents only.
accumulated since, _and how long it would take to set it all back how I
like it_ (even assuming I could _remember_ what settings I've changed to
make it work how it does now!), I gave up and include my
software-and-settings in with my OS when I image. (Though there's no
reason you shouldn't continue to keep them separate if you've succeeding
in doing so.) Even the OS, I've got lots of tweaks that would take me
ages to reset, even if I could remember them - plus, from XP on, there's
the matter of activation and so on.
But who ever bothers to back-up their Game High Scores files?? What a
Indeed ...waste of space! ;-)
... though if they're _only_ scores, they wouldn't be very big! But whenI say settings, it's not so much the space, it's the time to put them
all back.
Thanks, again.
Daniel
I bet you haven't run WinDirStat on your G: and C: yet (-:Daniel
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
Well I wish you'd just tell me, rather than trying to engage my enthusiasm,
because I haven't got one. (Marvin; first series, fit the fifth.)
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
Well I wish you'd just tell me, rather than trying to engage my enthusiasm,
because I haven't got one. (Marvin; first series, fit the fifth.)