Where did my hard drive space go? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

MrFlux · 04-03-2004, 03:18 PM

Ok, I should have about 2.6gb left on the hard drive that windows is installed on, but I woke up this morning to find out there are 0 bytes left. My swap file is on the other hard drive so that's not the problem.

I've checked the amount of space that \windows, \program files, and the documents and settings folder are using and there seems to be nothing out of the ordinary. I haven't downloaded anything either, so I have no idea what's eating my space.

Any ideas?

Edit: BAH nevermind.... I found the problem... I hadn't set up security on my SMTP server properly and it was being used as an open relay... and now I have several GB of e-mails - I can't even view the data folder coz there's too many of the fuckers

SecretMethod70 · 04-03-2004, 04:04 PM

sucks.

<a href="http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/">JAM Software's Treesize Professional</a> is a great little Windows tool for answering the "where is my hard drive space?" question

User Name · 04-03-2004, 04:41 PM

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Originally posted by MrFlux
Edit: BAH nevermind.... I found the problem... I hadn't set up security on my SMTP server properly and it was being used as an open relay... and now I have several GB of e-mails - I can't even view the data folder coz there's too many of the fuckers

Are you sure Google isn't using your computer for its Gmail e-mail service

?

Sorry, that's pretty lame, but I just had to.

MrFlux · 04-03-2004, 05:06 PM

Heh... we'll I'm currently deleting all the files in the folder but there's 200,000+ files in there and the drive is only 5400 rpm

gogo del! you can do it!

GremlinDelirium · 04-05-2004, 02:56 AM

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Originally posted by SecretMethod70
JAM Software's Treesize Professional is a great little Windows tool for answering the "where is my hard drive space?" question

Bah... I like SpaceMonger more... easy to see right off whats sucking all that space away... without the need of Pie Charts

SecretMethod70 · 04-05-2004, 07:16 AM

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Originally posted by GremlinDelirium
Bah... I like SpaceMonger more... easy to see right off whats sucking all that space away... without the need of Pie Charts

Ah that's just like functionality thast was just added to KDE on Linux!

(ignore me

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04-03-2004, 03:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
MrFlux Fluxing wildly... Location: Auckland, New Zealand	Where did my hard drive space go? Ok, I should have about 2.6gb left on the hard drive that windows is installed on, but I woke up this morning to find out there are 0 bytes left. My swap file is on the other hard drive so that's not the problem. I've checked the amount of space that \windows, \program files, and the documents and settings folder are using and there seems to be nothing out of the ordinary. I haven't downloaded anything either, so I have no idea what's eating my space. Any ideas? Edit: BAH nevermind.... I found the problem... I hadn't set up security on my SMTP server properly and it was being used as an open relay... and now I have several GB of e-mails - I can't even view the data folder coz there's too many of the fuckers __________________ flux (n.) Medicine. The discharge of large quantities of fluid material from the body, especially the discharge of watery feces from the intestines. Last edited by MrFlux; 04-03-2004 at 03:59 PM..

04-03-2004, 04:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	sucks. <a href="http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/">JAM Software's Treesize Professional</a> is a great little Windows tool for answering the "where is my hard drive space?" question __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

04-03-2004, 05:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
MrFlux Fluxing wildly... Location: Auckland, New Zealand	Heh... we'll I'm currently deleting all the files in the folder but there's 200,000+ files in there and the drive is only 5400 rpm gogo del! you can do it! __________________ flux (n.) Medicine. The discharge of large quantities of fluid material from the body, especially the discharge of watery feces from the intestines.