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I have come accross GoBack before. I thought it was Norton not Roxio but
I see from the link below Roxio is a previous owner?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoBack
Are you using any Norton utilities as they hide files ,which is not
always obvious. The same could apply to GoBack?
You should install the SP3 update but one of the requirements is fair
fair amount of free disk space as it needs a working area quite a bit
more than it will eventually occupy. You say your computer is fairly
old. When was it new?
The suggestions I made should not have resulted in a reduction in free
disk space. Quite the reverse. There would seem to be a factor not being
taken into account.
Select Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, View, Advanced Settings and
verify that the box before "Show hidden files and folders" is checked
and "Hide protected operating system files " is unchecked. You may need
to scroll down to see the second item. You should also make certain that
the box before "Hide extensions for known file types" is not checked.
These changes still will not enable the System Volume Information folder
to be seen. I am not sure what affect installing GoBack has on the
contents of the System Volume Information folder. It is not only Restore
points kept in the folder. Did you run this option using Disk CleanUp?
Select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point.
What are you using to measure free disk space? Most methods rely on the
information provided by Windows Explorer. It is likely that SequoiaView
does. This means that the figures do not always accurately reflect the
amount of used space and free disk space. You can find discrepancies
when you try adding the two which do not but should equal the size of
the drive. File compression is not correctly dealt with. Windows
Explorer takes the file size of a compressed file, whereas the size on
the disk will be lower. For the files I suggested you compress you could
have discrepancy of say 500 mb. This is not a precise figure; just a
guessestimate.
I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open Disk
Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and click on Save
As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents Folder and post a
copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it is more
informative. This will clarify where you are regarding free disk space.
The most fragmented list can also reveal large unknown hidden files.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Stourport, England
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attillathehun@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Gerry,
>
> The name of the program that I use is GoBack v. 3.1 by Roxio. Though
> it's an older version it does the job. It only keeps a track of about
> one week's work. All the files total 13MB.
>
> I have already used CCleaner on the disc and it cleaned out a few
> files. I would estimate about 40 files were cleared.
>
> Anything else to try?
>
> Attilla
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:42:52 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Attilla
>>
>> Can you please put a name to your Roxio program? The first place I
>> would look to see whether it has backed up copies of what you have
>> removed.
>>
>> Is it Roxio BackOnTrack?
>> www.roxio.com/enu/products/backontrack/standard/overview.html">http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/backontrack/standard/overview.html
>>
>> There is a better freeware alternative to Disk CleanUp.
>>
>> An alternative to Disk CleanUp is cCleaner (freeware) which does a
>> more thorough job than Disk CleanUp. Disk CleanUp has to be run for
>> each user profile, whereas cCleaner only needs to be run once.
>> www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp">http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
>> www.ccleaner.com/">http://www.ccleaner.com/
>>
>> With any cleaner you need to proceed with caution. To be safe you
>> should create a restore point before using cCleaner. cCleaner also
>> offers backup before removal.
>>
>> When using cCleaner think twice before checking Autocomplete Form
>> History under Internet Explorer. You do get a warning but this one
>> has irritating consequences. You may need to restore your system's
>> recollection of passwords after use so keep a record off computer so
>> that they can easily be re-entered.
>>
>> Leave the Scan for Issues option alone.
>>
>> cCleaner does not remove restore points. You need to use Disk CleanUp
>> for this. Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
>> CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest
>> System Restore point.
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