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maria2day
Jun 6, 2008, 08:22 PM
All of a sudden I have almost no space on my hard drive. Ive done disc clean and removed programs etc. But it doesn't help. Anyone know of a free space recovery download or have any other suggestions?

Scleros
Jun 6, 2008, 09:50 PM
Provided the hard drive is not malfunctioning, I would be:
1. Scanning for infections of downloader type Trojans/Adware/Viruses.
2. Searching for files above a certain size, say 100 MB.
3. Deleting web browser cache.
4. Deleting temporary files.

The "all of a sudden" is suspicious as full consumption of a hard drive does not occur instantaneously under normal circumstances unless you downloaded lots of large files or are part of a file sharing network.

After #2, look at the properties of all your drive's root level folders and determine the one with the largest percentage of total space used and then drill drown that folder to determine the cause.