Delete Bodies and Compact does not free HD space
in [Outlook Express]
|
Prev: instaleren
Next: How do I copy fiies to a cd?
From: Bruce Hagen on 2 Feb 2010 22:57 >> I wonder why my own machine doesn't do that... .. .. .. .. From your message headers: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Perhaps because you are running a very old and less secure version of OE? Visit Windows Updates ASAP and at the very least, install the critical ones. You're about four years behind. (Not even counting SP#). -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "Jess Fertudei" <not(a)this.juncture.com> wrote in message news:O3jw4NIpKHA.1544(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > And there I was looking all through the application data for him... > <oops> > > > I wonder why my own machine doesn't do that... .. .. .. .. > > > > > > > > > "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam(a)mymail.invalid> wrote in message > news:%23rcO0iBpKHA.1556(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> When you compact, a copy of your files is sent to the Recycle Bin as a >> back up. "just in case". Assuming all messages in OE are as you wish, >> check and empty the Recycle Bin. >> -- >> Bruce Hagen >> MS-MVP [Mail] >> Imperial Beach, CA >> >> >> "Jess Fertudei" <not(a)this.juncture.com> wrote in message >> news:%233DMKRBpKHA.4648(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>A family member's XP sp2 box was getting low on space on it's C drive. >>>It was down to 1.64 G free and I noticed that he had 1.2 G of train >>>shots in a rail group. I did a delete bodies and then compacted. The >>>thing took forever as it copied files to somewhere that I did not take >>>note of as I thought it would be a backup that would delete afterward. >>> >>> After a shut down and reboot I expected to see 1.2 + 1.64 for about >>> 2.8Gigs free, give or take... instead, he now has 1.42G free. >>> >>> <SIGH> >>> >>> A search for .bak on the drive found nothing and no files look >>> particularly large that I see... so I must not be looking very well. >>> >>> Where do I look for whatever I need to nuke? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > >
From: Peter Foldes on 2 Feb 2010 23:08 It does not do that because you are missing quite a few Updates to your OE -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Jess Fertudei" <not(a)this.juncture.com> wrote in message news:O3jw4NIpKHA.1544(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > And there I was looking all through the application data for him... <oops> > > > I wonder why my own machine doesn't do that... .. .. .. .. > > > > > > > > > "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam(a)mymail.invalid> wrote in message > news:%23rcO0iBpKHA.1556(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> When you compact, a copy of your files is sent to the Recycle Bin as a back up. >> "just in case". Assuming all messages in OE are as you wish, check and empty the >> Recycle Bin. >> -- >> Bruce Hagen >> MS-MVP [Mail] >> Imperial Beach, CA >> >> >> "Jess Fertudei" <not(a)this.juncture.com> wrote in message >> news:%233DMKRBpKHA.4648(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>A family member's XP sp2 box was getting low on space on it's C drive. It was >>>down to 1.64 G free and I noticed that he had 1.2 G of train shots in a rail >>>group. I did a delete bodies and then compacted. The thing took forever as it >>>copied files to somewhere that I did not take note of as I thought it would be a >>>backup that would delete afterward. >>> >>> After a shut down and reboot I expected to see 1.2 + 1.64 for about 2.8Gigs >>> free, give or take... instead, he now has 1.42G free. >>> >>> <SIGH> >>> >>> A search for .bak on the drive found nothing and no files look particularly >>> large that I see... so I must not be looking very well. >>> >>> Where do I look for whatever I need to nuke? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > >
From: billmusic02 on 22 Feb 2010 05:06
1787904 "Jess Fertudei" <not(a)this.juncture.com> wrote in message news:%233DMKRBpKHA.4648(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >A family member's XP sp2 box was getting low on space on it's C drive. It >was down to 1.64 G free and I noticed that he had 1.2 G of train shots in a >rail group. I did a delete bodies and then compacted. The thing took >forever as it copied files to somewhere that I did not take note of as I >thought it would be a backup that would delete afterward. > > After a shut down and reboot I expected to see 1.2 + 1.64 for about > 2.8Gigs free, give or take... instead, he now has 1.42G free. > > <SIGH> > > A search for .bak on the drive found nothing and no files look > particularly large that I see... so I must not be looking very well. > > Where do I look for whatever I need to nuke? > > > > > > > > > > > > |