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From: Jess Fertudei on 2 Feb 2010 09:30 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: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 2 Feb 2010 09:42 The BAK files are in the Recycle Bin. General OE Caveats: - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local folders created for this purpose. - Empty Deleted Items folder daily. [Did you do all of the above before you compacted all folders?] - Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline." More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm - Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if Automatic Compacting is taking place. - Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause corruption (i.e., loss of messages) and provides no additional protection: Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm Note: Extended Support for WinXP SP2 ends on 10 July 2010. After that date, computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any further critical security updates, Automatic Updates will not work, and Windows Update website will not be available until SP3 is installed. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 Jess Fertudei wrote: > 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: Bruce Hagen on 2 Feb 2010 10:02 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: Jess Fertudei on 2 Feb 2010 22:46 Thanks. My box doesn't do that but his does. I have suggested he delete bodies from time to time but I doubt he'll remember. Thanks again! "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:uihJVfBpKHA.1552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > The BAK files are in the Recycle Bin. > > General OE Caveats: > > - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local > folders created for this purpose. > > - Empty Deleted Items folder daily. > > [Did you do all of the above before you compacted all folders?] > > - Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working > offline." More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm > > - Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not attempt > to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if Automatic > Compacting is taking place. > > - Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause > corruption (i.e., loss of messages) and provides no additional protection: > > Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email > http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm > > Note: Extended Support for WinXP SP2 ends on 10 July 2010. After that > date, computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any further critical > security updates, Automatic Updates will not work, and Windows Update > website will not be available until SP3 is installed. > -- > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 > > > Jess Fertudei wrote: >> 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: Jess Fertudei on 2 Feb 2010 22:46
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? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > |