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Topic: ? From the Puter Dummy |
Bobby Boggs
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Upstate SC.
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Posted 29 Jan 2002 9:55 pm |
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I have a 6 year old bare bones computer.Of course I'm pushed for space.I know I can add an external zip.My question?In my recycle bin ,files that show their 400 kb.Are they 400 kb in the bin or 400 kb when reinstalled?I would just delete them.However they're my wifes and I have to live here.  Thanks----------bb |
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Ernie Renn
From:
Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2002 2:21 am
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Just ask your wife if she needs the stuff. If not, empty the recycle bin. If she needed them you can ask what they're doing in the trash...
Most times, from experience, they don't need them. They just didn't know that it was sent to another place. (When they delete something, that is.)
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 30 Jan 2002 3:08 am
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I tend to leave the recyle bin alone. It's saved my butt several times. The recycle bin can be set to use whatever size you specify (rather than the default) but the default is only set to a very small portion.
400 or 500KB will not normally make a difference in your system or operation. If it does, you are in trouble and need to update anyway, don't fight it just open the pocketbook. |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 30 Jan 2002 6:11 am
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| I have 10 or 12 files taking up around 300kb.As for asking the wife to look in and see if see still needs the stuff, is kinda like asking her to wash my car.She just never gets around to it. I just wondered if a 300kb was more like a 50kb when it's in the recycle bin.Just trying to educate myself.Thanks for your help.For me the computer thing is like a guy who has never sat down to a steel guitar in his life.And goes out and buys a pp and attemps to rerod it.I'm just lost that's all. bb |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 30 Jan 2002 6:26 am
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| Bobby, don't sweat it. The recycle bin is "self maintained" in that once it's filled up and another file is deleted, it deletes the oldest file(s) to make room for the new deleted files. |
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Michael Holland
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2002 3:24 pm
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| If you currently have fewer than four IDE devices on your system you can add a second hard drive. |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 30 Jan 2002 11:12 pm
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| Listen to Jack. If 300K or even 3000K is causing problems, you already need a bigger hardrive or to uninstall some stuff to make room on the present drive. You might clear the cache in your browser too, some people never do and get quite an accumulation of crap in there. One thing about uninstalling software for space, many programs remain on your hardrive even after they're uninstalled, that is some uninstall routines leave the program files and their folders intact. They just remove them from the registry, that means you didn't recover the space. First, NEVER DELETE a program, always uninstall it. After uninstalling it, if you want to make sure it's been completely removed you can open Windows Explorer, navigate to Program Files and ONLY IF YOU'RE SURE you've identified the folder of the same program you've already uninstalled, then you can delete the folder. It will go to the recycle bin and will still be on your hardrive until it's cleared. If you're not sure you want to do this, I suggest getting someone who you're sure is capable of doing it without mistakes or, easiest solution, just get a bigger hardrive if possible. |
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Michael Garnett
From:
Seattle, WA
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Posted 4 Feb 2002 7:39 pm
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If your computer's only 6 years old, you've probably got bigger than a 40 Megabyte hard-drive. 300 KiloBytes is less than 1 PERCENT of the total drive space on a 40 MB drive. Windows, to my knowledge does not compact anything in the recycle bin. That amount of data is not going to cause you any problems. Sometimes I have upwards of 40 megabytes in my recycle bin, and because my memory capacity is 40 Gigabytes (40 thousand megabytes), and once again, that's about one percent. 300 KB is TINY. Deleting it won't have noticeable impact on the performance of your computer.
Garnett |
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Bill Crook
From:
Goodlettsville, TN , Spending my kid's inheritance
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Posted 6 Feb 2002 11:32 am
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If the data/file/program is in the recycle bin,it was placed there by someone,for a reason. And proberly hasn't been used in quite a while anyway. Now with this in mind,I wouldn't have a problem with clearing the folder.
500 meg on 4 or 5 gig drive is a noticable amount to have blocked up with junk files. If you have a 40,60,80 gig or higher capicity drive, you may not notice the difference. |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 6 Feb 2002 12:08 pm
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| Every computer needs a certain amount of free space on the hard drive to operate. Normally a few hundred K in your recycle bin is nothing but if your hard drive is getting close to full then even a small amount could be the straw that breaks the camels back. Not saying it is for sure, just that it's possible. If it's this close, you really need a bigger hard drive or to uninstall a lot of stuff. Only way you'll know for sure is very easy to check. Doubleclick My Computer, if the drive you're questioning is C as is usual, right-click the C drive icon and then click Properties. That'll show you how much space is filled and how much is empty. Let us know what it says. [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 06 February 2002 at 12:10 PM.] |
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