Personal comp problem - Nothing to do with this game

[TarkanX]

A few people know this but, when ever I get to 50 MB on my C: Drive(my main drive), I always go down back to 10 MB in about a week, it happened before when I had 100 MB, I went down to 5 MB for no reason... There's no virus in my comp(by the way I want to know if AVG is a reliable virus scanner).

I need at least 15 MB to play the game, if anyone knows my problem, please post it here, by the way these are my comp specs:

intel celeron
466 MHz
95 MB RAM
windows 2000/NT operating system
road runner cable modem
9.4 GB HDD(1.99 total in C drive, 7.30 total in D: drive, and 100 MB in E drive)

[TMyApp]

umm... windows sucks down hd space like there is no tommorow...

u need to free up more than 50 megs man... lol

also, delete EVERYTHING inside c:\windows\temp\ ... that might help things (all sorts of trash is stored there)

.. clearing browser cache wont' hurt either :biggrin:

[fear tetsuo]

You could do a disk cleanup under system tools, that gets rid of useless stuff on your comp.

[TarkanX]

TMyApp: i couldn't find C:\windows\temp but i could find c:\winnt\temp, it's taking 60 MB...

fear tetsuo: Yeah I tried that, but i can only get rid of 0 KB...

[DX Zero]

lmao! i thought my computer had problems, well u can always buy a new hard drive...
i think i have 300+ mb right now... lol

tarkan u can always uninstall games or programs u dont uses...
and um.. do u right click on C: drive and goto properties, then delete temporary internet files... ?

[skate919]

TMyApp: i couldn't find C:\windows\temp but i could find c:\winnt\temp, it's taking 60 MB...

fear tetsuo: Yeah I tried that, but i can only get rid of 0 KB...
Tark, even though I am assuming you have tried this, go to Tools on explorer, then go to internet options, then delete files which is the same thing as C:\windows\temp

[TarkanX]

Oh... I have to do that every hour, man.... I always go to internet options, delete cookies, delete files, and clear history just to barely up my memory....

[Nferno666]

uninstall everything ur not using....i've seen you taskbar and it has alot of thing i'm sure that ur not using like msn messenger and other things

[TarkanX]

I use MSN for other reasons.....

[Nferno666]

well what reason....to check mail? you can do it manually

[TarkanX]

I use it to contact friends I met or known for a long time...

[skate919]

Oh... I have to do that every hour, man.... I always go to internet options, delete cookies, delete files, and clear history just to barely up my memory....
I figured you would, but I thought I would have to give it a shot... :colgate:


Do you have a burner, playlist for winamp, etc.? They take up a lot of room...

[TarkanX]

I have a music program that takes up 30 MB, guess I'll delete that, I only have 800 KB right now...

[DX Zero]

um u can uninstall gamez (if u own the cd)...

and wtf takes so much space, i have 8gb hd, and i have 200 mb left...(lol) :dozingoff:

[TarkanX]

Its probably music match, I'll delete it....

[Troy88]

My advice is to get a new hard drive. You should be able to pick up a 40 gig for around $70 or so. They're easy to install, too, I installed mine with no previous experience with that sort of thing. You don't even have to take out your existing hard drive; you could install the new one as a secondary hard drive, and then you'd have even more space. If you do that, just make sure that the jumper settings on the back of the 2nd hard drive are set to "slave" and not "master." That's what I do. I keep all my mp3s, roms, movies, etc. on my second hard drive.

Also, if you are constantly running out of space even after you've deleted and removed stuff, then you probably do have some sort of virus/trojan horse. Most anti-virus software out there is pretty worthless, in my opinion. The only way that it's effective is if you have the latest version of your anti-virus software, because new viruses come out all the time. I don't screw around when I get a virus. If I know for sure that I have a virus (e.g. "Fatal Errors" occuring all the time, browsing the net really slow, programs take a million years to start up, running out of hard drive space when you shouldn't be), or if I even suspect that I have a virus, I just reformat my computer. Actually, lately I've been using this software called "Power Quest Drive Image Backup," 'cause it's a hell of a lot faster than reformatting, but I'm getting off of the point...
:colgate:
If your computer is a Compaq, Dell, Gateway, and various others, you should have gotten a "Quick Restore" disk. Just pop that in and follow the directions, and after 30-40 minutes or so, your computer will be exactly the way it was when you first bought it.

BTW, on my computer, I have Windows ME, MS Office 2002, Wordperfect 2000, Norton anti-virus, AIM, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo IM, Music Match, Winamp, and various other software on my main C: drive, and all that takes up 3 gig. All my other B.S. is on my other hard drive. That's just to give you an idea of how much space you should have when and if you reformat.

[SBYRD5]

I need to get started on burning CD's because I have Winamp too :sarcasm:

[TarkanX]

I'd rather buy a whole new comp than just get a hard drive, this comp is so whacked out, winzip doesn't even work so I had to delete it(shame....). I have a sucky CPU processor, very low RAM, bad hard drive, outdated(somewhat) operating system, jeez I could go on....

By the way can someone name me some good(not the best, or not average) comp specs that I should get?

[DX Zero]

Tarkan i got my comp in 97, i have a suckier comp. :hmmm:

um hmm.. good computer specs..
1.5ghz
40-80 gb
512mb ram
cdr, dvd

goto best buy or something, they got good rebates :D

oh one more thing, delete your images (jpg, bmp) and pornos (avi, swf, mpeg, ram) :D