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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: HELP! Lost HD Memory!!!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.172337.22039@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Nov16.074439.25854@athena.mit.edu> <Michel.Davidoff.154.0@sonoma.edu> <1992Nov17.005132.19439@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:23:37 GMT
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- In <1992Nov17.005132.19439@athena.mit.edu> cid@athena.mit.edu (Derek H Cedillo) writes:
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- >Ok,
- >maybe I should clear up a few things.
- >I have done a chkdsk to make sure
- >everything is OK.
- >I forgot about the hidden files,
- >it says I have about 8 megs of them.
- >Isnt this a bit much?
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- That rather depends on what they are.
-
- >Im mostly an applications kinda guy, so I dont know
- >much about configuration deals. Sorry.
-
- Well, since it's almost assuredly an application causing this, does
- that mean you don't need any more help? :-)
-
- >When I meant memory, I was meaning HD bytes available for
- >storage.
- >For one thing, I had at least 3.5 Megs free about a week ago,
- >and the next thing I know I only have the 385K free.
- >I just dont know where it went. I was thinking something
- >along the lines of backups screwing things up or something.
- >Does windows do this? Thanks a million!
-
- There are so many things it could be that it's useless to try to
- speculate. I don't suppose you could give us the NAMES of that 8 MB
- of hidden files you have?
-
- --
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- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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