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More info?)
Using Windows Explorer or Search you can determine which files and folders
are taking up the most space. Folders with 80MB worth should be pretty
obvious.
Your situation may have nothing to do with the programs you uninstalled. For
example, you may have adware or a virus.
Why would you consider replacing a hardware part to solve a software
problem?
--
Ted Zieglar
"Oz Anna" <OzAnna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4151BB0D-4E05-4C4E-AE73-4D9C1B7E6F8C@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Ted
>
> I have rebooted the computer a number of times, to no avail.
>
> The programs were "Visio" and Microsoft Project - although don't quote me
on
> that as I may have got the names slightly wrong, and now that they are
gone I
> can't check them! Do you know anything about these programs that might
have
> caused the problem?
>
> I am thinking about a new hard drive but haven't got that far yet ...
>
> Thanks again
>
> Anna
>
> "Ted Zieglar" wrote:
>
> > Well, first things first: The Disk Cleanup Wizard doesn't have its own
> > uninstaller. It simply presents Windows own Add or Remove Programs
applet.
> >
> > Did you reboot your computer after uninstalling? There may be temporary
> > files resulting from the uninstall that will be erased when you reboot.
> >
> > You didn't say what programs you uninstalled. Some programs leave a lot
of
> > files and folders behind.
> >
> > The size of your hard disk is not relevant to your particular question,
but
> > 5.58GB is small for a computer running Windows XP. A new hard disk can
be
> > had for about $50 that will give you ten times the storage space and,
after
> > a little tweaking, your computer will run faster as well.
> >
> > --
> > Ted Zieglar
> >
> >
> > "Oz Anna" <Oz Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:0510A498-16F0-4536-9D3D-1118352C192D@microsoft.com...
> > > I am the opposite of a computer expert and would be grateful for some
> > advice.
> > >
> > > I have used the disk cleanup uninstall function to remove two programs
I
> > > don't use in order to free up space to do other things. Both were
around
> > > 80MB. I was expecting to free up about 160MB on my hard disk, but
instead
> > I
> > > seem to have used about 80MB.
> > >
> > > Can anyone suggest why this happened and what I should do to fix it?
> > >
> > > I am using Windows XP Home Edition version 5.1.2600 on an approx 5 yr
old
> > > Sony laptop, which only has 5.58GB storage (no idea if any of this is
> > > relevant).
> >
> >
> >
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