[X4U] help with problem

[Neil Laubenthal]

If you've only got 410 MB unused . . . your disk is basically full; if  
you get down to less than about 10% free space it's time to get a  
bigger drive or move some stuff elsewhere.

The virtual memory paging files vary in size and number over  
time . . . and in addition you need more space than you think for  
downloading software sometimes . . . for instance the MacOS X 10.5.5  
combo updater is about 600 MB in size but then you need another 2 GB  
or so free space for the install . . . even though after the install  
is complete and the package trashed the actual increase in used space  
is smaller than that since a bunch of files are overwritten with  
slightly different (and usually slightly bigger but not always)  
versions.

There are a couple of apps that tell you where your drive space is  
being used . . . GrandPerspective is probably the best but there's  
another one called WhatSize. If they don't indicate any gross  
offenders; it might be that you just ran out of space.



On Sep 29, 2008, at 19:44, redbud at dcn.org wrote:

> All of a sudden I keep getting the message that my disc is full.  
> When I check the hard drive it says that there is 410 megabites  
> unused. I've also tried to download a couple softwares and they fail  
> due to insufficient disc space. What am I missing? Is it a computer  
> error and/or what might I do to get it corrected? Thanks for any  
> insight and suggestions.
>
> jack