[X4U] help with problem

[redbud at dcn.org]

thanks. will look into the apps U mention. took a quick look at 
grandpers with its color scheme but haven't had time to figure out 
the coding.
J

>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
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