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[Bent Club]

Friend claims he lost almost two gigs of space on his partition in the last week .
Hasn't downloaded anything . Could the drive be going ?
Thanks .

[Broni]

IF his numbers are correct I'd suspect some infection.

[Bent Club]

He is the same friend we just found a bad stick of ram in .
Should i have him run Malwarebytes ?
PS: told you you're job was still safe .

[Broni]

You can start will MBAM and see if it'll find anything.

[Bent Club]

will do .
Thanks

[Bent Club]

He ran cc cleanner , And atf cleaner and now has 9.46gb free space now.
Feels the problem is solved .

[Broni]

Keep me posted...

[Bent Club]

Will do . Enjoy the game today .

[Broni]

I'll :)

[Bent Club]

I had:
9.56gb on the 17th after removing the restore cache and setting a new restore point.

9.38 on the 18th
9.25 on the 19th
9.07 on the 20th
8.82
8.71
8.56
8.15 today
Then after another total system cleanup including removing the restore point cache, I was back at 9.55gb free space again.
....OK, that was this morning ....I'm at 9.52 right now, so the free space is disappearing once again.

[Broni]

Let me see something...

Please download MiniToolBox and run it.

Checkmark following boxes:

• List Installed Programs
  
• List Users, Partitions and Memory size

Click Go and post the result.

[Bent Club]

Thanks , Will have him do it.

[Bent Club]

MiniToolBox by Farbar
Ran by Randy (administrator) on 27-07-2011 at 21:05:07
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 (X86)

************************************************** *************************

========================= Memory info: ===================================

Percentage of memory in use: 82%
Total physical RAM: 479.53 MB
Available physical RAM: 82.14 MB
Total Pagefile: 1125.79 MB
Available Pagefile: 807.42 MB
Total Virtual: 2047.88 MB
Available Virtual: 2002.37 MB

========================= Partitions: =====================================

2 Drive c: () (Fixed) (Total:18.67 GB) (Free:9.15 GB) NTFS
3 Drive d: () (Fixed) (Total:55.86 GB) (Free:48.62 GB) NTFS

========================= Users: ========================================

User accounts for \\RANDYW

Administrator Guest HelpAssistant
Randy SUPPORT_388945a0


== End of log ==

MiniToolBox by Farbar
Ran by Randy (administrator) on 27-07-2011 at 21:08:57
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 (X86)

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=========================== Installed Programs ============================

Acrobat.com (Version: 1.6.65)
Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin (Version: 10.2.152.26)
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 (Version: 5.5)
Adobe Reader 9.4.5 (Version: 9.4.5)
Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5 (Version: 11.5.6.606)
Apple Application Support (Version: 1.2.1)
Apple Software Update (Version: 2.1.1.116)
Belarc Advisor 8.2 (Version: 8.2.1.0)
CCleaner (Version: 2.27)
Chasys Draw IES 3.61.01 (Version: 3.61.01)
CPUID CPU-Z 1.56
Dup Detector
DVgate
Easy Internet Sign-up
EasyLog USB (Version: 4.5.0)
EVEREST Ultimate Edition v4.60 (Version: 4.60)
Experience Vaio
Eye Candy 4000
FastStone Image Viewer 4.0 (Version: 4.0)
GIMP 2.6.11 (Version: 2.6.11)
HijackThis 2.0.2 (Version: 2.0.2)
hp deskjet 5550 series (Remove only)
hp instant support (Version: 4.03.03)
hp print screen utility
ImageStation Demo
ImageStation Tour
InterActual Player
IrfanView (remove only) (Version: 4.28)
Java Auto Updater (Version: 2.0.3.1)
Java™ 6 Update 24 (Version: 6.0.240)
Lucent Technologies Soft Modem AMR
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 (Version: 2.2.30729)
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 (Version: 3.2.30729)
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (Version: 3.5.30729)
Microsoft Compression Client Pack 1.0 for Windows XP (Version: 1)
Microsoft IntelliPoint 5.3 (Version: 5.30.606.0)
Microsoft IntelliType Pro 5.3 (Version: 5.30.606.0)
Microsoft Internationalized Domain Names Mitigation APIs
Microsoft National Language Support Downlevel APIs
Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 (Version: 11.0.5614.0)
Microsoft Silverlight (Version: 4.0.50917.0)
Microsoft User-Mode Driver Framework Feature Pack 1.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (Version: 8.0.50727.363)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.4148 (Version: 9.0.30729.4148)
Motion JPEG Software Decoder
MovieShaker 3.3
Mozilla Firefox 5.0 (x86 en-US) (Version: 5.0)
MSN
Music Visualizer Library 1.4.00
MWSnap 3 (Version: 3.0.0.74)
MyDefrag v4.2.7 (Version: 4.0.0.0)
Neat Image v6.1 Home+
Network Smart Capture
NirSoft BlueScreenView
NVIDIA Windows 2000/XP Display Drivers
OpenMG Secure Module 3.1
PC Pitstop Driver Alert2 2.0.0.0 (Version: 2.0.0.0)
PicoPlayer Demo
PicoPlayerSplashScreen
PictureGear Studio 1.0
PowerDVD
Quicken 2002 New User Edition
QuickTime (Version: 7.66.71.0)
RealPlayer
RealProducer Basic 8.5
Screenblast ACID 2.0a (Version: 2.0.47)
Screenblast Sound Forge 1.0b (Version: 1.0.127)
SiS Compatible VGA V2.09a
SonicStage 1.5.00
Sony Certificate PCH
Sony DV Shared Library
Sony on Yahoo! Essentials
Spell Checker For OE 2.1
StuffIt Expander 2010 (Version: 14.0.0)
SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition (Version: 4.25.0.1014)
Support Actions WinXP
upapp (Version: 0.20.0000)
VAIO Action Setup
VAIO Brezza Wallpaper
VAIO Grid Wallpaper
VAIO Help & Support
VAIO Media 2.0
VAIO Media Installer 2.0
VAIO Media Music Server 2.0
VAIO Media Photo Server 2.0
VAIO Media Platform 2.0
VAIO Registration (Version: 4.0.8)
VAIO Serenus Wallpaper
VAIO Support
VERITAS RecordNow DX (Version: 4.11)
VERITAS RecordNow DX Update Manager (Version: 2.71)
Watermark Image software version 1.9.9.4
WebFldrs XP (Version: 9.50.5318)
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130) (Version: 1.7.0069.2)
Windows Internet Explorer 7 (Version: 20070813.185237)
Windows Media Format 11 runtime
Windows Media Player 11
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Version: 20080414.031525)
ZoneAlarm (Version: 9.2.057.000)
ZoneAlarm Toolbar

== End of log ==
MiniToolBox by Farbar
Ran by Randy (administrator) on 27-07-2011 at 21:08:57
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 (X86)

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[Keeper]

Sorry: opened wrong post

[Broni]

First of all C drive is rather small, so it'll be constant fighting for a free space.

Then:

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I was back at 9.55gb free space again.
....OK, that was this morning ....I'm at 9.52 right now, so the free space is disappearing once again.

300MB fluctuation is nothing extraordinary.
Temporary files, virtual memory (if it's set to be handled by Windows, hard drive space will go up and down as page file will be getting adjusted; that computer has only 512MB of RAM, so virtual memory will be seriously used.

On a side note, I suggest you uninstall Dup Detector.
Playing with duplicate files is a dangerous game.

[Bent Club]

Thanks Broni . will pass it on . has more ram ordered .

[Broni]

You're very welcome