Cheers Eddie!

[Bear]

I was bemoaning the fact my laptop has something like 18 Gig free out of
a 60 gig drive (lots of stuff on it), so his Eddie-ness suggested I try
this:

http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize

And by golly it works too ... just found over 3 gig in saved games files
that I don't need anymore.

Thought others might find it useful. Apologies if it's a ginge.
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

[Whinging Courier]

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Bear wrote:

> I was bemoaning the fact my laptop has something like 18 Gig free out of
> a 60 gig drive (lots of stuff on it), so his Eddie-ness suggested I try
> this:
>
> http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize
>
> And by golly it works too ... just found over 3 gig in saved games files
> that I don't need anymore.
>
> Thought others might find it useful. Apologies if it's a ginge.

I thought it was worth a download but what are you supposed to do with
it once you've scanned your drive?

--
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[Bear]

In article <MPG.1c4e0bbb82497c00989edf@news.individual.net>, Whinging
Courier says...
> In uk.rec.motorcycles, Bear wrote:
>
> > I was bemoaning the fact my laptop has something like 18 Gig free out of
> > a 60 gig drive (lots of stuff on it), so his Eddie-ness suggested I try
> > this:
> >
> > http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize
> >
> > And by golly it works too ... just found over 3 gig in saved games files
> > that I don't need anymore.
> >
> > Thought others might find it useful. Apologies if it's a ginge.
>
> I thought it was worth a download but what are you supposed to do with
> it once you've scanned your drive?

Well if you sort the sub-directories by size you can see what's taking
up space where; now obviously if *all* your stuff is needed then yes,
there's little point, but I immediately found about 3 gigs worth of
stuff I don't use anymore ... deleted it and hey presto, more disc
space.
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

[AndrewR]

Bear wrote:
> I was bemoaning the fact my laptop has something like 18 Gig free out
> of a 60 gig drive (lots of stuff on it), so his Eddie-ness suggested
> I try this:
>
> http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize
>
> And by golly it works too ... just found over 3 gig in saved games
> files that I don't need anymore.

Nice one. My 40Gb C drive was down to 7 Gb free, but there was 14Gb taken
up with assorted crap that I didn't need.

Cool.

--
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Kawasaki ZX-6R J1, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.

[Whinging Courier]

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Bear wrote:

> > > I was bemoaning the fact my laptop has something like 18 Gig free out of
> > > a 60 gig drive (lots of stuff on it), so his Eddie-ness suggested I try
> > > this:
> > >
> > > http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize
> > >
> > > And by golly it works too ... just found over 3 gig in saved games files
> > > that I don't need anymore.
> > >
> > > Thought others might find it useful. Apologies if it's a ginge.
> >
> > I thought it was worth a download but what are you supposed to do with
> > it once you've scanned your drive?
>
> Well if you sort the sub-directories by size you can see what's taking
> up space where; now obviously if *all* your stuff is needed then yes,
> there's little point, but I immediately found about 3 gigs worth of
> stuff I don't use anymore ... deleted it and hey presto, more disc
> space.

I don't see the point of downloading a program to do what I can do
manually. I thought there'd be some sort of automation to it, like
"there is x amount of crap on C:, do you want to delete" sort of thing.

--
CBR1000 - Work in progress
BOMB#14 ibW#40

[Nigel Eaton]

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, AndrewR
<andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> typed
>Bear wrote:
>> I was bemoaning the fact my laptop has something like 18 Gig free out
>> of a 60 gig drive (lots of stuff on it), so his Eddie-ness suggested
>> I try this:
>>
>> http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize
>>
>> And by golly it works too ... just found over 3 gig in saved games
>> files that I don't need anymore.
>
>Nice one. My 40Gb C drive was down to 7 Gb free, but there was 14Gb taken
>up with assorted crap that I didn't need.

Blimey! I've just found *loads* of files that I don't need anymore. I'll
delete the ****ing lo

[AndrewR]

Nigel Eaton wrote:
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, AndrewR
> <andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> typed

>> Nice one. My 40Gb C drive was down to 7 Gb free, but there was 14Gb
>> taken up with assorted crap that I didn't need.
>
> Blimey! I've just found *loads* of files that I don't need anymore.
> I'll delete the ****ing lo

<Chuckle>

My Dad did that once ... brought his lap-top home from work for me to have a
look at because he'd been clearing up some disk space, found a big hidden
file he wasn't using and deleted it.

Naturally it was his Windows swap file, for Windows 3.1 I think (ISTR that
'95 onwards could rebuild your swap file on the fly).

--
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Kawasaki ZX-6R J1, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
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BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.

[Mr. Fantastic]

"Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote...
>
> ... just found over 3 gig in saved games files that I don't need anymore.
>

3 *GIG* in save games? Are you saving every time you press the fire button
or something?

Seriously, how big is/was the biggest single save file, and what game was it
from?

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[Rope]

Bear spoke:
> I was bemoaning the fact my laptop has something like 18 Gig free out of
> a 60 gig drive (lots of stuff on it), so his Eddie-ness suggested I try
> this:
>
> http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize
>
> And by golly it works too ... just found over 3 gig in saved games files
> that I don't need anymore.
>
> Thought others might find it useful. Apologies if it's a ginge.

*Excellent*! - I used Treesize a lot, but lost it somewhen - now downloaded
and in use - Ta!

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FJ1200, CCM130
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[Bear]

In article <34ieetF49qev9U1@individual.net>, AndrewR says...
> Bear wrote:
> > I was bemoaning the fact my laptop has something like 18 Gig free out
> > of a 60 gig drive (lots of stuff on it), so his Eddie-ness suggested
> > I try this:
> >
> > http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize
> >
> > And by golly it works too ... just found over 3 gig in saved games
> > files that I don't need anymore.
>
> Nice one. My 40Gb C drive was down to 7 Gb free, but there was 14Gb taken
> up with assorted crap that I didn't need.
>
> Cool.

14 gig?! ****'s sake! :)
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

[AndrewR]

Bear wrote:
> In article <34ieetF49qev9U1@individual.net>, AndrewR says...

>> Nice one. My 40Gb C drive was down to 7 Gb free, but there was 14Gb
>> taken up with assorted crap that I didn't need.
>>
>> Cool.
>
> 14 gig?! ****'s sake! :)

I had a directory where I'd stuck half a dozen episodes of "West Wing" while
I was copying them to DVD and another that had quarter of a million XML
files in that I'd been using for work.

--
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Kawasaki ZX-6R J1, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.

[Bear]

In article <34if19F4bpl4bU1@individual.net>, Mr. Fantastic says...
> "Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote...
> >
> > ... just found over 3 gig in saved games files that I don't need anymore.
> >
>
> 3 *GIG* in save games? Are you saving every time you press the fire button
> or something?
>
> Seriously, how big is/was the biggest single save file, and what game was it
> from?

They were mostly from "Soldiers: Heroes of WWII" (a superb game if you
like that sort of thing, which I do).

Let's have a look ... each save game takes about 20-25 meg, and I had
hundreds of them ... each save game gets its own sub-directory and I
never bothered to delete them [1] Doh!

[1] there are 4 campaigns, each with 8 or so missions, and each mission
I could easily get up to 100 saves because, on the hardest level (there
are 4 levels of difficulty), when things go wrong, they go seriously
wrong seriously fast
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

[Bear]

In article <34ifj1F4bl65jU1@individual.net>, AndrewR says...
> Bear wrote:
> > In article <34ieetF49qev9U1@individual.net>, AndrewR says...
>
> >> Nice one. My 40Gb C drive was down to 7 Gb free, but there was 14Gb
> >> taken up with assorted crap that I didn't need.
> >>
> >> Cool.
> >
> > 14 gig?! ****'s sake! :)
>
> I had a directory where I'd stuck half a dozen episodes of "West Wing" while
> I was copying them to DVD and another that had quarter of a million XML
> files in that I'd been using for work.

250,000?! Christ, and I thought I was crap at housekeeping.
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

[Bear]

In article <MPG.1c4e1c0a58b58929989aa3@News.individual.net>, Bear
says...
> In article <34ifj1F4bl65jU1@individual.net>, AndrewR says...
> > Bear wrote:
> > > In article <34ieetF49qev9U1@individual.net>, AndrewR says...
> >
> > >> Nice one. My 40Gb C drive was down to 7 Gb free, but there was 14Gb
> > >> taken up with assorted crap that I didn't need.
> > >>
> > >> Cool.
> > >
> > > 14 gig?! ****'s sake! :)
> >
> > I had a directory where I'd stuck half a dozen episodes of "West Wing" while
> > I was copying them to DVD and another that had quarter of a million XML
> > files in that I'd been using for work.
>
> 250,000?! Christ, and I thought I was crap at housekeeping.

BTW, under "Program Files" there's a directory called "install", with
loads of install files from various bits of software; can I delete those
files too or are they referenced to somewhere?

That would free up another 2 Gig.
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

[Champ]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:51:56 -0000, Whinging Courier
<markonusenetTAKEITAWAY@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>In uk.rec.motorcycles, Bear wrote:
>
>> > > I was bemoaning the fact my laptop has something like 18 Gig free out of
>> > > a 60 gig drive (lots of stuff on it), so his Eddie-ness suggested I try
>> > > this:
>> > >
>> > > http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize
>> > >
>> > > And by golly it works too ... just found over 3 gig in saved games files
>> > > that I don't need anymore.
>> > >
>> > > Thought others might find it useful. Apologies if it's a ginge.
>> >
>> > I thought it was worth a download but what are you supposed to do with
>> > it once you've scanned your drive?
>>
>> Well if you sort the sub-directories by size you can see what's taking
>> up space where; now obviously if *all* your stuff is needed then yes,
>> there's little point, but I immediately found about 3 gigs worth of
>> stuff I don't use anymore ... deleted it and hey presto, more disc
>> space.
>
>I don't see the point of downloading a program to do what I can do
>manually. I thought there'd be some sort of automation to it, like
>"there is x amount of crap on C:, do you want to delete" sort of thing.

The problem with doing it manually is you have to look at the
properties of every bloody subdirectory. A neat tool that gives you a
pie chart allows you to drill down to the bulky files very quickly.
--
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Champ
GSX-R 1000, GPz 750 turbo, ZX7RR Endurance Racer x 2
GYASB#0 BotToS#2 BOTAFO(T|F)#35 WG*#1 DFV#8
Team UKRM Racing : www.team-ukrm.com

[Champ]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:54:15 +0000, Nigel Eaton
<nigele@rcav8r.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, AndrewR
><andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> typed
>>Bear wrote:
>>> I was bemoaning the fact my laptop has something like 18 Gig free out
>>> of a 60 gig drive (lots of stuff on it), so his Eddie-ness suggested
>>> I try this:
>>>
>>> http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize
>>>
>>> And by golly it works too ... just found over 3 gig in saved games
>>> files that I don't need anymore.
>>
>>Nice one. My 40Gb C drive was down to 7 Gb free, but there was 14Gb taken
>>up with assorted crap that I didn't need.
>
>Blimey! I've just found *loads* of files that I don't need anymore. I'll
>delete the ****ing lo

*nice*
--
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Champ
GSX-R 1000, GPz 750 turbo, ZX7RR Endurance Racer x 2
GYASB#0 BotToS#2 BOTAFO(T|F)#35 WG*#1 DFV#8
Team UKRM Racing : www.team-ukrm.com

[Nigel Eaton]

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear
<bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed
>
>BTW, under "Program Files" there's a directory called "install", with
>loads of install files from various bits of software; can I delete those
>files too or are they referenced to somewhere?

Do ya feel lucky, punk? Well, do ya?

--
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WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

[Mr. Fantastic]

"Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote...
> In article <34if19F4bpl4bU1@individual.net>, Mr. Fantastic says...
> > "Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote...
> > >
> > > ... just found over 3 gig in saved games files that I don't need
anymore.
> >
> > Seriously, how big is/was the biggest single save file, and what game
was it
> > from?
>
> Let's have a look ... each save game takes about 20-25 meg, and I had
> hundreds of them ... each save game gets its own sub-directory and I
> never bothered to delete them [1] Doh!
>

Egads! What are they storing?

Honestly, I'm surprised just how bloated PC coding has become. The save game
file size for the game I'm working on[1] is 63K.

63K!


[1] Admittedly for the PS2 so it's got a physical limit of 8MB anyway.
--
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ZXR400
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[Dr Ivan D. Reid]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:14:27 -0000,
Whinging Courier <markonusenetTAKEITAWAY@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote in <MPG.1c4e0bbb82497c00989edf@news.individual.net>:
> In uk.rec.motorcycles, Bear wrote:

>> http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize

>> And by golly it works too ... just found over 3 gig in saved games files
>> that I don't need anymore.

>> Thought others might find it useful. Apologies if it's a ginge.

> I thought it was worth a download but what are you supposed to do with
> it once you've scanned your drive?

Recycle the electrons.

--
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Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@brunel.ac.uk Room 40-1-B12, CERN
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WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

[Eddie]

Bear wrote:

> In article <34ieetF49qev9U1@individual.net>, AndrewR says...
>
>>Nice one. My 40Gb C drive was down to 7 Gb free, but there was 14Gb taken
>>up with assorted crap that I didn't need.
>>
>>Cool.
>
> 14 gig?! ****'s sake! :)

"When a man is tired of pr0n, he is tired of life."

[Eddie]

Bear wrote:
>
> BTW, under "Program Files" there's a directory called "install", with
> loads of install files from various bits of software; can I delete those
> files too or are they referenced to somewhere?

**** nose.

Could they be related to the stuff that came pre-loaded?

> That would free up another 2 Gig.

Just delete them. Live dangerously.

[Bear]

In article <zPlcqYPZ6A5BJwpN@rcav8r.demon.co.uk>, Nigel Eaton says...
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear
> <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed
> >
> >BTW, under "Program Files" there's a directory called "install", with
> >loads of install files from various bits of software; can I delete those
> >files too or are they referenced to somewhere?
>
> Do ya feel lucky, punk? Well, do ya?

I've just had an idea ... I'll move them to elsewhere on the disc and
see what works and what doesn't :)
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

[Bear]

In article <34ih7lF4a8sbiU1@individual.net>, Mr. Fantastic says...
> "Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote...
> > In article <34if19F4bpl4bU1@individual.net>, Mr. Fantastic says...
> > > "Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote...
> > > >
> > > > ... just found over 3 gig in saved games files that I don't need
> anymore.
> > >
> > > Seriously, how big is/was the biggest single save file, and what game
> was it
> > > from?
> >
> > Let's have a look ... each save game takes about 20-25 meg, and I had
> > hundreds of them ... each save game gets its own sub-directory and I
> > never bothered to delete them [1] Doh!
> >
>
> Egads! What are they storing?
>
> Honestly, I'm surprised just how bloated PC coding has become. The save game
> file size for the game I'm working on[1] is 63K.
>
> 63K!
>
> [1] Admittedly for the PS2 so it's got a physical limit of 8MB anyway.

You gets what yer pays for ;)
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

[HooDooWitch]

Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> somehow managed to post:

>I was bemoaning the fact my laptop has something like 18 Gig free out of
>a 60 gig drive (lots of stuff on it), so his Eddie-ness suggested I try
>this:
>
>http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize
>
>And by golly it works too ... just found over 3 gig in saved games files
>that I don't need anymore.
>
>Thought others might find it useful. Apologies if it's a ginge.

Sir may also like Spacemonger.
http://www.werkema.com/software/spacemonger.html

--
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http://www.ianwhitephoto.co.uk
I'm aiming high, and I'm willing to shoot.

[Bear]

In article <pv21sc.f9o.ln@deguello.org>, Eddie says...
> Bear wrote:
> >
> > BTW, under "Program Files" there's a directory called "install", with
> > loads of install files from various bits of software; can I delete those
> > files too or are they referenced to somewhere?
>
> **** nose.
>
> Could they be related to the stuff that came pre-loaded?

No it's me being thick ... "Install" is a directory I created, where I
store all the installation files I've downloaded, so I can back them up
easily ... I miss-read the display and thought they were under "Program
Files". What a twonk :)
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

[Mr. Fantastic]

"Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote...
> In article <34ih7lF4a8sbiU1@individual.net>, Mr. Fantastic says...
> > "Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote...
> > >
> > > Let's have a look ... each save game takes about 20-25 meg, and I had
> > > hundreds of them ... each save game gets its own sub-directory and I
> > > never bothered to delete them [1] Doh!
> >
> > Honestly, I'm surprised just how bloated PC coding has become. The save
game
> > file size for the game I'm working on[1] is 63K.
>
> You gets what yer pays for ;)

I was going to respond "size isn't everything" but that'd only lead to
trouble. :-)

--
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[Eddie]

Bear wrote:

> In article <pv21sc.f9o.ln@deguello.org>, Eddie says...
>
>>Bear wrote:
>>
>>>BTW, under "Program Files" there's a directory called "install", with
>>>loads of install files from various bits of software; can I delete those
>>>files too or are they referenced to somewhere?
>>
>>**** nose.
>>
>>Could they be related to the stuff that came pre-loaded?
>
> No it's me being thick ...

Well, I was wondering...

> "Install" is a directory I created, where I
> store all the installation files I've downloaded, so I can back them up
> easily ... I miss-read the display and thought they were under "Program
> Files". What a twonk :)

Sheesh. Time to see^Wvisit your optician.

[Whinging Courier]

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Champ wrote:

> >I don't see the point of downloading a program to do what I can do
> >manually. I thought there'd be some sort of automation to it, like
> >"there is x amount of crap on C:, do you want to delete" sort of thing.
>
> The problem with doing it manually is you have to look at the
> properties of every bloody subdirectory. A neat tool that gives you a
> pie chart allows you to drill down to the bulky files very quickly.

Right, ok. So what teatree or whatever it's called does, is give me an
explorer style view of my system and other files/folders and gives me
the size of each directory without having to check the properties of
each one?

I must be missing something because apart from seeing the size of the
folders, I can't see any real benefit apart from stumbling upon
something you remember uninstalling six months ago but didn't delete the
install folder. Am I the only one here who actually removes everything
when uninstalling stuff?

The other thing, how do I know if something is safe to delete? For
example:

I have 411MB in the service pack files directory. I'm never going to
uninstall service pack 2 so can I delete this directory and what about
the i386? Are there operational files in there or is that just where the
binaries were stored when service pack 2 installed itself? A bit of a
hint within the program about what could be deleted would be useful.

The first few lines go like this:

5,353 MB C:\
+<red bar> 3,180 WINDOWS
+<red bar> 1,136 MB Program Files
+<red bar> 1,057 MB Documents and Settings
+<white> 84,090 MB Drivers
<white> 58,432 MB ATI
<white> 22,833 MB My Shared Folder
<white> 291 kb [Files]

Does this mean there's 3,180 MB of junk in the WINDOWS folder or is it
telling me that's how much is in there? Can you see my point, it's no
good telling me what's in there if there's nothing I can do or know
about to get rid of it.

There's a few other entries but they show 0 kb.

--
CBR1000 - Work in progress
BOMB#14 ibW#40

[Bear]

In article <MPG.1c4e37345f4500c989ee8@news.individual.net>, Whinging
Courier says...

> The first few lines go like this:
>
> 5,353 MB C:\
> +<red bar> 3,180 WINDOWS
> +<red bar> 1,136 MB Program Files
> +<red bar> 1,057 MB Documents and Settings
> +<white> 84,090 MB Drivers
> <white> 58,432 MB ATI
> <white> 22,833 MB My Shared Folder
> <white> 291 kb [Files]
>
> Does this mean there's 3,180 MB of junk in the WINDOWS folder or is it
> telling me that's how much is in there? Can you see my point, it's no
> good telling me what's in there if there's nothing I can do or know
> about to get rid of it.

In fairness, I don't think it was designed with Sun readers in mind.
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

[Whinging Courier]

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Bear wrote:

<snips own head scratching mongness>

> In fairness, I don't think it was designed with Sun readers in mind.

Well if you'd said that to start with you could've saved me a lot of
effort.


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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:44:55 +0000, Bear wrote:

> In article <zPlcqYPZ6A5BJwpN@rcav8r.demon.co.uk>, Nigel Eaton says...
>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear
>> <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed
>> >
>> >BTW, under "Program Files" there's a directory called "install", with
>> >loads of install files from various bits of software; can I delete those
>> >files too or are they referenced to somewhere?
>>
>> Do ya feel lucky, punk? Well, do ya?
>
> I've just had an idea ... I'll move them to elsewhere on the disc and
> see what works and what doesn't :)


I rename things a bit to see if anything complains... then I forget all
about it :-/

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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:33:58 +0000, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk>
wrote in <ie38u0hpgn2jleqdvppcihcsoadcafdfn9@4ax.com>:

> The problem with doing it manually is you have to look at the
> properties of every bloody subdirectory. A neat tool that gives you a
> pie chart allows you to drill down to the bulky files very quickly.

cygwin> du | sort -n

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Bear secured a place in history by writing:

> http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml#treesize
>
> And by golly it works too ... just found over 3 gig in saved games files
> that I don't need anymore.

Indeed, it rocks. PC Pro used to include it on their 'essentials' cover
disk, and with good reason.

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[Ginge]

In article <MPG.1c4e1ce8125e6f06989aa4@News.individual.net>, Bear
says...
> BTW, under "Program Files" there's a directory called "install", with
> loads of install files from various bits of software; can I delete those
> files too or are they referenced to somewhere?
>
> That would free up another 2 Gig.

Copy them onto a DVD first.

HTH

[PeterT]

Mr. Fantastic
> Bear

> > Let's have a look ... each save game takes about 20-25 meg, and I had
> > hundreds of them ... each save game gets its own sub-directory and I
> > never bothered to delete them [1] Doh!
> >
>
> Egads! What are they storing?
>
> Honestly, I'm surprised just how bloated PC coding has become. The save
game
> file size for the game I'm working on[1] is 63K.
>
> 63K!
>
>
> [1] Admittedly for the PS2 so it's got a physical limit of 8MB anyway.

Why is that actually? And why are they charging so ****ing much for
the memory cards? It's not like memory is soo expensive in itself still,
is it?

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"PeterT" <krautCUT@ukrmNO.SPAMnet> wrote...
> Mr. Fantastic
> >
> > Honestly, I'm surprised just how bloated PC coding has become. The save
> game file size for the game I'm working on[1] is 63K.
> >
> > 63K!
> >
> > [1] Admittedly for the PS2 so it's got a physical limit of 8MB anyway.
>
> Why is that actually? And why are they charging so ****ing much for
> the memory cards? It's not like memory is soo expensive in itself still,
> is it?


Dunno, I'd assume it's proprietory technology but that's just a stab in the
dark.

To be fair though, you've got to be at least moderately hardcore to need
more than 8MB of save space on a PS2.

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