Fw: Re: [Thinkpad] Re: A21e abrupt 20% increase in "System Files"

Aryheh:

Thanks for the idea. I did have CPRSuite 1.0.8 on the system. I've now removed it and all associated files. No help.

I also removed all the security programs, after which the anomaly began. No help.

I had run several different antivirus programs; no viruses. I ran several different spyware/malware programs. No help.

I ran a repair on W2K using Emergency Repair Disk and SP4. No help.

I reinstalled SP4. No help.

I removed 500 Mb of files to see what would happen. This actually decreased my "available space" from 3% to 1%; even though the Defrag analysis says I now have 26% of "space."

Of course, not only does this make the Thinkpad not visable for future use; but it has brought the system to a slow crawl regardless of what program I try to run.

I once did a reinstall/reformat of a Thinkpad using IBM Recovery Disks. Then, to reinstall all programs, drivers, and data, it took me 2 solid weeks. I shudder at the thought of having to do it again.

So: Any other ideas?

Hopefully,

Larry

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----- Original Message -----
From: Aryeh Goretsky
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 02:43:26 -0700
To: thinkpad@stderr.org
Subject: [Thinkpad] Re: A21e abrupt 20% increase in "System Files"

> Hello,
>
> Do you have any kind of "system restore" software running on the computer?
> If so, have you tried disabling it?
>
> Regards,
>
> Aryeh Goretsky
>
> At 05:05 PM 3/16/2004, you wrote:
>
> >Message: 8
> >Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:09:04 -0500
> >From: "Bruce Markowitz"
> >Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] A21e abrupt 20% increase in "System Files"
> >To: "Lawrence Silberstein" ,
> >
> >Message-ID: <005801c40bb4$0f2ddfe0$6f00a8c0@X20>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> >Check for a virus, something may be altering your files
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Lawrence Silberstein"
> >To: ;
> >Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 6:13 PM
> >Subject: [Thinkpad] A21e abrupt 20% increase in "System Files"
> >
> >
> > >
> > > A21e W2KSP4 12 Gb HD w/ 23% free space
> > >
> > > I installed several security programs at the same time: Spybot,
> >TrojanHunter, Ashampoo Uninstall Suite, Ad-Aware 6, and PopUpCop.
> > >
> > > I then went to Defrag. Defrag's analysis was astonishing: Nearly
> >everything on the drive had turned to green, "System Files." Defrag's reply
> >to attempt to defragment: "Although there is 23% free on your drive, only 3%
> >is available for use. We recomend that you do not defragment until you've
> >increased available space to 15%."
> > >
> > > Gosh, what happened? How to fix?
> > >
> > > Larrry
>
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