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Hard Drive says it's full but it's Not

Last answer on Oct 2, 2009 1:36:25 pm BST Big Rod, on Feb 20, 2009 6:01:01 pm GMT 
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Hello,

I'm using Windows XP on a HP Pavilion Laptop. My computer had a virus that went away when I erased the HD putting it back to it's original state. This was the advice of the Geek Squad. My problem now is I cannot load the data back on the HD because it says it is almost full. I should be able to put the saved info back on the computer. I don't know what is taking up the space. What is on the laptop when I look at the different programs etc. does not add up to 79G.
I have tried different programs that tell me how my space is being allocated. I have been able to free up a few G's but not enough to reload my data. Help???

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inteloutside, on Feb 21, 2009 11:50:29 am GMT
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Hi,
this may be due to a virus.
Ad-aware 6 is a free program that you can download at:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

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james, on Jun 19, 2009 4:41:12 am BST

That will install a virus. avoid.

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ZGWin, on Jun 19, 2009 6:04:16 am BST

Adaware by lavasoft is NOT a virus, james, it's a world renoun program for anti spam. read a little.

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 LabCat, on Oct 2, 2009 1:36:25 pm BST

Ummm.... I don't think he was saying that it was a virus, ZGWin... Wow... kinda protective about your Adaware, huh?

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Noodle2u, on Jun 19, 2009 7:26:39 am BST
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Try this link http://pctipforum.com/index.php?topic=218.0 This guy had the same problem and was solved...

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