Hello,<\/p>\n
I have an Acer ASPIRE One Netbook ( Model AOA110) Net book with the following specs:<\/p>\n
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
\nVersion 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
\nOS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
\nSystem Type X86-based PC
\nProcessor x86 Family 6 Model 28 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~1595 Mhz
\nProcessor x86 Family 6 Model 28 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~1596 Mhz
\nBIOS Version\/Date Acer v0.3305, 5\/9\/2008
\nSMBIOS Version 2.4<\/p>\n
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
\nAvailable Physical Memory 545.59 MB
\nTotal Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
\nAvailable Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
\nPage File Space 2.37 GB
\nPage File C:\\pagefile.sys
\n8.0 GB HDD<\/p>\n
There are 17 Programs installed (including MS Office Student edition 2007) the rest of the programs are essential programs required for the Netbook such as IE, Firefox, Acer Crystal Eye Web cam etc etc. Absolutely\u00a0no<\/b>\u00a0Data\/Media files whatsoever are saved on the HDD. Only one user account exist on this machine, profile size of 6MB, I have scanned the entire HDD (Full scan) using Microsoft Security essentials and\u00a0no threats<\/b>\u00a0were detected.<\/p>\n
I constantly receive the ‘Baloon’ Low Disk space warning message\u00a0“You are running very low on disk space on Local Disk (C:) To free space on this drive by deleting old or unnecessary files, click here…”<\/i>\u00a0and I am then prompted to run the Disk clean up wizard.
\nI have removed redundant programs which are not needed, deleted all but the most recent restore point, emptied out the Recycle Bin, deleted temporary files – manually searching the %temp% directory only yields about 304KB of temporary files.<\/p>\n
No matter how I try I am unable to clear down more than approximately 200MB of free disk space which quickly diminishes down to around 9 MB of free space. I have even used a 3rd party application\u00a0Revo Uninstaller<\/i>\u00a0to help look for junk files to no avail.<\/p>\n
Now I know that Netbooks are designed primarily for surfing the web blah blah, but surely installing MS Office Professional 2007 would not be sufficient to max out the HDD. By scanning Add or Remove programs I can see that MS Office only takes up about 302 MB of disk space. The majority of installations here are security updates for MS Office system, .NET framework patches and Security updates for Windows XP.<\/p>\n