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 Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:36 am Post subject: Just run out of space on Drive C: |
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And I found the Google Desktop data file is huge.
Any ideas as to what to do next? Uninstalling it, is a bit dramatic.
Any comments very welcome.
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ryan999
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| it is a pretty simple idea but just add in an extra harddrive. if you dont have one lying around just go on ebay and buy one its easy! |
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timmoore46
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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I've just fitted a 250 Gb usb2 drive. But the problem is sort of going to hit me again.
I've got 3 partitions on a 40 Gb HD.
10 Gb for c: just for the OS ( XP home with sp1)
20 Gb for Data (full as well)
10 Gb for Images of drice c: for disaster recovery. (Hidden)
Now I thought 10Gb was OK for an OS, even XP! But each time I install a program it's free space shrinks and finally Google desktop data stopped me burning a CD. (Needed to archive data off the data drive).
Buying a bigger drive for the IBM laptop, seems a bit over the top, when if I could get google data onto the data partition would be a total fix.
Any more ideas from anyone?
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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external hard drive. look on google for an article on how to build ur own. u will save alot of $$$$$ that way.
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timmoore46
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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The problem isn't the cost of an external USB2 drive. It's the OS is about to die cos Drive C: is full of Google data. I keep loosing data.
Is the only fix to ditch Google DeskTop ?
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Lupine1647
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Well, yea, Unless you want to keep deleting the index file. I got rid of desktop cause I never used it(who needs to search if you can remember exactly where you put files, even files that you acessed years and years ago).
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Hard drives aren't expensive nowadays. I'd just add more until it's no longer a problem. Obviously, if Google Desktop Search takes up more space than it's worth, get rid of it.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:22 am Post subject: |
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but google desktop search doesn't take that much of space 
i also have it, it indexes my comp files and also Gmail files and it only takes 5.84 MB space on 40 GB HD |
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Lupine1647
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| aalishan wrote: | but google desktop search doesn't take that much of space
i also have it, it indexes my comp files and also Gmail files and it only takes 5.84 MB space on 40 GB HD |
Do you rely on the little thing in the Add/Remove window or on the actual program file and the index file? Or do you just keep 1 text file in your documents folder and have everything else excluded from indexing?
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| i think that things will not be like this as you explain he/she has got 40 GB HD |
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aalishan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| Lupine1647 wrote: | | aalishan wrote: | but google desktop search doesn't take that much of space
i also have it, it indexes my comp files and also Gmail files and it only takes 5.84 MB space on 40 GB HD |
Do you rely on the little thing in the Add/Remove window or on the actual program file and the index file? Or do you just keep 1 text file in your documents folder and have everything else excluded from indexing?
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GDS indexes every file on my computer and i have 40 GB HD, of which about 30 GB if full 
so how can you say that  |
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Lupine1647
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| aalishan wrote: | | Lupine1647 wrote: | | aalishan wrote: | but google desktop search doesn't take that much of space
i also have it, it indexes my comp files and also Gmail files and it only takes 5.84 MB space on 40 GB HD |
Do you rely on the little thing in the Add/Remove window or on the actual program file and the index file? Or do you just keep 1 text file in your documents folder and have everything else excluded from indexing?
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GDS indexes every file on my computer and i have 40 GB HD, of which about 30 GB if full
so how can you say that |
Get a webcam and put it over your sholder so I can see what you're doing cause I can't read your mind.The only other logical thing is just that you just have a bunch of files that aren't indexed by the Desktop search.
Bali, you will need to use proper grammar and a dictionary to rephrase your statement.
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