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JMcC
Starting Member
USA
1 Posts |
 Posted - 06 Jul 2002 : 11:59:40
Hello, Just inherited a Powerbook 165c (w/ system 7.1) and have lots of quetions. Hope I can find someone patient out there... To start with: The hard drive appears to be quite full. Opening the hard drive folder, I see something like "71 Mb on disk, 4 Mb free" at the top. But, if I do "More info" on all the folders in the hard drive, plus all the folders on the desktop, to find out how big they are, it only adds up to about 60 Mb. Why doesn't it add up to 71 Mb? Could there be 11 Mb in hidden files somewhere? Thanks! JMcC |
oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jul 2002 : 14:10:44
You probably have virtual memory (the Mac equivalent of swap) turned on. If you have enough RAM (8 MB or more with 7.1, I'd say), you can turn virtual memory off in the Memory control panel.That's a pretty small drive. You might want to consider either a drive upgrade (I'm not sure what kind of drive a 165c takes) or an external SCSI hard drive. Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert
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aftermac
New Member
USA
80 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2002 : 21:34:25
You also might want to try holding down the Apple(command) and Option keys simultaneously on startup to rebuild the desktop.I highly doubt you have an 11MB desktop file, but it is good practice none the less. Aftermac A bandoned, F orgotten, T ortured, E ndangered, R etro, M acintosh, A cquisition, C ommando 5 Apples, 23 liberated 68k's, 9 contraband PPC's, and a Duo Dock |
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