Guest guest Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Annie, if your CPU is only running at 0-3% then it doesn’t sound like a RAM memory problem. Click on “C” and right click properties to see how much hard drive space you have left. Once it’s full, your computer can’t do anything. I ran into that on my external hard drive, I didn’t even have enough space to delete folders. I had to pick the smallest file I had and delete first and work up from there. And if all else fails, have you rebooted? I find that that fixes many things when there might be something stuck open in the background running a loop. That’s the extent of my knowledge. Kathy Saradarian, MD Branchville, NJ Solo low-staff practice since 4/03 In practice since 9/90 Practice Partner User since 5/03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Annie- what virus protection are you using, is it up to date - could be a virus. how big is your hard drive and what is being used? agree, doesn't sound like a RAM problem. Lynn > >Reply-To: >To: < > >Subject: Annie's computer problems >Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:09:03 -0400 > >Annie, if your CPU is only running at 0-3% then it doesn't sound like a RAM >memory problem. Click on " C " and right click properties to see how much >hard drive space you have left. Once it's full, your computer can't do >anything. I ran into that on my external hard drive, I didn't even have >enough space to delete folders. I had to pick the smallest file I had and >delete first and work up from there. > > > >And if all else fails, have you rebooted? I find that that fixes many >things when there might be something stuck open in the background running a >loop. > > > >That's the extent of my knowledge. > > > >Kathy Saradarian, MD > >Branchville, NJ > >Solo low-staff practice since 4/03 > >In practice since 9/90 > >Practice Partner User since 5/03 > > > _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?ss=Restaurants~Hotels~Amusement%20Park & cp=33.8\ 32922~-117.915659 & style=r & lvl=13 & tilt=-90 & dir=0 & alt=-1000 & scene=1118863 & encType=\ 1 & FORM=MGAC01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Good news! I'm not sure what worked, because I was doing a number of things, but now Word and Outlook seem to be working again. Memory on C: is total 18.6GB, free is 12GB, so I think I have deleted enough pictures to put me back to where I was before the camera.... The bad news, is that the reboot tooke 9 minutes 30 seconds. I guess that is officially "forever", so there may still be a problem somewhere. I don't usually watch the thing start up or reboot...I start it and then go do something else. So I didn't realize it was taking so long.... Still hoping for advice on the external hard drive. Seems like that is the most sensible thing for storage of pictures. Just plugs into USB port? ....Easy to use?.... Access from both my laptop and my husbands? ... Any experience out there welcome. And thanks!Kathy Saradarian wrote: Annie, if your CPU is only running at 0-3% then it doesn’t sound like a RAM memory problem. Click on “C” and right click properties to see how much hard drive space you have left. Once it’s full, your computer can’t do anything. I ran into that on my external hard drive, I didn’t even have enough space to delete folders. I had to pick the smallest file I had and delete first and work up from there. And if all else fails, have you rebooted? I find that that fixes many things when there might be something stuck open in the background running a loop. That’s the extent of my knowledge. Kathy Saradarian, MD Branchville, NJ Solo low-staff practice since 4/03 In practice since 9/90 Practice Partner User since 5/03 Annie Skaggs, MD Fayette Family Medicine Lexington, KY www.fayettefamilymed.com Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows.Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 The memory shortage was probably RAM memory and not hard drive space. Sometimes RAM can get tied up with a program that doesn't close completely and a reboot is the perfect remedy. That said, an external hard drive for the purpose of backing everything up is probably a good idea. Get one that sets up and automates a backup process. For example, http://tinyurl.com/yrnvxw Perhaps more important, however, when it comes to computer performance, you may want to check and make sure you have adequate RAM. Here's everything you want to know about it: http://www.howstuffworks.com/ram.htm Greg Skaggs wrote: Good news! I'm not sure what worked, because I was doing a number of things, but now Word and Outlook seem to be working again. Memory on C: is total 18.6GB, free is 12GB, so I think I have deleted enough pictures to put me back to where I was before the camera.... The bad news, is that the reboot tooke 9 minutes 30 seconds. I guess that is officially "forever", so there may still be a problem somewhere. I don't usually watch the thing start up or reboot...I start it and then go do something else. So I didn't realize it was taking so long.... Still hoping for advice on the external hard drive. Seems like that is the most sensible thing for storage of pictures. Just plugs into USB port? ....Easy to use?.... Access from both my laptop and my husbands? ... Any experience out there welcome. And thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Annie, Your hard drive is inadequate for your needs. (Sooo last century.) I would recommend the following: 2gb flash drive to back up and have available your most important documents. Hard copy on CD-ROM your My Documents periodically. An external hard drive, the more memory, the better, should meet your needs rather than trying to replace the main hard drive. External drives up to 250 gb are now available. Back the entire C:/ drive to the external drive periodically. "There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility." Theodore Roosevelt Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter. Ernest Hemingway, "On the Blue Water," Esquire, April 1936US author & journalist (1899 - 1961) "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete"- Buckminster Fuller Re: Annie's computer problems Good news! I'm not sure what worked, because I was doing a number of things, but now Word and Outlook seem to be working again. Memory on C: is total 18.6GB, free is 12GB, so I think I have deleted enough pictures to put me back to where I was before the camera.... The bad news, is that the reboot tooke 9 minutes 30 seconds. I guess that is officially "forever", so there may still be a problem somewhere. I don't usually watch the thing start up or reboot...I start it and then go do something else. So I didn't realize it was taking so long.... Still hoping for advice on the external hard drive. Seems like that is the most sensible thing for storage of pictures. Just plugs into USB port? ....Easy to use?.... Access from both my laptop and my husbands? ... Any experience out there welcome. And thanks!Kathy Saradarian <qualityfphughes (DOT) net> wrote: Annie, if your CPU is only running at 0-3% then it doesn’t sound like a RAM memory problem. Click on “C” and right click properties to see how much hard drive space you have left. Once it’s full, your computer can’t do anything. I ran into that on my external hard drive, I didn’t even have enough space to delete folders. I had to pick the smallest file I had and delete first and work up from there. And if all else fails, have you rebooted? I find that that fixes many things when there might be something stuck open in the background running a loop. That’s the extent of my knowledge. Kathy Saradarian, MD Branchville, NJ Solo low-staff practice since 4/03 In practice since 9/90 Practice Partner User since 5/03 Annie Skaggs, MD Fayette Family Medicine Lexington, KY www.fayettefamilyme d.com Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows.Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Annie, Congrats. I back up onto 2 different external hard drives. (I keep one off site.) They are amazingly cheap and small now. Yes, you can use it on more than one computer. The ones I got at Costco don't require their own power cord, but use a powerered USB2 on my laptop, which is convenient if you have that (has a symbol like a dot with 3 arrows coming out of it). They are great for photos and music (if you do Ipods), which take lots of memory, in addition to regular documents. For the AC people that back up themselves, do you back up the whole AC folder, or which specific sub-folders? Sharon At 08:37 AM 6/17/2007, you wrote: Good news! I'm not sure what worked, because I was doing a number of things, but now Word and Outlook seem to be working again. Memory on C: is total 18.6GB, free is 12GB, so I think I have deleted enough pictures to put me back to where I was before the camera.... The bad news, is that the reboot tooke 9 minutes 30 seconds. I guess that is officially " forever " , so there may still be a problem somewhere. I don't usually watch the thing start up or reboot...I start it and then go do something else. So I didn't realize it was taking so long.... Still hoping for advice on the external hard drive. Seems like that is the most sensible thing for storage of pictures. Just plugs into USB port? ....Easy to use?.... Access from both my laptop and my husbands? ... Any experience out there welcome. And thanks! Kathy Saradarian wrote: Annie, if your CPU is only running at 0-3% then it doesn’t sound like a RAM memory problem. Click on “C” and right click properties to see how much hard drive space you have left. Once it’s full, your computer can’t do anything. I ran into that on my external hard drive, I didn’t even have enough space to delete folders. I had to pick the smallest file I had and delete first and work up from there. And if all else fails, have you rebooted? I find that that fixes many things when there might be something stuck open in the background running a loop. That’s the extent of my knowledge. Kathy Saradarian, MD Branchville, NJ Solo low-staff practice since 4/03 In practice since 9/90 Practice Partner User since 5/03 Annie Skaggs, MD Fayette Family Medicine Lexington, KY www.fayettefamilymed.com Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 On line back up is now so cheap - I read the NY Time Pogue review, now back up on Mozy for about $5.00 month. Keeps me from having to keep moving that second hard drive around. The AC files are quite small except for the immense Imported Items file, which has large TIF or PDF files. You can choose items to back up or just back up the whole folder, because that's simpler. On Jun 17, 2007, at 1:57 PM, Sharon McCoy , M.D. wrote:Annie,Congrats. I back up onto 2 different external hard drives. (I keep one off site.) They are amazingly cheap and small now. Yes, you can use it on more than one computer. The ones I got at Costco don't require their own power cord, but use a powerered USB2 on my laptop, which is convenient if you have that (has a symbol like a dot with 3 arrows coming out of it). They are great for photos and music (if you do Ipods), which take lots of memory, in addition to regular documents.For the AC people that back up themselves, do you back up the whole AC folder, or which specific sub-folders?SharonAt 08:37 AM 6/17/2007, you wrote:Good news! I'm not sure what worked, because I was doing a number of things, but now Word and Outlook seem to be working again. Memory on C: is total 18.6GB, free is 12GB, so I think I have deleted enough pictures to put me back to where I was before the camera.... The bad news, is that the reboot tooke 9 minutes 30 seconds. I guess that is officially "forever", so there may still be a problem somewhere. I don't usually watch the thing start up or reboot...I start it and then go do something else. So I didn't realize it was taking so long.... Still hoping for advice on the external hard drive. Seems like that is the most sensible thing for storage of pictures. Just plugs into USB port? ....Easy to use?.... Access from both my laptop and my husbands? ... Any experience out there welcome. And thanks!Kathy Saradarian <qualityfphughes (DOT) net> wrote:Annie, if your CPU is only running at 0-3% then it doesn’t sound like a RAM memory problem. Click on “C” and right click properties to see how much hard drive space you have left. Once it’s full, your computer can’t do anything. I ran into that on my external hard drive, I didn’t even have enough space to delete folders. I had to pick the smallest file I had and delete first and work up from there. And if all else fails, have you rebooted? I find that that fixes many things when there might be something stuck open in the background running a loop. That’s the extent of my knowledge. Kathy Saradarian, MDBranchville, NJSolo low-staff practice since 4/03In practice since 9/90Practice Partner User since 5/03 Annie Skaggs, MDFayette Family MedicineLexington, KYwww.fayettefamilymed.comBe a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows.Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 I had no idea on-line back up was so cheap. I'll have to look into that. Thanks. Sharon At 01:10 PM 6/17/2007, you wrote: On line back up is now so cheap - I read the NY Time Pogue review, now back up on Mozy for about $5.00 month. Keeps me from having to keep moving that second hard drive around. The AC files are quite small except for the immense Imported Items file, which has large TIF or PDF files. You can choose items to back up or just back up the whole folder, because that's simpler. On Jun 17, 2007, at 1:57 PM, Sharon McCoy , M.D. wrote: Annie, Congrats. I back up onto 2 different external hard drives. (I keep one off site.) They are amazingly cheap and small now. Yes, you can use it on more than one computer. The ones I got at Costco don't require their own power cord, but use a powerered USB2 on my laptop, which is convenient if you have that (has a symbol like a dot with 3 arrows coming out of it). They are great for photos and music (if you do Ipods), which take lots of memory, in addition to regular documents. For the AC people that back up themselves, do you back up the whole AC folder, or which specific sub-folders? Sharon At 08:37 AM 6/17/2007, you wrote: Good news! I'm not sure what worked, because I was doing a number of things, but now Word and Outlook seem to be working again. Memory on C: is total 18.6GB, free is 12GB, so I think I have deleted enough pictures to put me back to where I was before the camera.... The bad news, is that the reboot tooke 9 minutes 30 seconds. I guess that is officially " forever " , so there may still be a problem somewhere. I don't usually watch the thing start up or reboot...I start it and then go do something else. So I didn't realize it was taking so long.... Still hoping for advice on the external hard drive. Seems like that is the most sensible thing for storage of pictures. Just plugs into USB port? ....Easy to use?.... Access from both my laptop and my husbands? ... Any experience out there welcome. And thanks! Kathy Saradarian wrote: Annie, if your CPU is only running at 0-3% then it doesn’t sound like a RAM memory problem. Click on “C” and right click properties to see how much hard drive space you have left. Once it’s full, your computer can’t do anything. I ran into that on my external hard drive, I didn’t even have enough space to delete folders. I had to pick the smallest file I had and delete first and work up from there. And if all else fails, have you rebooted? I find that that fixes many things when there might be something stuck open in the background running a loop. That’s the extent of my knowledge. Kathy Saradarian, MD Branchville, NJ Solo low-staff practice since 4/03 In practice since 9/90 Practice Partner User since 5/03 Annie Skaggs, MD Fayette Family Medicine Lexington, KY www.fayettefamilymed.com Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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