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DarkAvenger · 10-04-2007, 01:28 PM

I have a Maxtor 6L250R0 HD, and for some reason, it keeps making noise all the time, and uses alot of PF, even if I remove it. Running programs like Firefox, Windows Explorer, Control Panel really slows down everything, makes the HD go crazy, and sometimes even freezes the PC. And for some reason, The C: drive is almost 70% full (40 GB of 110), even though I haven't put over 1 GB on it. Instead, the system32 is full of .tmp files. Any idea about how to clean them out?

Also, the D: drive has about 40 GB of my stuff on it (and about 25 of it is only temporary), yet only 40 GB of it is free out of the 113 GB, and even if I reveal hidden files and folders, I can't find anything that takes up the missing space. I already found a nasty virus on my PC, but I guess it already messed things up pretty bad. Any ideas on what to do?

10-04-2007, 01:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
DarkAvenger Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 36 OS: Windows XP Professional SP2	[SOLVED] Hard Drive working all the time I have a Maxtor 6L250R0 HD, and for some reason, it keeps making noise all the time, and uses alot of PF, even if I remove it. Running programs like Firefox, Windows Explorer, Control Panel really slows down everything, makes the HD go crazy, and sometimes even freezes the PC. And for some reason, The C: drive is almost 70% full (40 GB of 110), even though I haven't put over 1 GB on it. Instead, the system32 is full of .tmp files. Any idea about how to clean them out? Also, the D: drive has about 40 GB of my stuff on it (and about 25 of it is only temporary), yet only 40 GB of it is free out of the 113 GB, and even if I reveal hidden files and folders, I can't find anything that takes up the missing space. I already found a nasty virus on my PC, but I guess it already messed things up pretty bad. Any ideas on what to do?