Assuming 2000/XP now...In Control panel, mail, data files - are you showing a location and a file structure? (Outlook will save to .pst format). That's the file(s) you need to get onto separate media asap. Personally, compressing a disk is something I avoid unless absolutely necessary. If you are able to back up your data to separate media, then the next step I would take is turning off system restore if it is currently enabled. ATF Cleaner is useful for drive cleanup in conjunction with other tools, because it will delete other user temp files if present. atribune.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=25

Jude, go back to gardening section and keep scrolling down the page and check out the first column, it's way down there.

~bump~ Hmmmm....the 156th post....did they remove the 150 limit??

We've had this discussion before and, while I can't recall what my previous position on the issue is, today I'm with Beagles and mtnrdredux.:) I like to read actual books and I also like the idea of books as decor. I once arranged a set of bookshelves with the books by color and height. Very pretty although not very efficient when searching for a book, so that idea got scrapped. I have bought books because I liked their appearance, e.g., a book on bridge with a brown velvet-like cover; a miniature book (in English if read from left to right and in French if read from right to left) about a mischevous cat (un chat mechant); a book on antique Japanese prints the pages of which, when the book is opened, unfold in accordian fashion, etc. I haven't done it often, but why not place a book with a beautiful cover or illustrations on a stand or easel, so that it can be enjoyed as if it were a piece of art? I have one probably published in the early 1900s about a pet dog with photos of the time in it, and I had it on a small stand with one wonderful photo of the dog and the girl who owned it showing. Most of those books were very inexpensive, costing $10 at the most, with most under $5; some are valuable (e.g., some of Teriade's Verve art and literature series). In all cases, I chose them because I liked what they looked like though. Since I can't get onto that web site, I don't know what the Danish books look like. However, I can't imagine spending anything approaching that amount on random books, particularly when common sense says that 7 random books might not even fill a bag on a book sale's $2/bag day.