I have XP pro. and limited HD space
I used the start/search/pictures function to gather all the pics I have saved here and there in the PC just to see if I could gain some space by getting rid of irrelevant ones.
What I found is after the program found all the pictures on the PC - - if I clicked on the "NAME" header on the column, or the "size" header................that there were doubles.
Using up the same amount of memory....and located in the same space.
This is not restricted just to image files, it is also in document files.
When I see that there is something different say in the location of the file - OK I know that it is different and there for a reason.
But these image files are in the same place - IDENTICAL in name(there is no 1 added), identical in size, identical in placement.
Yet if I delete one of them, they both disappear and only 1 is in the recycle bin at its size(lets say 25K). If I restore it, 2 appear at 25K apiece.
WHAT IS UP WITH THAT???
This even happens with document files.
Backups done on my machine = O
Anything I put in the machine that I need to keep goes on a floppy. That is my backup.
I definitely could use the extra space if it actually does exist...and some dumb program is doing this doubling thing....
For example My desktop I have a picture of Barbara Eden. I have 2 pictures(doubles) in small. and(almost) any other image is doubled. The images supplied for the desktop by Windows remain singular. Any image that came off the net, is doubled be it a document, the document layout.
Can someone explain what is going on?
