Yes, if I use one of the following: Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Binder. Yes I realize they are all MS applications, but other than being part of Office, what do they share? Robert At 01:41 PM 9/27/2003, you wrote: >If start the computer in SAFE MODE, does it tell you the same ting? > >---Troth > > >At 9/27/2003 02:30 PM, Robert wrote: > >I am no longer able to save anything, be it new files, or files I have > >edited. The error message says the drive is full. I am using Windows XP > >Professional. > > > >My hard drive is 400 Gig, and currently only about 54.8 G is occupied, > >leaving 345.2G free. > >Brand new blank diskettes are reported as full. > >Brand new 250M Zip disks are reported as full. > >Brand new [any brand I have] CD-RWs are reported as full. > >Brand new CD-Rs are reported as full. > >Brand new DVD-Rs are reported as full. > > > >Over the home network, it reports the hard drives of the other computer as > >full, but in reality only 958 M used, and about 5.45G is free. > > > >I have a portable blank hard drive that plugs into the USB, and it is being > >reported as full. > > > >In short, everything I try to save something to is being reported as full, > >but all are at LEAST 80 percent free. > > > >Norton 2003 (updated this morning at 8:22am) says I am virus free. > > > >I did a System Restore going back one day, and it had no effect. > > > >I un-installed the drivers for a printer I installed last night, hoping by > >doing so it would do away with a conflict (if any). It had no effect that I > >can see. > > > >I tried to run a scan disk, but it seems to stop somewhere before > >finishing, and report that that there are no errors found. > > > >I am at a loss as to what to do next. Has anyone had this happen to you? > >How was it resolved? VERY much preferably with re-formatting please. > > > >Thank you for any and all suggestions. > > > >Robert > >carnealr@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > >To unsub or change your email settings: > >//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > > >To access our Archives: > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > >//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > >For more info: > >//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > >To unsub or change your email settings: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > >To access our Archives: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > >For more info: >//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk