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    It sounds like you might have done an incorrect partitioning there. The entire 120GB should have been formatted as C drive but it seems you have also created another partition (D drive). 120gb would actually give you 111-112GBs of usable space, so you have a 100GB C drive and a possibly -almost- full D drive with about 12GB of space at the most.
    Is that what you really have? Did you create separate partitions like this on purpose? Where is Windows actually installed at C or D drive? Please provide further info about your system and what you actually have done during the installation process.

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    I'm pretty sure you are correct about where I'm at currently....how I got there is a different story.
    My system is a Compaq S4500NX Athlon 2.16 GHz, with 512 Ram and 120GB HDD. I ran a clean install because I had had a bug which I could not get rid of.
    The D drive was created to store the operating system (or so I was told by the chat help desk at HP). I though my kid had done it to save his stuff. So the answer is I'm not sure.
    I believe the operating system IS in the D partition.
    As far as what I did....a lot! But the last time, I used the Compaq recovery tool, then did a fresh install with Win XP Pro (the system was loaded with XP home). Then I went to the various web sites (microsoft, Compaq, and so on) to get the latest drivers. It was while I was installing Service pack 2 that I noticed I was filling up, then when I tried to install Office Service pack 3 it filled up completely. Now there is about 20 Mb left (it won't let me finish installing some drivers).
    BTW, other than the D drive reminding me it's full the system is running very fast and very smooth.
    Any help is appreciated.
    Pat

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