How to Disable "Low on Disk Space" Warning in Windows 98

• Microsoft Windows 98

SUMMARY

This article describes how to disable the low disk space notification feature in Windows 98 for specific drives.

MORE INFORMATION

In certain situations, such as a computer with compressed drives, Windows 98 may repeatedly warn you that a host drive is low on disk space. Because there may be no unnecessary files on the host drive to delete, you may receive this message multiple times every day. For example, if drive C was compressed in place, you may receive messages stating that drive H (the host drive) is running low on disk space.

To disable low disk space notification for a specific drive:

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup.



2. In the Drives box, click the drive for which you want to disable low disk space notification, and then click OK.



3. Click the Settings tab.



4. Click to clear the "If this drive runs low on disk space, automatically run Disk Cleanup" check box, and then click OK.



5. When you are prompted "Are you sure you want to delete files," click No.

REFERENCES

For information about using the Disk Cleanup tool, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q186099
TITLE : Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows 98

Keywords          : kbenv kbtool win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto 

Last Reviewed: January 29, 1999