# Full Hard drive?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-hard-drive/313825>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 23, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-hard-drive/313825 "2005-07-23T18:38:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Daizy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daizy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daizy)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-hard-drive/313825/21 "2005-07-24T18:19:17Z")

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> [@clairobscur](#):
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> Ok. I find it out concerning the search tool. I just never had noticed you could search by date.  
> However, I still don’t know how to turn off “hide protected files”…

Windows Explorer  
Tools  
Foler Options  
View Tab  
Click on Show hidden files and folders

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-hard-drive/313825/22 "2005-07-24T18:25:37Z")

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> [@clairobscur](#):
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> I checked all the .tmp files and none of any significant size has been modified recently.

You want to delete the .tmp files.

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**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-hard-drive/313825/23 "2005-07-24T23:00:26Z")

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> [@clairobscur](#):
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> However, I still don’t know how to turn off “hide protected files”…
> 
> > [@Daizy](#):
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> > Windows Explorer  
> > Tools  
> > Foler Options  
> > View Tab  
> > Click on Show hidden files and folders

This is correct for Win XP, but not for Win 98.

In Win 98, double click My Computer or start Windows Explorer. Then go to

View menu  
Folder Options  
View tab  
Under Hidden File, select the option for “Show All Files”

Also, a little further down, you might clear (uncheck) the option “Hide file extensions of known file types” if it is selected. This will make it easier to find files of specific types.

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**Author:** ![Daizy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daizy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daizy)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-hard-drive/313825/24 "2005-07-25T13:11:38Z")

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Oops. Thanks for the catch **RJKUgly**. 🙂

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