Just do a 'Start' 'Search' 'For Files or Folders' (Win2000 - will be slightly different for other OSs). Type in *.jpg or *.bmp or *.gif and Start Search. Once the list comes up, you can pick the bad boys and delete them right in that window. -- Happy Hunting!! -- Paul Houston, TX, USA ICQ #73314929 Researching: VA - WHITE,LIPSCOMB,HILL,JOHNSON,SAUNDERS, TALBOT,TATE,EVANS NC - SMITH, BOSWELL, RHODES, CAPEHART,MORRIS, MARSHE, BRITT,SHAW View my American Ancestry at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~paulrsmith **************** FREE Credit Card Referral Program. Quick money AND residual, lifetime income! CHECK IT OUT !! http://smithecomservices.tripod.com *************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Davis" <jespat@LCworkshop.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 8:12 AM Subject: Re: [FO] Fwd: OT Scanner Problem > If she cannot delete them any other way, would it be possible to look > them up in "My Computer" and delete them from there? > JD > > > ---------- > | From: John Ballard <jballard@surfside.net> > | To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > | Subject: Re: [FO] Fwd: OT Scanner Problem > | Date: Friday, July 06, 2001 9:14 PM > | > | A few pictures at that absurdly high resolution (dots/inch) is > probably > | loading her hard disk with hundreds and hundreds of megabites. She > will have > | to settle for something like 300 to 700 dots/inch to avoid her > problem. (It > | is a compromise.) A new, great big, hard disk will help. > | > | Also changing from bmp to jpg format will help a lot. What she has > now can > | be reduced in size with a graphics program. I do not mean the size > of the > | picture in inches, but rather the size in dots to match her > printer, or even > | a newer one. > | > John > | Ballard > | > | - Original Message ----- > | From: "Linda Scheimann" <linda514@ivillage.com> > | To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> > | Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 3:48 PM > | Subject: [FO] Fwd: OT Scanner Problem > | > | > | > Could someone on the list please direct me to resources > concerning scanner > | and memory problems? This message is from a relative who is working > with me > | to preserve a 100 year old photograph album. She was advised to > make a 2400 > | dpi scan of each picture and save to CD. Her graphics program > required her > | to save to hard drive before transferring to removable medium. > | > > | > After a couple days she is experiencing lockups. Her hard drive > seems to > | be full, but she is unable to delete as described below, and she is > also > | locking up on most internet site loads, leading her to believe that > she has > | memory problems as well. She has run scandisk and also defragged. I > am > | trying to help her. > | > > | > Thanks, > | > > | > Linda Scheimann > | > > | > > | > ------- Start of forwarded message ------- > | > > | > > I really haven't been on the computer much this week, but I > still have > | > > problems. When I started trying to save some of the other > pictures, it > | > > wouldn't let me and said my disk was full. I checked my hard > drive and > | > > sure enough, it had gone from approximately 35%-40% full to > FULL. I > | > > don't know what happened. It can't be the pictures. I went in > and > | > > tried to delete some of the ones that I'd already saved to disk > and it > | > > won't even let me do that. I keep getting a message that tells > me to > | > > check to see if the file is in use (it isn't) or else the > problem might > | > > be that the disk is full or that it is write-protected. None > of those > | > > things would be accurate, so I don't know unless it's so full > that the > | > > trash bin doesn't work. I've tried "delete" and I've tried > dragging. > | > > Sometimes the dragging works. > | > > | > ------- End of forwarded message ------- > | > > | > ____________________________________________________________ _____ > | > iVillage.com: Solutions for Your Life > | > Check out the most exciting women's community on the Web > | > http://www.ivillage.com > | > > | > > | > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > | > GETTING THE MOST OUT OF FAMILY ORIGINS by Bruce Buzbee - FO DEMO > | > http://formalsoft.com NO WEB ACCESS? 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