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Joe
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Gigantic fucking temp files

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My roommate (neither of us are very computer literate) just found a SIXTY GIGABYTE temp file on his hard drive. He has no idea where it came from, and he's never downloaded anything that large. What the fuck could it possibly be?
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If you're using windows XP, it could be files created from defragging and/or scandisk-ing the hdd.
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Could you give the filename?
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Would, but he deleted it. Kind of wish he hadn't.
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Damn shame, knowing the location of the file or it's extension would probably yeild a pretty accurate result as to it's function or what created it.
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