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What is "Startup Disk"

Every once in a while I get a pop up message that says "Your startup disk is almost full" Please delete some files to make more space.

What is a startup disk? What can I do to stop this message?
I deleted some large files, but still get this message.
I clicked on the option in the pop up that says "Don't warn me again", but I still get the pop up.

Is there an easy solution?

iBook SE Graphite Firewire Mac OS X (10.3.9) Airport Card / 320 MB RAM

Posted on Jan 6, 2006 5:50 PM

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JerBear65
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Posted on Jan 6, 2006 6:07 PM

Hello Fabtique &Welcome to Discussions.

The Start up disk has the system folder on it that your computer is booted too. First, empty the trash, then pop your your Install CD #1 into your player and restart holding down the C key. once it loads go up to the menu and click Installer and then open Disk Utility. Choose the partition that has your main system on it and click repair permissions. If you see anything that has been repaired run repair again until you see no repairs were done. After all is said and done. close DU and Quit Installer and the system will boot back to your system HD.

See if this helps.

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JerBear65
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Jan 6, 2006 6:07 PM in response to fabtique

Hello Fabtique &Welcome to Discussions.

The Start up disk has the system folder on it that your computer is booted too. First, empty the trash, then pop your your Install CD #1 into your player and restart holding down the C key. once it loads go up to the menu and click Installer and then open Disk Utility. Choose the partition that has your main system on it and click repair permissions. If you see anything that has been repaired run repair again until you see no repairs were done. After all is said and done. close DU and Quit Installer and the system will boot back to your system HD.

See if this helps.

JerBear65
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What is "Startup Disk"

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