Free Disk space loss for no reason

I have several G4's running 10.3.9 that are losing disk space to the point of getting system volume errors I can not find where the lose is coming from no new installs except updates I have one now that loses 100MB a day for now reason delete unneccesary files looked at all new modify and still can't find what is using this disk space that wasn't there before are there hidden files that are being created or is there a system problem creating this.

your computer does write certain files such as logs. These are normally kept clean by maintenance scripts that run in the early hours of the morning, but if you turn off your computer or put it to sleep overnight they will not run.
I'd suggest checking out [Applejack for Panther|http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596&vid=158470]
Here's a list of reading with some specifally mentioning vanishing space:
Where did my disk space go?
[http://www.macfixitforums.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Forum38&Number=770243]
Disk Inventory (free) [http://www.derlien.com>
WhatSize (now shareware and only useful on <20GB drives until you buy it) [http://www.id-design.com/software/whatsize>
Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk
[http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html]
Amazing Disappearing Drive Space
[http://www.pinkmutant.com/articles/TigerMisc.html]
Increase HD Free Space
[http://macosx.com/forums/howto-faqs/275191-how-easily-increase-hd free-space-laptop.html]
How to free up my disk space
[http://www.macmaps.com/diskfull.html]

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L2 Cache: 3 MB
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buy an external HD 1TB for $60
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Unless youre using it every couple weeks, its static data and should be on an external HD
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NB wrote:
Hello All,
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285107/en-us
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Don Archibald wrote:
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*chanting "I will not dwell on it, I will not dwell on it" over and over*
Thanks for reading!

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