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I am getting a message that my disk space is full and when I check on the hard drive capacity, I can watch it going down. I don't have much stored on my hard drive, so I don't know what's using up all the space.

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'''Try the Firefox Safe Mode''' to see how it works there. The Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode, which disables most add-ons.''
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