Toggle low disk warning preference

While busy working I got a warning about free space on my startup disk. I'm so desensitized to warnings that I had barely read the dialog before I closed it. But as soon as I did this I realized I'd clicked a checkbox on the warning that would suppress future warnings.
This isn't what I wanted to do.
If I get close to the limit on my startup disk again, I want that same warning to come up again. But apparently now it won't, and I can't find any way to reverse what's been done. I looked in System Preferences, Finder preferences, Disk Utility, and various plists, but found nothing related to low disk warnings.
As for my disk space, I quickly discovered that it was just a video buffer I was saving to the startup disk by mistake. I've already fixed that, so my disk space is no longer an issue. I just want to have the dialog come back if I ever make a similar mistake again. Any ideas? TIA

Michael,
You are tempting fate, by waiting for a free space warning. This will inevitably result in poor performance and the the loss of your precious data. OS X needs at least 10-15% free space for the proper use of virtual memory.
I would recommend that you read Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk, and Tuning Mac OS X Performance by Dr. Smoke as the ultimate solution to your problem.
;~)

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