low disc space partition color

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  1. Ase
    Posts : 4
    Windows 7
       #11

    Hi,

    I am looking for the same thing as Tylor that started this thread and UnderBoac with the last input. Windows 7 seems to make the the partition bar color red when over 90% of the disk free space. I would like this color change to be disabled because todays discs of over 1.5TB when you have over 100GB left the disc is not out of space I think. The red bar only draws attention of users that think they are out of space without reading the values. Can this be changed from being 90% of the disk to be for example 500MB left of free space of the disc?

    //Ase
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  2. Posts : 6,885
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
       #12

    Ase said:
    Hi,

    I am looking for the same thing as Tylor that started this thread and UnderBoac with the last input. Windows 7 seems to make the the partition bar color red when over 90% of the disk free space. I would like this color change to be disabled because todays discs of over 1.5TB when you have over 100GB left the disc is not out of space I think. The red bar only draws attention of users that think they are out of space without reading the values. Can this be changed from being 90% of the disk to be for example 500MB left of free space of the disc?

    //Ase
    I like the idea.

    I am sure there is a way, let me look around.

    ~Lordbob
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  3. Posts : 1,011
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail)
       #13

    I think there is a way to turn off low disk space notification by using a free app called Ultimate Windows Tweaker

    Haven't tried this particular setting but it looks like it might do what you want.
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  4. Posts : 12,177
    Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 Pro x64
       #14

    UnderBoac said:
    I really want to to change the colors of the 'percentage full indicators' from those ugly vista colors to my own choice. It would be also nice to change the settings of the percentages, cause on a 125 gb partition the indicator already turns red, with still 15 GB free. I think the warning must be relative/ adjustable
    Ase said:
    Hi,

    I am looking for the same thing as Tylor that started this thread and UnderBoac with the last input. Windows 7 seems to make the the partition bar color red when over 90% of the disk free space. I would like this color change to be disabled because todays discs of over 1.5TB when you have over 100GB left the disc is not out of space I think. The red bar only draws attention of users that think they are out of space without reading the values. Can this be changed from being 90% of the disk to be for example 500MB left of free space of the disc?

    //Ase
    Don't think this will change the color of the low disk space warning, but it will change the other colors.

    Start Orb,
    Right click 'Computer',
    Click 'Manage',
    Select 'Disk Management' under storage,
    Click the last Icon on the tool bar 'Settings',
    In the 'Appearance' tab you can change the 'Color and Pattern' for the disks

    The other suggested ways you can turn it off.
    Last edited by Dave76; 02 Oct 2009 at 20:35.
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  5. Ase
    Posts : 4
    Windows 7
       #15

    harpua said:
    I think there is a way to turn off low disk space notification by using a free app called Ultimate Windows Tweaker

    Haven't tried this particular setting but it looks like it might do what you want.
    Hi Harpua,

    Tried it but it did not change the behavior of the bars.

    //Ase
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  6. Ase
    Posts : 4
    Windows 7
       #16

    Lordbob75 said:
    Ase said:
    Hi,

    I am looking for the same thing as Tylor that started this thread and UnderBoac with the last input. Windows 7 seems to make the the partition bar color red when over 90% of the disk free space. I would like this color change to be disabled because todays discs of over 1.5TB when you have over 100GB left the disc is not out of space I think. The red bar only draws attention of users that think they are out of space without reading the values. Can this be changed from being 90% of the disk to be for example 500MB left of free space of the disc?

    //Ase
    I like the idea.

    I am sure there is a way, let me look around.

    ~Lordbob
    Hi,

    Lordbob, Did you find anything?

    //Ase
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  7. Posts : 6,885
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
       #17

    No, I have not, sorry.

    ~Lordbob
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  8. Ase
    Posts : 4
    Windows 7
       #18

    Old issue now, any new info


    Hi,

    Issue is pretty old now, but still as annoying.
    Anyone with new info?

    //Ase
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  9. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86
       #19

    this thing happens when you have less than 10% free space. so on a 2TB HDD it will happen when the free space fall under 186GB.
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  10. Posts : 393
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #20

    I have a USB hard drive I am storing the digital copies of DVD's I buy. I have over 20GB free and its RED and makes it look like something is wrong with the drive more then it tells me about the space avail. I know nothing is wrong with the drive as I use it to watch movies on the laptop but when I have a friend over to watch a movie or bring it with me some place people always think something is wrong with the drive and I need to disconnect it.

    Its a feature that to me at least wasn't clearly thought out how to best implement it to express the true nature of the condition of the drive. Like others I know how much space I have left and I don't need a big red bar to tell me every time I connect some media that's full like my USB flash drives and HDD's.
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