Lack of free space on main hard drive

**mongo1936** · 10-02-2012, 08:58 PM

Looking for some up to date and timely advice and/or instruction:

I have a desktop PC. Running Windows XP Pro with SP3.

The hard drive was set-up with 3 partitions:

C:\ is the primary and is 47.5 GB
D:\ is the 2nd partition and is 90 GB. All my documents and photos go there.
E:\ is the 3rd partition and is 92.5 GB.

Plenty of free space remaining on D and E.

However, the C:\ drive has only 127 MB remaining.

It needs to be defragged (the PC tells me) but the Microsoft defrag program requires 15% free space (7.2 GB) to run.

The PC says to delete some unneeded files and try again.

When I look at the content of the C:\ drive I do not know what files are needed or not needed. I simply do not know where to start deleting.

Suggestions please.

**dirtydog** · 10-02-2012, 09:00 PM

Move stuff you don't use too much to D and E.

**alwarner** · 10-02-2012, 09:12 PM

^Yeah and if youve got movies etc... using up space on the C: drive then cut and paste them into the D: or E: drives.

**Marmite the Dog** · 10-02-2012, 09:21 PM

DL Partition magic and try to resize the partitions without losing everything.

**Looper** · 10-02-2012, 09:28 PM

Empty your browser caches and the recycle bin for starters and then see how much space you have.

There is some freeware/shareware called treesize that is good for working out what is taking up all the space.

**Bettyboo** · 10-02-2012, 09:36 PM

Wait for a poster called Butterfly to come along, he is a computer software expert - especially XP.

**sabai sabai** · 10-02-2012, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by mongo1936

Location: Thailand, formerly USA

Don't go with Marmite's suggestion whatever you do

**Bangyai** · 10-02-2012, 09:49 PM

Just download stuff you want to keep but don't use much onto memory sticks.
Will free up a lot of space.

**Thetyim** · 10-02-2012, 11:13 PM

Get CCleaner and run it
That will delete all the shit you don't need
And turn off System Restore that uses about 1GB

**harrybarracuda** · 10-02-2012, 11:13 PM

Just read all the advice on here quickly, because some douchebag of a mod will come along and remove it.

**OhOh** · 11-02-2012, 12:57 AM

Somebody, Harry I believe, recommended Auslogics Boostspeed programme. It can be purchased online or downloaded from torrent sites.

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6058...245.Incl.Crack

I Highly recommend it for windows based pc's.

**harrybarracuda** · 11-02-2012, 02:14 AM

Why pay? I already suggested SpaceSniffer but a certain mod decided to delete my post because I berated Spudge for giving stupid advice.

And move the PageFile onto one of the other disks, a simple and quick way to save space.

**blue** · 11-02-2012, 02:16 AM

dont know if it's the same but on my windows 7
you click-
start
computer
windows c

then hover the mouse over items in the list
and its shows thier size
on mine the only one with big GBs is Users
on mine that's books films etc,
can you see what hogging up the 47 GB on yours ?
as others suggest copy some it to the other drive .
copy it rather than just move it , then when you're satisfied it's moved properly ,delete the original C drive entry.

**PlanK** · 11-02-2012, 04:19 AM

Since grand tech knowall Buttfly hasn't answered yet I'll just quote some of his advice from another thread...

Originally Posted by Buttfly

The problem is you're running XP with too much memory. XP needs 128K at most. Remove some of your memory, you can do this by editing the registry.

**baldrick** · 11-02-2012, 12:23 PM

right

go start - control panel - add/remove programs , and start to get rid of the crap you have installed , tried once and never used again

then go into your my documents folder and look for large files - video etc , and move them to your D drive

then see how much space you have left

**Mid** · 11-02-2012, 12:33 PM

^

best answer

**Butterfly** · 11-02-2012, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by Plan B

Since grand tech knowall Buttfly hasn't answered yet I'll just quote some of his advice from another thread...

Originally Posted by Buttfly

The problem is you're running XP with too much memory. XP needs 128K at most. Remove some of your memory, you can do this by editing the registry.

nice try

**harrybarracuda** · 11-02-2012, 12:33 PM

^ Use Spacesniffer first. It gives you a complete view of what's taking up space on your drive and where it's located. You can then start going granular and moving or deleting individual files from there.

Don't delete anything if you aren't sure what it is - ask here first.

And use Auslogics Freeware Defragger, it's quicker.

Is that alright Lards, or do you want to delete that one as well?

**Butterfly** · 11-02-2012, 12:36 PM

a few things you could do:

- move all the shit in your "Documents" folder to the D drive, if you don't how to do it, start thinking of buying a mac or a brain, which ever is cheaper (probably your brain)

- Add/Remove Apps in the Control Panel, get rid of the shit you don't use, must be plenty for 47GB to be filled like that

- Right Click on C drive, Properties, DiskCleanup and wait for the wizard to guide you

**sabai sabai** · 11-02-2012, 12:44 PM

It's easy,

Just save everything you do from now, onto the D or E drives

**mongo1936** · 11-02-2012, 02:47 PM

Thanks for all the replies to date. I will sort them out and see what happens, then come back with an update.

What concerns me most is the possibl accidental or uninformed deletion of some I think I do not use or need and it required for something else to function.

Is there any way of getting a full print out of every folder, sub-folder and filenames, types of files and sizes within within eacn folder?

**sabai sabai** · 11-02-2012, 02:50 PM

Is there a folder in your C Drive with "Downloads" in there ?

**harrybarracuda** · 11-02-2012, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by mongo1936

Thanks for all the replies to date. I will sort them out and see what happens, then come back with an update.

What concerns me most is the possibl accidental or uninformed deletion of some I think I do not use or need and it required for something else to function.

Is there any way of getting a full print out of every folder, sub-folder and filenames, types of files and sizes within within eacn folder?

What version of Windows is it?

For example you could start by searching the C: Drive for "*.avi", and move what you find to another drive.

Then search for "*.dmp" - these are dump files, if you've ever had a blue screen, and can be safely removed.

**spudge** · 11-02-2012, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by mongo1936

Is there any way of getting a full print out of every folder, sub-folder and filenames, types of files and sizes within within eacn folder?

Sure,
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type Regedit, and then click OK and choose File --> Print.

**sabai sabai** · 11-02-2012, 03:34 PM

^What happened to your post from yesterday ?

Was no worse than Butterfly's precious advices

Thread: Lack of free space on main hard drive

Thread Tools

Display

Lack of free space on main hard drive

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

Posting Permissions