Low disc space on C drive
a pop up window shows low disc space, I have removed aprox 2 G bites , but the disc space shows no change. What is happening and what do I do to correct it1 person needs an answerI do too
February 3rd, 2011 5:03pm
I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report. Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents Folder. Open the file, and place the cursor anywhere in the file, select Edit, Select All to highlight all text and copy and paste into the body of your message. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it is more informative.Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to empty your Recycle Bin, remove Temporary Internet Files and other selected options. I also recommend you click on the More Options tab, System Restore and remove all but the latest System Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.Using the System restore option is most appropriate when your system is running slow and you need to increase free disk space on your C partition. If you have errors which might be resolved using System Restore to put your system settings back to before the error first occurred do not use this option.If more than one person uses the computer and they have their own user Log on you need to run Disk CleanUp in each user profile to remove all unwanted files.A better programme than Disk CleanUp is cCleaner but note that cCleaner will not handle System Restore points. Removing older restore points can be important if you have limited free disk space. cCleaner comes with a Registry tool. Do not use this tool as like any registry cleaner it can lead to the creation of very difficult to resolve system errors.http://www.ccleaner.com/downloadHope this helps, Gerry Cornell
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February 3rd, 2011 5:11pm
Hi,Did you try cleaning the junk files which are normally on your c: drive? To clear temp files click start -> Run & Type -> %temp% -> click ok. Delete all the files within temp folder.Also to recover the space on the partrition, you will have to Run disk cleanup and compress old files. Also refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956324.To start disk cleanup, open My computer -> Right click drive c: -> Click on Properties -> you get an tab for disk cleanup.If you dont plan to uninstall service packs you can try deleting the $NtUninstall in within windows folder. (Note that the folder is marked as hidden, so to see it, you need to have Explorer configured to show hidden files/folders.)Alternatively (for the $NtServicePackUninstall$ folder): If you want to keep those files for later uninstall purpose you can make a backup of the folder to e.g. a CD and put it back at the time of uninstall.You can also try switching off System restore and disable hibernation (Hibernate mode writes an image of what you're currently working on to a special file on your hard drive, and then shuts your computer almost completely off). To disable Hibernation: Click Start -> Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> click Power Options.Hope this helps.
February 3rd, 2011 6:46pm