Not enough disk space on my C drive

I have deleted all games. 23.0 GB hard drive and 237 MB left. I have about
2% I have clean-up, defrag. what's the probelm. I am an amatuer at computer

Tripp wrote:
> I have deleted all games. 23.0 GB hard drive and 237 MB left. I
> have about 2% I have clean-up, defrag. what's the probelm. I am an
> amatuer at computer

23GB is relatively small... However - I would bet the majority of the space
is taken up by your own files.

If you are comfortable with the stability of your system, you can delete the
uninstall files for the patches that Windows XP has installed...
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

You can run Disk Cleanup - built into Windows XP - to erase all but your
latest restore point and cleanup even more "loose files"..

How to use Disk Cleanup
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

You can turn off hibernation if it is on and you don't use it..

When you hibernate your computer, Windows saves the contents of the system's
memory to the hiberfil.sys file. As a result, the size of the hiberfil.sys
file will always equal the amount of physical memory in your system. If you
don't use the hibernate feature and want to recapture the space that Windows
uses for the hiberfil.sys file, perform the following steps:

- Start the Control Panel Power Options applet (go to Start, Settings,
Control Panel, and click Power Options).
- Select the Hibernate tab, clear the "Enable hibernation" check box, then
click OK; although you might think otherwise, selecting Never under the
"System hibernates" option on the Power Schemes tab doesn't delete the
hiberfil.sys file.
- Windows will remove the "System hibernates" option from the Power Schemes
tab and delete the hiberfil.sys file.

You can control how much space your System Restore can use...

1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the System Restore tab.
3. Highlight one of your drives (or C: if you only have one) and click on
the "Settings" button.
4. Change the percentage of disk space you wish to allow.. I suggest moving
the slider until you have just about 1GB (1024MB or close to that...)
5. Click OK.. Then Click OK again.

You can control how much space your Temporary Internet Files can utilize...

Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores to a
size between 64MB and 128MB..

- Open ONE copy of Internet Explorer.
- Select TOOLS -> Internet Options.
- Under the General tab in the "Temporary Internet Files" section, do the
following:
- Click on "Delete Cookies" (click OK)
- Click on "Settings" and change the "Amount of disk space to use:" to
something between 64MB and 128MB. (It may be MUCH larger right
now.)
- Click OK.
- Click on "Delete Files" and select to "Delete all offline contents"
(the checkbox) and click OK. (If you had a LOT, this could take 2-10
minutes or more.)
- Once it is done, click OK, close Internet Explorer, re-open Internet
Explorer.

You can use an application that scans your system for log files and
temporary files and use that to get rid of those:

Ccleaner (Free!)
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Other ways to free up space..

SequoiaView
http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/

JDiskReport
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html

Those can help you visually discover where all the space is being used.

If you are concerned over less than 5GB of space total at any given time
being freed up on your hard disk drive - then something is wrong and
you would be better off spending a little and putting in a drive that is
likely 3-8 times as large as what you have not and not concerning
yourself over such a small amount of space OR you seriously need
to consider what you really need on the system and what should be
archived.

Basic housekeeping 101... - in an actual home, if your storage area gets
full - you either have to decide what you really should have in the storage
area and what could go or you have to find a new place to store stuff
that will accommodate everything you need. You don't walk into a
warehouse of cars, look at the filing cabinet in the corner where
you keep all the records for the cars and decide that if you move it out of
the warehouse - you will have more room for cars. ;-)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1).

How does this pertain to Windows Update, Tripp?

=================

Windows Vista Help: Strategies for freeing disk space:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...292441033.mspx

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312/
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Tripp wrote:
> I have deleted all games. 23.0 GB hard drive and 237 MB left. I have
> about
> 2% I have clean-up, defrag. what's the probelm. I am an amatuer at
> computer

First use Windows 'Disk Cleanup' to create more space on your C: drive.
Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

Next: Empty the Recycle Bin.

You can also free up more disk space by reducing
the number of 'System Restore' points:
Select Start/Control Panel/System, then in the System Properties window
click on the System Restore tab.
Next select the drive letter where Windows is installed (usually C,
Then click on the Setting button
Now in the Drive Settings window move the Disk space usage slider to the
left to reduce the amount of drive space System Restore points will use.
This will remove some of the older restore points and free up some space.

Disable Hibernation and delete hiberfil.sys file (If you have it enabled):
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/1...-xp-and-vista/
and:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...hibernate.mspx

Next if you still need more space:
Remove the files used to uninstall updates to Windows
These folders and associated files in these folders are safe to remove,
however once deleted you will no longer be able to un-install a patch or
update that was associated with the deleted folder/files.
I would keep the most recent set (last two months just in case) of folders
and delete the older updates.
As a safety net I burned these folders to a CD before deleting them.
These files are located in the Windows folder and have folder names
like $NtUninstallKBXXXXXX$.
They are hidden folders so enable viewing of hidden files in Windows
Explorer.
Warning: One folder you should not delete is: $hf_mig$
Also See the following web pages on this issue:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm

Finally - You can reduce the size of the Internet Explorer Disk Cache:
How and Why to Clear Your Cache:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...learcache.mspx
Just follow the instructs but instead of increasing the size (as stated in
the article) decrease it.

If you have more than one partition or drive then:
How to Change the Default Location of Mail and News Folders:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307971/en-us

Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder
(Example: move it to the D drive)
See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147
Also:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/how_..._documents.htm

How to move the Spool folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q308666

JS


"Tripp" <> wrote in message
news:5779FFEF-4451-48E6-B449-...
>I have deleted all games. 23.0 GB hard drive and 237 MB left. I have about
> 2% I have clean-up, defrag. what's the probelm. I am an amatuer at
> computer

Why do you presume OP is running WinXP?

JS wrote:
> First use Windows 'Disk Cleanup' to create more space on your C: drive.
> Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312
>
> Next: Empty the Recycle Bin.
>
> You can also free up more disk space by reducing
> the number of 'System Restore' points:
> Select Start/Control Panel/System, then in the System Properties window
> click on the System Restore tab.
> Next select the drive letter where Windows is installed (usually C,
> Then click on the Setting button
> Now in the Drive Settings window move the Disk space usage slider to the
> left to reduce the amount of drive space System Restore points will use.
> This will remove some of the older restore points and free up some space.
>
> Disable Hibernation and delete hiberfil.sys file (If you have it enabled):
> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/1...-xp-and-vista/
> and:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...hibernate.mspx
>
> Next if you still need more space:
> Remove the files used to uninstall updates to Windows
> These folders and associated files in these folders are safe to remove,
> however once deleted you will no longer be able to un-install a patch or
> update that was associated with the deleted folder/files.
> I would keep the most recent set (last two months just in case) of folders
> and delete the older updates.
> As a safety net I burned these folders to a CD before deleting them.
> These files are located in the Windows folder and have folder names
> like $NtUninstallKBXXXXXX$.
> They are hidden folders so enable viewing of hidden files in Windows
> Explorer.
> Warning: One folder you should not delete is: $hf_mig$
> Also See the following web pages on this issue:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm
>
> Finally - You can reduce the size of the Internet Explorer Disk Cache:
> How and Why to Clear Your Cache:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...learcache.mspx
> Just follow the instructs but instead of increasing the size (as stated in
> the article) decrease it.
>
> If you have more than one partition or drive then:
> How to Change the Default Location of Mail and News Folders:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307971/en-us
>
> Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder
> (Example: move it to the D drive)
> See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147
> Also:
> http://www.techsupportalert.com/how_..._documents.htm
>
> How to move the Spool folder in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q308666
>
> JS
>
>
> "Tripp" <> wrote in message
> news:5779FFEF-4451-48E6-B449-...
>> I have deleted all games. 23.0 GB hard drive and 237 MB left. I have
>> about
>> 2% I have clean-up, defrag. what's the probelm. I am an amatuer at
>> computer

Good point, he could be running V.....

JS

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Why do you presume OP is running WinXP?
>
> JS wrote:
>> First use Windows 'Disk Cleanup' to create more space on your C: drive.
>> Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312
>>
>> Next: Empty the Recycle Bin.
>>
>> You can also free up more disk space by reducing
>> the number of 'System Restore' points:
>> Select Start/Control Panel/System, then in the System Properties window
>> click on the System Restore tab.
>> Next select the drive letter where Windows is installed (usually C,
>> Then click on the Setting button
>> Now in the Drive Settings window move the Disk space usage slider to the
>> left to reduce the amount of drive space System Restore points will use.
>> This will remove some of the older restore points and free up some space.
>>
>> Disable Hibernation and delete hiberfil.sys file (If you have it
>> enabled):
>> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/1...-xp-and-vista/
>> and:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...hibernate.mspx
>>
>> Next if you still need more space:
>> Remove the files used to uninstall updates to Windows
>> These folders and associated files in these folders are safe to remove,
>> however once deleted you will no longer be able to un-install a patch or
>> update that was associated with the deleted folder/files.
>> I would keep the most recent set (last two months just in case) of
>> folders
>> and delete the older updates.
>> As a safety net I burned these folders to a CD before deleting them.
>> These files are located in the Windows folder and have folder names
>> like $NtUninstallKBXXXXXX$.
>> They are hidden folders so enable viewing of hidden files in Windows
>> Explorer.
>> Warning: One folder you should not delete is: $hf_mig$
>> Also See the following web pages on this issue:
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm
>>
>> Finally - You can reduce the size of the Internet Explorer Disk Cache:
>> How and Why to Clear Your Cache:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...learcache.mspx
>> Just follow the instructs but instead of increasing the size (as stated
>> in
>> the article) decrease it.
>>
>> If you have more than one partition or drive then:
>> How to Change the Default Location of Mail and News Folders:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307971/en-us
>>
>> Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder
>> (Example: move it to the D drive)
>> See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147
>> Also:
>> http://www.techsupportalert.com/how_..._documents.htm
>>
>> How to move the Spool folder in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q308666
>>
>> JS
>>
>>
>> "Tripp" <> wrote in message
>> news:5779FFEF-4451-48E6-B449-...
>>> I have deleted all games. 23.0 GB hard drive and 237 MB left. I have
>>> about
>>> 2% I have clean-up, defrag. what's the probelm. I am an amatuer at
>>> computer
>