I just bought a new laptop about a month ago, I have installed no new programs and it says I have only 200mb's of space left out of 80gb. What should I do? I think the number is wrong. How do I fix it. I have tried defrag and system cleanup on my computer but it has not helped.
2006-08-24 17:21:56 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
System restore uses about 1 GB of hard drive space, to turn it off go to - right click on MY COMPUTER, left click on PROPERTIES, click on the SYSTEM RESTORE tab and the click on the check box that says Turn off system restore.
A confirmation message will be displayed accept it and click on the OK button. This will take a while as the 1 GB used is cleared and you have more HDD space.
Try deleting mp3 and video files and you can also uninstall programs that are no longer needed.
2006-08-24 21:44:44 · answer #1 · answered by � Fuzzy Dice 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
something is wrong with the system or the question you are asking, if you have only 200 meg out of a 80 gig hdd DEFRAG will NOT run. Defrag will not run when you have less then 15% free space on your hard drive, being that this is still in warranty, take it back, save yourself the hassel and make them give you a product that is good.
2006-08-25 01:32:36 · answer #2 · answered by tekinstaller 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow that is hardly enough for your virtual memory to run if you're on xp..
You can try to do a virusscan if you want but I doubt you'll get anything done by doing that, except of course to waste some time... =) Anyways after you are done doing what everybody else says, go ahead and reinstall your operating system. If you really really want to fix this problem, then reformat your hard drive and then reinstall xp. Doing that will of course erase everything in your installation partition or if you format, your entire drive will be erased.
Backup any essential files to cd or a flash drive if you have one. You can get a flash drive with a gig of space for about 50 bucks. Very nifty. =) Have fun with this project of yours..
2006-08-25 00:32:24 · answer #3 · answered by La Voce 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wipe your Hard Drive, and reinstall the OS. That will get rid of everything, and then start reinstalling the programs that you absolutly NEED. Dont put on junk software. If you need to have extra space, go out and buy a external USB HD, and use that to store all your Word, PowerPoint, Excel, FrontPage, etc. documents (including Music and Videos). That will free up PLENTY of room on your computer. If you just need a little bit of room, go and buy a USB Jump Dirve.
2006-08-25 00:27:38 · answer #4 · answered by codeone42 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should try some 3rd party software like OmniDiskSweeper (http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/) to help you find the missing data. I suggest NOT deleteing things until you are 100% sure what you are deleteing is not something you need.
The possiblities for this prob is u may be installed some software even if its size is small it will take about 35GB of your hardDisk unless yu register the product. if u did install some program like that just uninstall using the above software
2006-08-25 00:33:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
virus virus virus
look up hijack this
download the program run a scan and save the log
go to the forums on the site you get the program from
post the log you got from hijack this
wait a couple of days and someone will find the spyware and tell you how to remove it...and give you links to the software to get rid of the spy ware...and all for free!
good luck...
2006-08-25 00:55:14 · answer #6 · answered by Identity Crisis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have low memory first try and do a disk cleanup OR get a new harddrive u can get a 160 gb hard drive at office depot for about 160$
good luck
:)
2006-08-25 00:28:03 · answer #7 · answered by Columbus614Ohio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) How many partitions do you have on your computer?
c drive, d drive, etc.
Check the size and remaining space on each partition.
2) Do you have installation cds/dvds that came with your laptop? Do you have Windows XP? probably, cd/dvd and other application cds, in case you have to format your hard drive and reinstall.
you can mail me for any assistance.
2006-08-25 00:34:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u will have to go into ur perphiferials to see why hhd is not responding..also check ur device manager make sure it is listed there also....if all else fails ..reformat ur hard drive machine is not reading allocation correctly for some reason i cannot say because would need ur computer in front of me to do what really has to be done...but computer not crrectly reading allocation tables correctly
2006-08-25 00:28:58 · answer #9 · answered by rickunlimited1952 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend....you may have a virus....viruses often write nothing but junk files on your computer. Do a virus scan...if you don't have software installed to do so....I use www.pandasoftware.com...you can also go to www.symantec.com....they have an online scan as well. Good luck
2006-08-25 00:24:40 · answer #10 · answered by A Christians Honest Question 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋