For some reason I have no available free disc space on my hard-drive. I have a toshiba satellite lap top and keep virtually nothing on my laptop. I have no available free disc space on my C drive. I have deleted and removed unused files, programs, temp files. The only program I have running that takes up memory is iTunes and Microsoft works. Anyone have any advice about what could be eating up free space?
2006-11-25 14:27:21 · 5 answers · asked by Justin 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
The hibernation takes up a lot of space. Disable that in power management. System restore can eat up half the hard drive and is almost never good for anything. Turn it off and you'll get a whole bunch of space back. If you have a bunch of memory, the pagefile.sys file might be huge. If you had years worth of temporary internet files, the delete function in IE tools/options might not work right. You need to check the temp folders in Windows and make sure everything is deleted.
2006-11-25 14:40:26 · answer #1 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You try to tansfer your files to an external drive or CD. athen delete files and create sopace in the hard drive. I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.
Some hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-11-26 21:38:34 · answer #2 · answered by RICH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the size of each of these folders on your C: drive:
Documents and Settings
Program Files
Windows
... by right-clicking on the folder and selecting 'properties'. See if one of them is excessively large (say... over 3 to 4 Gb). Try downloading and installing Crap Cleaner. Its gets rid of lots of... well... crap.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
2006-11-25 22:33:11 · answer #3 · answered by Lloyd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to system restore and turn it off that will delete all the restore saved on your computer, then restart computer and turn system restore on again.
Note: doing that will erase all the restore, if for any reason you want to restore, the only restore you will find is after you deleted the old restore.
2006-11-25 22:36:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lloyd has a great answer, but it could be spyware and web beacons also. Have you tried a spyware filter? And maybe erasing some of your cookies?
2006-11-25 22:36:16 · answer #5 · answered by purplepartygirrl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋