I'm trying to burn a DVD, but an error message pops up saying there is not enough available space for the ..

Question

"There is not enough available space for the recording process there are 1709 MB available for temporary files in the folder 'C:\DOCUME~1\Sarah\LOCALS~1\Temp', but the recording process will take approximately 4568 MB."

I tried using disk cleaner to delete everything in the folder, and i deleted as much as it would let me, but there's still not enough room. My Computer says that C has like 1.5 gigs, and there's hardly anything in that folder, what do I do to make room?
Please help!!

Answer 1

The recording process will take 4.5 Gigs, and you only have 1.5 Gigs, so you must have some really large files somewhere on your computer (are you sure that the recycle bin has been emptied?). If you desperately need to make this DVD, you'll have to backup and delete enough files to make space . . . or buy a cheap external hard drive, Maxtor models are what we were told to get for our server at work, I was told they are very reliable.

If you have a whole bunch of programs you never use, remove them.

Answer 2

Is the "C" drive the only one you have? Do you have another drive that might have more space? If you do, then you should be able to specify that drive instead.

The "C" drive is usually the one that the operating system and most program files are installed to. If you save a lot of video or audio files there it can fill up quite rapidly. Hopefully you have more than one drive. If not and you have cleaned up everything you can, then the next step would be to back up files to CD or DVD and start erasing them from your hard drive.

Answer 3

Clear your cache and history, and empty your trash bin. You may also need to compress the file before burning the DVD.

Answer 4

look up see tools? click it then internet options,click delete files button. that is what is known as temp files. while your there might as well do cookies and clear history. this will clear all that out then i suggest defraging your computer, reboot "aka, restarting" and then try to burn your dvd.
start
all programs
accessories
system tools
disc defragmenter

Answer 5

In the DVD Burning Application, trying to exclude the "temp" or "Internet Explorer temp..." sub-directory, which was under the "C:\DOCUMENT .... \LOCALS..."

or

go into the "LOCAL...\TEMP" and "LOCAL..\..\INTERNET..." sub-directory and delete everything including sub-directories.