why does it say low disk space?

Question

On my brand new compaq presario it says the d drive is low on disk space. The only thing in the file is the recovery thing. The only things I even have on this computer are about 400 songs. This laptop has either a 100 or 120 gb hard drive(i forget which one). Please explain what I have to do. Also what exactly is disk space.

oh yeah I have AOL instant messenger and iTunes as well.

Answer 1

Recovery drives aren't meant to store files, they're mainly there for recovery. Save all your files to your C drive

Answer 2

Disk space is capacity of storage. The computer's hard drive uses stores your programs Windows, and your personal files. The D: drive is the recovery partition for your computer if you need to restore it back to the way it first came if it because too messed up. I would ignore the low disk space warning on the D: drive for now and just enjoy your new computer.

Answer 3

you've clogged it up with junk, images, tunes, no doubt videos..they are large files.
spend 9 bux on a small thumb drive [286k] and send those files over to that if u have to keep them. and then delete that stuff from your hard drive.
for 20 dollars you can get a couple gigs in a small usb drive and for 75 you can get an external hard drive [over 250gigs]that usb's in and you can download stuff to that in the future.
then clear your cache, cookies, temp files, run defrag and your back in business.

Answer 4

Hi. Click on "My Computer", select the drive, and click "Properties". If you show less that 25% or so free then your drive should be replaced with a higher capacity one, or you should remove some unused programs then defragment.

Answer 5

backup the files and "Full format" the drive D: and paste back your files...