ok i have 160 gig hard drive but 20gigs of it is being used to run the computer another 20 is for all the preload programs it came with basically all it gave me is 120gigs now i have put a lot of stuff on it i think 105gigs of stuff i put on it leaving me with 15gigs of free space........and now im down to 400mbs for no reason....... where did it go did updates take it away? everynow an then it will say 4 gigs or 7 gigs or 10 gigs then it will go down by 200 mb to 700mb then wont give it back it like ...i dont know whne ever it feels like y is that?
2007-10-10 15:40:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Open the drive in the Files explorer, right click and choose properties. Choose "disk cleanup". This should remove extra stuff. You can also clear out IE temp files and other detritus using it's tools.
2007-10-10 15:46:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey...if you got windows installed on your system, go to My Computer, right click on the C: drive (or the default drive) and click on properties. A window will open, there you will see an option of Disk Cleanup...do that, and your laptop will get well. I have the same laptop, and i use this option all the time. It basically cleans all the unused and unwanted registry files, the temporary files stored by internet browsers and many other unwanted extra files. Do this, and you'll get back your lost hard disk space.
2007-10-10 15:52:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is more than likely some sort of virus, I have an hp, along with many others i know, and they definitely, don't randomly take and lose 7 gigs at a time.
Clean your comp up is the only advise i can think of.
2007-10-10 15:46:35 · answer #3 · answered by stephen r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
windows takes up 10% of your hard drive for it's virtual memory.then all the temp files that internet explorer needs to save web pages for the sites you have visited. plus all the other temp files for other programs needed.
soo you see hard drive space gets eaten up very quickly. so try doing a disk cleanup and get rid of all them cookies, temp files,or other things
gl
2007-10-10 15:52:17 · answer #4 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whether no longer under guarantee, Ive had good journey with HP's tech help.. I mentioned as them two times on condition that my guarantee ended and the two circumstances they solved the undertaking for unfastened. additionally they advised me that if u take out the battery ocassionally and then carry down the skill button for 3 minutes it makes it artwork. I dont bear in strategies the reason even though it worked for me.
2016-11-07 23:06:49 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well a 160GB hdd only has around 137GB, it sounds like some program is chacheing files you should check this C:\WINDOWS\Temp see how full it is if it's not look in the windows Dir for a folder oddly large and check it out, it is possible that you have a virus but i doubt it.
2007-10-10 15:53:28 · answer #6 · answered by rice12345789 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋