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2007-12-18 03:43:52 · 8 answers · asked by VBproblem 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Use the disk cleanup utility called Ccleaner to delete temporary/junk files and clear up some space. If you still cannot get atleast around 10% free space, then move some files temporarily off to a different disk or USB drive.
Then download and run a thorough defrag with Diskeeper Pro 2008 ( www.diskeeper.com) ; it will defrag under lower space conditions than is possible with the built-in windows defragger.
2007-12-19 03:09:03 · answer #1 · answered by Waki Z 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll need to remove at least 20% of the total space for defrag to be useful.
And as others have said, it doesn't get more space. Get a new hard drive / extra hard drive or just get rid of the junk on your PC. Running the disk cleanup to remove old files like internet cache does help but only so far.
Burn anything you don't want to CD or DVD data disc, or copy it to another hard drive. Time to put an external hard drive on your Christmas list. Heck, even a flash drive might help depending on the total size of your hard drive (I have an old laptop with a 6GB hard drive, a 1GB flash drive would make plenty of elbow room on your drive if it's that size).
2007-12-18 03:55:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Continue to delete files and uninstall programs until you have at least 10% of the hard drive free. It takes that much to do a defrag.
Oh, and defragging the hard drive will NOT free any room on the drive. It only moves files around so that the computer will run faster. But when it is done, there are the exact same files on the hard drive, so they still take up as much room....
2007-12-18 03:48:13 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its important to be regular with drive tasks as they are the storehouses of critical data. High levels of fragmentation wear the drive out faster especially if they are also out of free space. You can delete unwanted programs, burn files onto CDs or simply get an external drive and transfer some stuff onto it.
After that run a disk cleanup and chkdsk. This should free up space. CCleaner is also a wonderful utility.
2007-12-19 02:54:44 · answer #4 · answered by jizmo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If deleting the files hasn't helped, try emptying the recycle bin.
If you are still short of space try doing a disk clean up (start - all programs - accessories - system tools - disk cleanup)
HTH
2007-12-18 03:51:29 · answer #5 · answered by Mystery Customer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try backing up some data to cd or a flash drive
then remove n defrag
remove unwanted programms will help
2007-12-18 03:46:34 · answer #6 · answered by whatanidname 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to do just that, delete or remove files and programs you no longer use, or backup your photos/videos to cd to make room. One thing people often overlook is deleting their internet cache.
2007-12-18 03:48:36 · answer #7 · answered by Norstrom Z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn off system restore, restart computer, turn it on again you will get allot of space.
2007-12-18 03:48:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋