can anyone help ive only got 5% left on my hard drive so i deleated all the rubbish off.?

Question

but still i says only 5% available so i dont know whats taking this space up and it wont let me defragment until i have at least 15%. help please

Answer 1

CLEAN UP HARD DRIVE



XP:

Disk Cleanup:

start

all programs

accessories

system tools

Disk Clean:

click disk drive [c] to clean

place a check in each box that shows any numbers on the right

CAUTION ,RECYCLE BIN WILL BE ON THIS LIST.

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO EMPTY IT,...DO NOT CHECK IT !

click delete

click ok in confirmation dialog box



Disk Defragmenter:

start

all programs

accessories

system tools

Disk Defragmenter:

click analyze

if it shows that you need to defrag,click defrag now



Vista:



Disk Clean:

start

control panel

performance-information & tools

click Disk Clean

click disk drive [c or o.s. (c)] to clean

place a check in each box that shows any numbers on the right

CAUTION ,RECYCLE BIN WILL BE ON THIS LIST.

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO EMPTY IT,...DO NOT CHECK IT !

click delete

click ok in confirmation dialog box



Disk Defragmenter:

start

control panel

performance-information & tools

advanced tools

open Disk Defragmenter

click analyze

click defrag if you're told you need to do so



Cookies:

i don't reccomend deleting cookies!

rather,MANAGE your cookies,see how

http://cookiemanage.diaryland.com



Temp File:

using Disk Clean,you can emtpty these files in both XP & Vista



I reccomend deleting your pre-fetch files at least weekly.

these are files that are copied to your temp folder anytime you open/use anything.

wordpad,email,websites,ect.



this is set up so your computer can find the software,application or website faster

but...in order to get the newest version of any website using this "cached" method

you need to refresh the page

in my opinion,this is counter-productive and wastes my time!

delete those files weekly



XP & Vista:

start

my computer [ Vista is just computer ]

local disk drive [c]

Vista may be o.s. [c]

windows

temp

click file

click select all

press delete key on keyboard



no ! BUT....you CAN delete their UNINSTALL files that just hog space!

start [ or press windows key + letter R ]

enter explorer

tools

options

view

click show hidden files/folders

uninstall files that begin AND end in $ AND contain text--UNINSTALL



REMOVE PROGRAMS:



XP:



start

all programs:

look for the uninstall file for the program to be removed

click and uninstall



start

my computer

local disk drive [c]

windows

programs

right click program

select delete



start

my documents

downloads

right click program download

select delete



start

control panel

add/remove programs

click change/remove



desktop

right click desktop shortcut

select delete



start

run

if you don't have run on your start page

press windows flag key and letter R



enter regedit in search bar

press enter



hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft/program

right click and select delete



hkey_users\software\microsoft\program

right click and select delete



hkey_current_users\software\microsoft\program

right click and select delete



now some programs will appear after \software and NOT \microsoft\program



VISTA:



start

control panel

default programs

program and features

click uninstall



start

all programs

program

click the uninstall file if present



start

computer

local disk drive [c]

windows

programs

right click program

select delete



start

documents

downloads

right click program download

select delete



start

run

if you don't have run on your start page

press windows flag key and letter R



enter regedit in search bar

press enter



[ THIS IS...NOT...FOR THE CHICKEN HEARTED !

AND....YOU ...COULD..DESTROY YOUR PC !! ]



hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft/program

right click and select delete



hkey_users\software\microsoft\program

right click and select delete



hkey_current_users\software\microsoft\program

right click and select delete



now some programs will appear after \software and NOT \microsoft\program

Answer 2

1- State your team and Record- Lakers (42-10) #2- What is a positive thing they did the first Half- Played defense very well in the first 7 games. #3. What can they Improve on for the Second Half- Play defense the rest of the way #4- Which Player has been the Most important and most consistent- Kobe and Pau. #5- Which Player is critical for your Team Success in the Second Half- Lamar Odom , Bynum is gonna be out. Odom needs to step up as he did the past couple weeks. The tough loss part the most heartbreaking one was the Troy Murphy tip in, I mean, yeah the Bobcats loss was bad, but you could already tell Lakers were gonna lose since Kobe had fouled out, but here, we are up one.. first guy misses the shot!! We win, and then BAM! a tip in. That just hurts.

Answer 3

The cheapest way is to instal a second hard drive.

And then move your "My Document" folder to the second hard drive.

If it is not enough, then move some of your programs to the second hard drive.

Your computer will run at its best when it has a minimum of 25% available space (but preferable you should keep it at no less than 35% available space) and for as long as you regularly run scandisk and then defragment.

It needs some space every time you use it in any way shape or form including scandisk or defragment. Why?

Because it needs the space to move things around as it tries to fulfill your requests

If it is feasable you should install a much larger drive and reinstall all your programs again as well as move from the old drive your ICQ and all your files.

Answer 4

Empty recycle bin.....



until to empty recycle bin, emptied space will not be recovered.....



further deleting rubbish is not enough

further process required.... assuming you have win2k or XP.

press windows key + E (Open windows explorer)



go to tools --> folder option --> view

select show all file /show hidden and system files



now go to document & settings in drive C

select your user

select local settings

select temp

Press CTRL + A (Select all files)

Now press right Shift and delete



this will delete all junk files without recycle bin and recover lot of space for you.

Answer 5

The main things that take up space on a computer are:

Photos

Music

Viruses



Copy as much photos/music to CD/DVD then delete the files from the computer. Also, some viruses create huge numbers of duplicate copies under different names. I have seen computers where more than half the used portion of the hard disk was taken up by viruses.

Answer 6

when you say deleted have you also emptied the recycle bin? if you "just" delete a file windows doesn't actually delete the file.. it just flags the file as deleted but doesn't actually physically free up the space



try downloading something like CCleaner.



look at the your file system and see what files you have there that you don't need



consider dumping any MP3's onto CD's of DVD's

delete any files that are sitting there doing nothing.. when was the last time you looked at a MPEG movie / tv clip. are there any programs that you no longer use

consider deleting the fonts you dont use

Answer 7

Some files may be larger than you think.

Open a folder.

click View

click Details

Now you can see the size of the file

You can see how anything with pictures consumes space.



What about older programs. Have you deleted/uninstalled them?

Answer 8

Ok what did u actually delete ?

What size is ur hardrive ?



If you have gotten rid of all the rubbish data you have then you may have to un-install something to free up the space.



In all honesty, if you've got less than 20% of ur harddrive free then I think its time to get a larger harddrive as well.

Answer 9

Do you burn DVDs? That can eat up a hard drive as sometimes it stores the finished product on your hard drive. Go to windows explorer and then documents and settings. Right click on properties to see how much space it's taking up. It may be your problem.

Answer 10

As the guy said, make sure your recycle bin is emptied. If you've done that, the next step would be to defrag your computer.

Answer 11

How much size hdd do you have ? (40 GB, 80 GB, or more).



You can check which folder is using big resources,

from windows explorer, select one by one folder in drive C:, then right click and select properties.

please see how much size each folder.



After that, you can know which folder was using big space.

Then open that folder, and u can analize it



Also, how many user account in your computer ?

if more than 1 account, u can log on one by one and clean up your disk from Accessories - System Tools - Disk Clean Up.

Answer 12

Try and find out what in particular is using up the

space. There are programs which will report what

uses the most. Sorry (although I'm sure they're out

there for Windows, I can't name one) it's quite a simple

scipt for UNIX.

Answer 13

you need a small program called clean up its only 400k and will clean out all the rubbish from your computer I use it every week and save at least 1 gig of space get it here

http://www.download.com/Cleanup-Manager/3000-2086_4-10625017.html?tag=lst-0-4

Answer 14

What about internet options and removing all cookies/history and temporary internet files including all offline?

Answer 15

to be honest defragging wont make that much of a difference when theres that much space left.



Time for a bigger harddrive!

Answer 16

are you running norton antivirus this can collect space from the harddrive e mail me with more info. HD size memory etc.

Answer 17

Get CCleaner and Clean up your computer of all junk

Answer 18

disc clean ? and empty the trash bin

Answer 19

just delete all the programs you hardly ever use.