Guest attillathehun@mongol.com Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 I am using Windows XP on my computer and running very low on disc space. I've run "Disc cleanup" and checked on any hidden internet files but still getting a message " low on disc space". I have 519MB left out of 40GB. Are there ways to gain back disc space? Any free programs to use?
Guest Nepatsfan Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Re: Seeking ways to free up disc space. Please help <attillathehun@mongol.com> wrote in message news:67mf64te51u5kej5t6ou69t3a6rdb7fhlj@4ax.com... >I am using Windows XP on my computer and running very low on disc > space. I've run "Disc cleanup" and checked on any hidden internet > files but still getting a message " low on disc space". > > I have 519MB left out of 40GB. > > Are there ways to gain back disc space? Any free programs to use? First off, if this is a desktop computer, the simplest solution is to put in a second hard drive and relocate your personal files (music, photos, email, etc...) to the new drive. If it's a laptop, consider getting an external hard drive and moving you files to that drive. If that's not an option, here are some things you can do to free up some space. 1. Reduce the amount of hard drive space allocated to System Restore. Go to Control Panel and double click the System icon. Click on the System Restore tab. Under Available drives, click on the C drive so it's highlighted. Hit the Settings button. Move the slider to the left so it reserves no more than a GB of HD space. That should leave you two weeks worth of restore points. 2. Reduce the amount of space allocated for Internet Explorer's cache. Go to Control Panel and double click Internet Options. Hit the Settings button in the Browsing history section on the General page. Note: Hit the Settings button in the Temporary Internet Files section of the General page if using IE6. Reduce the amount of disk space used to something between 50 and 100 MB. 3. Reduce the amount of space used by the Recycle bin. Right click the Recycle bin icon on the Desktop and select Properties from the menu. Move the slider to the left. 5% should be more than enough. 4. Remove Windows Update uninstall files. The files used to uninstall updates to Windows can be deleted if you're confident that they will not have to be uninstalled in the future. These files can be found in the Windows folder with names similar to this $NtUninstallKB123456$. They are hidden folders so make sure you enable viewing of hidden files and folders in Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View tab. Note: Do not delete the $hf_mig$ folder. This folder will be used by future updates. Here's a web site which provides an automated way of deleting these folders. Courtesy of Doug Knox, MS-MVP Removes Hotfix Backup files and the Add/Remove Programs Registry entries. http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm 5. Turn off hibernation. Go to Control Panel and double click the Power Options icon. Click on the Hibernate tab and remove the check mark from the box next to Enable hibernation. Click OK. This should delete the hiberfil.sys file which, by default, is equal to the amount of RAM installed on your computer. On a side note, you might want to take a look at the article listed below. Why and how to crosspost http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html Good luck Nepatsfan
Guest John McGaw Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Re: Seeking ways to free up disc space. Please help attillathehun@mongol.com wrote: > I am using Windows XP on my computer and running very low on disc > space. I've run "Disc cleanup" and checked on any hidden internet > files but still getting a message " low on disc space". > > I have 519MB left out of 40GB. > > Are there ways to gain back disc space? Any free programs to use? Before trying to fix a problem it is good to know exactly what the problem is. To know how to free up space it is vital that you know what is really taking up that space. The answers might surprise you. I usually recommend the program SequoiaView which most people find to be simple and intuitive although there are others that do similar things. http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/onderzoek_informatica/visualization/sequoiaview/ John McGaw http://johnmcgaw.com
Guest Big_Al Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Re: Seeking ways to free up disc space. Please help John McGaw wrote: > attillathehun@mongol.com wrote: >> I am using Windows XP on my computer and running very low on disc >> space. I've run "Disc cleanup" and checked on any hidden internet >> files but still getting a message " low on disc space". >> I have 519MB left out of 40GB. >> >> Are there ways to gain back disc space? Any free programs to use? > > Before trying to fix a problem it is good to know exactly what the > problem is. To know how to free up space it is vital that you know what > is really taking up that space. The answers might surprise you. I > usually recommend the program SequoiaView which most people find to be > simple and intuitive although there are others that do similar things. > > http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/onderzoek_informatica/visualization/sequoiaview/ > > > John McGaw > http://johnmcgaw.com Another is Jam software tree size free. http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml
Guest VanguardLH Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Re: Seeking ways to free up disc space. Please help "attillathehun@mongol.com" in <news:67mf64te51u5kej5t6ou69t3a6rdb7fhlj@4ax.com> wrote: > I am using Windows XP on my computer and running very low on disc > space. I've run "Disc cleanup" and checked on any hidden internet > files but still getting a message " low on disc space". > > I have 519MB left out of 40GB. > > Are there ways to gain back disc space? Any free programs to use? Learn to cross-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html A point not made is that N multiposted copies will consume N times the disk space for each of the separate copies of the same post. Crossposted messages have just *one* copy on the server with links in the newsgroups back to the same single copy. Multiposting wastes disk space on the server. Yes, your post may be small but remember that you consume N times the space on one server and then do so again on all the newsgroups servers worldwide. You waste more bandwidth getting N copies of your multiposted message distributed to all the newsgroups servers worldwide. Cross-posting has just one copy of the message on an NNTP server, and only one copy gets propagated to other NNTP servers. To those visiting the newsgroups, crossposting helps them see ALL the replies from those in the other RELATED newsgroup to which you linked your post. That way, they don't waste their time duplicating similar replies. Don't cross-post to more groups than needed if at all. Many consider cross-posting to more than 4 groups as rude and may filter out your post. The more groups you add, the less likely that they are related, the less accurate or focused are the targeted groups, or some of the included groups may already encompassed by another included but more general group. If the are subgroups under a topic, choose whether you will be specific or general in the targeted groups to which you post. Don't go shotgunning your post across multiple groups trying to capture as large an audience as possible as you will offend netizens with your poor aim.
Guest attillathehun@mongol.com Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Re: Seeking ways to free up disc space. Please help What a FANTASTIC program. Thank you! Now I can clearly see big blocks of files with their names that I didn't even know existed! This should really help clean up my disc space! On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:42:40 -0400, John McGaw <nowhere@at.all> wrote: > >http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/onderzoek_informatica/visualization/sequoiaview/
Guest Onsokumaru Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Re: Seeking ways to free up disc space. Please help <attillathehun@mongol.com> wrote in message news:d7vf64db91mcpgbutu6i2hp837734e1ne9@4ax.com... > What a FANTASTIC program. Thank you! Now I can clearly see big blocks > of files with their names that I didn't even know existed! > > This should really help clean up my disc space! > > > On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:42:40 -0400, John McGaw <nowhere@at.all> wrote: > >> >>http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/onderzoek_informatica/visualization/sequoiaview/ You might be best to run the Disk Cleanup wizard. It will empty your temp files for you, and offer the uninstallation of unused programs.
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