C Drive is 92% full

July 30, 2008

What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I have

removed ralerly used files and applicaitons and I can't get any relief. C

drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

July 30, 2008

RE: C Drive is 92% full

Due to the overall size of the drive, I don't think there's much you can do?

I was in the same boat - I uninstalled ALL the Windows games, and any other

items I could.

Good luck - Hard drives are very cheap these days, you might have to

bite-the-bullet and invest in one?

stainless45 = Jim

"John2044" wrote:

> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I have

> removed ralerly used files and applicaitons and I can't get any relief. C

> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

Get another hard drive. Move your personal data to that drive. Pretty

simple, really.

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

"John2044" <John2044@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I

> have

> removed ralerly used files and applicaitons and I can't get any relief. C

> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

July 30, 2008

RE: C Drive is 92% full

"John2044" wrote:

> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I have

> removed ralerly used files and applicaitons and I can't get any relief. C

> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

The overall size of the drive is 80GB, E drive has 49GB.

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:15:01 -0700, John2044

<John2044@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I have

> removed ralerly used files and applicaitons and I can't get any relief. C

> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

I don't know anything about what applications and files you have on

your drive, but I'll point out that 29.5GB is an *extremely* small

drive these days. If you shopped for a new drive, you would have a lot

of trouble finding one of a similar size for sale.

With such a small drive, anything you do for relief will not be much

more than a stopgap measure. It's best to bite the bullet and buy a

new (or second) drive. Fortunately prices are very low at the moment,

and you readily can buy a 160GB drive for as little as $50 US or so.

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

By today standards your C: Drive is too small. I recommend that you get another hard drive that is bigger and install it as a slave and copy most everything over but not the OS. Or get another drive that is much bigger and re-install everything on that new drive.

Trying to save space on a small drive as you got now is pointless

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"John2044" <John2044@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A982794C-51C1-4D95-8C6D-028B6A23E70E@microsoft.com...

> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I have

> removed ralerly used files and applicaitons and I can't get any relief. C

> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

John2044 wrote:

> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I have

> removed ralerly used files and applicaitons and I can't get any relief. C

> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

*This is from a previous post by another user. But it has some good

points. Beware that I also advocate buying a new Drive and getting

something like Acronis True Image Home to clone your HD to the new one.*

You can do any of these or all. Some are rather simple and not risky.

First use Windows 'Disk Cleanup' to create more space on your C: drive.

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

Next: Empty the Recycle Bin.

You can also free up more disk space by reducing

the number of 'System Restore' points:

Select Start/Control Panel/System, then in the System Properties window

click on the System Restore tab.

Next select the drive letter where Windows is installed (usually C:),

Then click on the Setting button

Now in the Drive Settings window move the Disk space usage slider to the

left to reduce the amount of drive space System Restore points will use.

This will remove some of the older restore points and free up some space.

Disable Hibernation and delete hiberfil.sys file (If you have it enabled):

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/10/25/how-to-delete-and-remove-hiberfilsys-hibernation-file-in-windows-xp-and-vista/

and:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/hibernate.mspx

Next if you still need more space:

Remove the files used to uninstall updates to Windows

These folders and associated files in these folders are safe to remove,

however once deleted you will no longer be able to un-install a patch or

update that was associated with the deleted folder/files.

I would keep the most recent set (last two months just in case) of folders

and delete the older updates.

As a safety net I burned these folders to a CD before deleting them.

These files are located in the Windows folder and have folder names

like $NtUninstallKBXXXXXX$.

They are hidden folders so enable viewing of hidden files in Windows

Explorer.

What about the file named $NTSevicePackUninstall$

Yes it's safe to remove this folder, which is about 330MB after Service

Pack

2 has been installed. If you have already installed Service Pack 3 then

this

folder may grow to over 600MB.

However once you delete this folder you can no longer uninstall the service

pack. So if you have just installed SP3 leave it on the drive for a while

until you are certain there are no problems that would make you wish you

had

not installed SP3.

Warning: One folder you should not delete is: $hf_mig$

Also See the following web pages on this issue:

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm

Finally - You can reduce the size of the Internet Explorer Disk Cache:

How and Why to Clear Your Cache:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/using/howto/customizing/clearcache.mspx

Just follow the instructs but instead of increasing the size (as stated in

the article) decrease it.

July 30, 2008

RE: C Drive is 92% full

OK it's partitioned into 2 drives - you didn't say that before...

I used a 3rd party partition remover - but you will loose ALL the info on

YOUR "E" drive. Power Quest Partition Magic 8.0 is the one I used.

Hope this helped...

"John2044" wrote:

>

> "John2044" wrote:

>

> > What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I have

> > removed ralerly used files and applicaitons and I can't get any relief. C

> > drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

> The overall size of the drive is 80GB, E drive has 49GB.

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

What's stored on E:\?

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Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

"John2044" <John2044@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

> "John2044" wrote:

>

>> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I

>> have

>> removed ralerly used files and applicaitons and I can't get any relief. C

>> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

> The overall size of the drive is 80GB, E drive has 49GB.

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

Then you should use Acronis Disk Manager...you will lose nothing.

"stainless45" <stainless45@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> OK it's partitioned into 2 drives - you didn't say that before...

> I used a 3rd party partition remover - but you will loose ALL the info on

> YOUR "E" drive. Power Quest Partition Magic 8.0 is the one I used.

>

> Hope this helped...

>

> "John2044" wrote:

>

>>

>> "John2044" wrote:

>>

>> > What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I

>> > have

>> > removed ralerly used files and applicaitons and I can't get any relief.

>> > C

>> > drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

>> The overall size of the drive is 80GB, E drive has 49GB.

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:15:01 -0700, John2044

<John2044@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I have

>removed ralerly used files and applicaitons and I can't get any relief. C

>drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

You need to either buy an additional hard drive (best choice) or

remove more files/applications.

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

John2044 <John2044@discussions.microsoft.com>

What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I have

removed rarely used files and applications and I can't get any relief. C

drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

Right click on My Computer and see how much space System Restore is using.

Since I've just installed XP Home over ME I'm using 50% of the drive space.

SR set at 100% will do this. Set it to a comfortable level.

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

stainless45 <stainless45@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>OK it's partitioned into 2 drives - you didn't say that before...

>I used a 3rd party partition remover - but you will loose ALL the info on

>YOUR "E" drive. Power Quest Partition Magic 8.0 is the one I used.

NOT. 3rd party partition managers can merge partitions without losing

data.

Maybe you've done these things but: empty the recycle bin, empty the

TEMP folder. Dump as much as you can to CDs or DVDs.

--

Tim Slattery

MS MVP(Shell/User)

Slattery_T@bls.gov

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

SSJ04 Mewtwo wrote:

> John2044 <John2044@discussions.microsoft.com>

>

> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I

> have

> removed rarely used files and applications and I can't get any relief. C

> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

>

> Right click on My Computer and see how much space System Restore is using.

> Since I've just installed XP Home over ME I'm using 50% of the drive

> space.

> SR set at 100% will do this. Set it to a comfortable level.

Actually since HD sizes vary, the percentage is a bit misleading. Just set

it to a reasonable size, like say 1 GB (or perhaps even less, but 1 GB is

good for me), whatever % that ends up being.

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

100 MB is more than sufficient.

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

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> SSJ04 Mewtwo wrote:

>> John2044 <John2044@discussions.microsoft.com>

>>

>> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I

>> have

>> removed rarely used files and applications and I can't get any relief. C

>> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

>>

>> Right click on My Computer and see how much space System Restore is

>> using.

>> Since I've just installed XP Home over ME I'm using 50% of the drive

>> space.

>> SR set at 100% will do this. Set it to a comfortable level.

>

> Actually since HD sizes vary, the percentage is a bit misleading. Just

> set it to a reasonable size, like say 1 GB (or perhaps even less, but 1 GB

> is good for me), whatever % that ends up being.

>

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

No, Gary. 100 MB will store only ONE restore point, as each restore point

is typically around 60 MB in size.

1 GB is good, as I said. (Or at a minimum, perhaps 500 MB). At least

with 1 GB I can keep one or two weeks worth of restore points, typically.

Gary S. Terhune wrote:

> 100 MB is more than sufficient.

>

> --

> Gary S. Terhune

> MS-MVP Shell/User

> http://grystmill.com

>

> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

> news:uGq6FHp8IHA.4564@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> SSJ04 Mewtwo wrote:

>>> John2044 <John2044@discussions.microsoft.com>

>>>

>>> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I

>>> have

>>> removed rarely used files and applications and I can't get any relief. C

>>> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

>>>

>>> Right click on My Computer and see how much space System Restore is

>>> using.

>>> Since I've just installed XP Home over ME I'm using 50% of the drive

>>> space.

>>> SR set at 100% will do this. Set it to a comfortable level.

>>

>> Actually since HD sizes vary, the percentage is a bit misleading. Just

>> set it to a reasonable size, like say 1 GB (or perhaps even less, but 1

>> GB

>> is good for me), whatever % that ends up being.

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

Oops... I thought you were talking about Tiffs.

--

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MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

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> No, Gary. 100 MB will store only ONE restore point, as each restore

> point is typically around 60 MB in size.

>

> 1 GB is good, as I said. (Or at a minimum, perhaps 500 MB). At least

> with 1 GB I can keep one or two weeks worth of restore points, typically.

>

> Gary S. Terhune wrote:

>> 100 MB is more than sufficient.

>>

>> --

>> Gary S. Terhune

>> MS-MVP Shell/User

>> http://grystmill.com

>>

>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

>> news:uGq6FHp8IHA.4564@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> SSJ04 Mewtwo wrote:

>>>> John2044 <John2044@discussions.microsoft.com>

>>>>

>>>> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I

>>>> have

>>>> removed rarely used files and applications and I can't get any relief.

>>>> C

>>>> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

>>>>

>>>> Right click on My Computer and see how much space System Restore is

>>>> using.

>>>> Since I've just installed XP Home over ME I'm using 50% of the drive

>>>> space.

>>>> SR set at 100% will do this. Set it to a comfortable level.

>>>

>>> Actually since HD sizes vary, the percentage is a bit misleading. Just

>>> set it to a reasonable size, like say 1 GB (or perhaps even less, but 1

>>> GB

>>> is good for me), whatever % that ends up being.

>

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

Spell checker got that one. It should read, "Oops, I thought you were

talking about TIFs."

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

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> No, Gary. 100 MB will store only ONE restore point, as each restore

> point is typically around 60 MB in size.

>

> 1 GB is good, as I said. (Or at a minimum, perhaps 500 MB). At least

> with 1 GB I can keep one or two weeks worth of restore points, typically.

>

> Gary S. Terhune wrote:

>> 100 MB is more than sufficient.

>>

>> --

>> Gary S. Terhune

>> MS-MVP Shell/User

>> http://grystmill.com

>>

>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

>> news:uGq6FHp8IHA.4564@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> SSJ04 Mewtwo wrote:

>>>> John2044 <John2044@discussions.microsoft.com>

>>>>

>>>> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I

>>>> have

>>>> removed rarely used files and applications and I can't get any relief.

>>>> C

>>>> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

>>>>

>>>> Right click on My Computer and see how much space System Restore is

>>>> using.

>>>> Since I've just installed XP Home over ME I'm using 50% of the drive

>>>> space.

>>>> SR set at 100% will do this. Set it to a comfortable level.

>>>

>>> Actually since HD sizes vary, the percentage is a bit misleading. Just

>>> set it to a reasonable size, like say 1 GB (or perhaps even less, but 1

>>> GB

>>> is good for me), whatever % that ends up being.

>

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

(Well, speaking of the TIF, I agree, and my TIF is set at 100 MB).

Gary S. Terhune wrote:

> Ooops... I thought you were talking about Tiffs.

>

> --

> Gary S. Terhune

> MS-MVP Shell/User

> http://grystmill.com

>

> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

> news:eDyzrRp8IHA.5596@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> No, Gary. 100 MB will store only ONE restore point, as each restore

>> point is typically around 60 MB in size.

>>

>> 1 GB is good, as I said. (Or at a minimum, perhaps 500 MB). At least

>> with 1 GB I can keep one or two weeks worth of restore points, typically.

>>

>> Gary S. Terhune wrote:

>>> 100 MB is more than sufficient.

>>>

>>> --

>>> Gary S. Terhune

>>> MS-MVP Shell/User

>>> http://grystmill.com

>>>

>>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

>>> news:uGq6FHp8IHA.4564@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>> SSJ04 Mewtwo wrote:

>>>>> John2044 <John2044@discussions.microsoft.com>

>>>>>

>>>>> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive.

>>>>> I

>>>>> have

>>>>> removed rarely used files and applications and I can't get any relief.

>>>>> C

>>>>> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

>>>>>

>>>>> Right click on My Computer and see how much space System Restore is

>>>>> using.

>>>>> Since I've just installed XP Home over ME I'm using 50% of the drive

>>>>> space.

>>>>> SR set at 100% will do this. Set it to a comfortable level.

>>>>

>>>> Actually since HD sizes vary, the percentage is a bit misleading.

>>>> Just

>>>> set it to a reasonable size, like say 1 GB (or perhaps even less, but 1

>>>> GB

>>>> is good for me), whatever % that ends up being.

July 30, 2008

Re: C Drive is 92% full

"John2044" <John2044@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> What should I do to fix this? I have defrag and cleaned the c drive. I

> have

> removed ralerly used files and applicaitons and I can't get any relief. C

> drive is 29.5GB with 2.0GB unused.

Fix it by getting a new drive. 80 gig drives are under $50 now, 500 gig

drives around $100. Your drive is probably over 5 years old (the data is

on the label) and nearing the end of its reliable life.

Remove your drive, and attach it and the new drive to another XP system

using USB2 drive cases or internal connectors. Then use the Acronis

TrueImage Home trial to clone the old disk to the new one *in manual mode*,

tell it to use a proportional method to enlarge the partitions, using the

entire space on the new drive.

You can slightly speed up the process, which will be quick, by looking in

the root folder and removing the one or two large files, hiberfil.sys and

pagefile.sys; empty the wastebasket. These will be recreated as needed.

This process should take under an hour.

HTH

-pk

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