Guest bootlady77 Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Allthough i have cleaned my system of the all the unnessary programmes i do not use and done the cleanup checked the disc for errors and defragmented all the 3 drives i have still only got 23% left on c drive when i normally have got about 39%, i have done 3 system restore points recentley i have defragged after them but it makes no difference to c drive . i have got 2 other drives that are okay and are the same as they have always been. There should be more space on c drive running xp professional service pack 3 installedcan anybody body help , Thanks. i have no music or photo`s on either. Bootlady.
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Re: WINDOWS XP DEFRAGMENT bootlady77 <bootlady77@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Allthough i have cleaned my system of the all the unnessary > programmes i do not use and done the cleanup checked the disc for > errors and defragmented all the 3 drives i have still only got 23% > left on c drive when i normally have got about 39%, i have done 3 > system restore points recentley i have defragged after them but it > makes no difference to c drive . i have got 2 other drives that are > okay and are the same as they have always been. There should be more > space on c drive running xp professional service pack 3 installedcan > anybody body help , Thanks. i have no music or photo`s on either. > Bootlady. Defragging doesn't free up disk space. If you're running low on space on your system drive, you need to somehow delete or move files - that's the only solution. The percentage of disk space free is a bit less important than the *amount* free.
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Re: WINDOWS XP DEFRAGMENT >Allthough i have cleaned my system of the all the unnessary programmes i do >not use and done the cleanup checked the disc for errors and defragmented all >the 3 drives i have still only got 23% left on c drive when i normally have >got about 39%, i have done 3 system restore points recentley i have defragged >after them but it makes no difference to c drive . i have got 2 other drives >that are okay and are the same as they have always been. > There should be more space on c drive running xp professional service pack >3 installedcan anybody body help , Thanks. i have no music or photo`s on >either. > Bootlady. I'd say give ccleaner 2.12 a shot. It's pretty good at dejunking PCs. And for defrag, I highly recommend JK defrag 3.36. Both are free. - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest Gerry Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Re: WINDOWS XP DEFRAGMENT I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report . Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it is more informative. Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bootlady77 wrote: > Allthough i have cleaned my system of the all the unnessary > programmes i do not use and done the cleanup checked the disc for > errors and defragmented all the 3 drives i have still only got 23% > left on c drive when i normally have got about 39%, i have done 3 > system restore points recentley i have defragged after them but it > makes no difference to c drive . i have got 2 other drives that are > okay and are the same as they have always been. There should be more > space on c drive running xp professional service pack 3 installedcan > anybody body help , Thanks. i have no music or photo`s on either. > Bootlady.
Guest JS Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Re: WINDOWS XP DEFRAGMENT 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. If you recently installed Windows XP Service Pack 3: Look for an odd folder name which is located here C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\cf8ec753e88561d..........\ Note: the apparent random set of letter and number may vary from my example above but whatever the name is, it will be more than 600MB in size and can be safely deleted. You may also see a number of other folders or files located in the: C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ directory They also can be deleted. 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 If you are using IE7 and then installed SP3 read the info below. IE7 users will find the folders listed below on their hard drive: $NtServicePackUninstallIDNMitigationAPIs$ $NtServicePackUninstallNLSDownlevelMapping$ They are needed to uninstall IE7. However, if you installed IE7 and then installed XP SP3 you can no longer uninstall IE7 and these folders can also be deleted. Note: The recommended procedure before installing XP SP3 is to uninstall IE7, then install XP SP3. Now you still have the ability to install and uninstall IE7. 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. Warning: One folder you should not delete is: $hf_mig$ Also See the following web pages on this issue: http://www.pagestart.com/ntuninstall.html http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm 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. Finally: Check the Recycle Bin one more time and empty it if necessary as some of those files you deleted in the steps mentioned above may find there way into the recycle bin. If you have more than one partition or drive then: How to Change the Default Location of Mail and News Folders: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307971/en-us Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder (Example: move it to the D drive) See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147 Also: http://www.techsupportalert.com/how_to_move_my_documents.htm How to move the Spool folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308666 Can I move or delete my C:\I386 directory to free up some space? See: http://ask-leo.com/can_i_move_or_delete_my_i386_directory_to_free_up_some_space.html Note: C:\i386 is not to be confused with the C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder which should not be moved or deleted as Windows File Protection needs those files JS http://www.pagestart.com "bootlady77" <bootlady77@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BE5A46A9-21DB-4C3F-9EF9-CBA4E4ECBB99@microsoft.com... > Allthough i have cleaned my system of the all the unnessary programmes i > do > not use and done the cleanup checked the disc for errors and defragmented > all > the 3 drives i have still only got 23% left on c drive when i normally > have > got about 39%, i have done 3 system restore points recentley i have > defragged > after them but it makes no difference to c drive . i have got 2 other > drives > that are okay and are the same as they have always been. > There should be more space on c drive running xp professional service > pack > 3 installedcan anybody body help , Thanks. i have no music or photo`s on > either. > Bootlady.
Guest Plato Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Re: WINDOWS XP DEFRAGMENT =?Utf-8?B?Ym9vdGxhZHk3Nw==?= wrote: > > Allthough i have cleaned my system of the all the unnessary programmes i do > not use and done the cleanup checked the disc for errors and defragmented all > the 3 drives i have still only got 23% left on c drive when i normally have > got about 39%, i have done 3 system restore points recentley i have defragged Time for a way larger HDD. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
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