upmaine Posted July 13, 2012 Posted July 13, 2012 I had to re-install the operating disc (windows vista Home Basic 32-bit) and after re-installing it I keep getting a pop up message saying that my c drive is low on space. Out of 8.36 I only have 135mb left. The only thing I downloaded so far was Adobe 11. I did a disk clean and removed everything and I didn't gain much from that. what can I do to find out why I only have 135mg of space left. I also noticed that my D drive also has alot more space being used up than normal. the only thing that I can think happened is that when I re-installed the operating disk that it did not erase the old data and files from the C & D drive so now I have two copies of the same software on the C and D drive. How can I tell if this is the case and how can I fix this. Should I try re-installing the operating disk again and hope it erases all the data before it re-installs the new data this time. I'm not even sure if this it what happened. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kevin Quote
KenB Posted July 13, 2012 Posted July 13, 2012 Hi and welcome to ExTS Out of 8.36 I only have 135mb left. If 8.36 GB is the size of the partition that you have Vista installed on then this is too small. The recommended size is about 15 GB or larger. Start > ...type in ......diskmgmt.msc .......ENTER You will see Disk 0 with the partitions. What do you have ? ============ Also ..... Start > Computer > D:\ Do you have any data on this drive ? Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
RandyL Posted July 13, 2012 Posted July 13, 2012 Please do as Ken asked. I just wanted to make a comment. the only thing that I can think happened is that when I re-installed the operating disk that it did not erase the old data and files from the C & D drive so now I have two copies of the same software on the C and D drive It might be that you have a folder named windows old or win old. Depending on what you did on the reinstall this can happen. The folder would be quite large and contain all the old files from the original installation. Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
upmaine Posted July 13, 2012 Author Posted July 13, 2012 In the small box to the left box it says (disk 0 111.79 basic online) and then to the right of that in the two partitions it says ( C: NTFS 8.37 GB Healthy ,Boot ,Crash ,dump ,Primary partittion.) ( D: 103.42GB NTFS Healthy System, Page, File ,Active, Primary partition ) . Thank you for youe help. I hope I can figure this out. Quote
upmaine Posted July 14, 2012 Author Posted July 14, 2012 I did a search on the (Start > Computer > D:\ drive) and yes there is all kinds of data on this drive. Quote
KenB Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 Hi, 8.37 GB is too small for you primary drive. If you go to Start > Computer >D:\ How much free space is there on D:\ ? Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
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