Guest The_Newb_Avenger Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 When my uncle re-installed Windows for me, he configured it (and I don't know why) so that I don't have Disk Cleanup. It's not anywhere. The Run command cleanmgr doesn't work. It is not under Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools --> Disk Cleanup And it's not under Properties --> General --> Disk Cleanup, in the drive I want to free up space in. Oh, and what does "Compress drive to save disk space" do? It won't mess up my files right? I'm just asking what does it <b>do</b>? So, is there a way to download this tool? Or at least one very similar to it? Thank you in advance.
Guest Gerry Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 Re: Disk Cleanup. Try Start, Run, type "cleanmgr.exe" without the quotes and hit OK. Does it appear? What is your computer make and model? What is your Windows XP CD? How is it described on the face of the CD? -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The_Newb_Avenger wrote: > When my uncle re-installed Windows for me, he configured it (and I > don't know why) so that I don't have Disk Cleanup. It's not anywhere. > > The Run command cleanmgr doesn't work. > It is not under Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System > Tools --> Disk Cleanup > And it's not under Properties --> General --> Disk Cleanup, in the > drive I want to free up space in. > > Oh, and what does "Compress drive to save disk space" do? It won't > mess up my files right? I'm just asking what does it <b>do</b>? > So, is there a way to download this tool? Or at least one very > similar to it? > > Thank you in advance.
Guest M.I.5¾ Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 Re: Disk Cleanup. "The_Newb_Avenger" <TheNewbAvenger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CB788CA7-8CB8-4EE4-8F83-7C5792BE66EE@microsoft.com... > > Oh, and what does "Compress drive to save disk space" do? It won't mess up > my files right? I'm just asking what does it <b>do</b>? > So, is there a way to download this tool? Or at least one very similar to > it? > This implements a compression scheme to make the files occupy less space that they otherwise would do. In theory it is possible to double the capacity of the disk drive. In practice, the gain in capacity isn't as large as this. The main problem with such schemes is that they always report the spare disk capacity based on this theoretical doubling, and the disk full error message comes as a complete surprise. With the low price of disk drives these days, such schemes are not worth the candle. Just bung in a bigger disk when you start to run out of space.
Guest Lem Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 Re: Disk Cleanup. The_Newb_Avenger wrote: > When my uncle re-installed Windows for me, he configured it (and I don't know > why) so that I don't have Disk Cleanup. It's not anywhere. > > The Run command cleanmgr doesn't work. > It is not under Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools --> > Disk Cleanup > And it's not under Properties --> General --> Disk Cleanup, in the drive I > want to free up space in. > > Oh, and what does "Compress drive to save disk space" do? It won't mess up > my files right? I'm just asking what does it <b>do</b>? > So, is there a way to download this tool? Or at least one very similar to it? > > Thank you in advance. > > Perhaps cleanmgr.exe has been moved. Try doing a search for it. Include "all files and folders." If it's still not there, Start > Run > sfc /scannow Have your WinXP CD handy. Or, http://www.ccleaner.com/ which many people like a lot better than cleanmgr anyway and it does more. -- Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
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