bob12a Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 Hi Trying to make space on my c: drive on laptop happy to remove unwanted files Idea for the best way to go about it please Ta Quote Bob(bob12a)My 3D pictures need red cyan glasses to viewmedion MD8855,Win 7 IE8, Firefox/3, Avast,MS security essentials, NERO 9,malware bytes.Mailwasher pro ,6.54,Roboform,spybot S&D 1.6, Canon ixus 860 X 2,PS CS5
RandyL Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 Hi Bob. A few suggestions. 1. Uninstall old unneeded programs. 2. Move data files such as pictures and movies to a disk. then delete from the drive. 3. Run disk cleanup. Do you need help with that? Beyond that you could run programs (but not registry cleaners) which might remove a few more temp files but nothing much to consider. What size is your drive and how full is it? 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
bob12a Posted January 27, 2010 Author Posted January 27, 2010 Hi Bob. A few suggestions. 1. Uninstall old unneeded programs. Is there a quick way to find these 2. Move data files such as pictures and movies to a disk. then delete from the drive. No problem 3. Run disk cleanup. Do you need help with that? maybe a little I do use it Beyond that you could run programs (but not registry cleaners) which might remove a few more temp files but nothing much to consider. no prob What size is your drive and how full is it? shows 8.30GB free of 64.2GB Thanks for your help friend Quote Bob(bob12a)My 3D pictures need red cyan glasses to viewmedion MD8855,Win 7 IE8, Firefox/3, Avast,MS security essentials, NERO 9,malware bytes.Mailwasher pro ,6.54,Roboform,spybot S&D 1.6, Canon ixus 860 X 2,PS CS5
RandyL Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 Go to add/remove programs in the control panel. Uninstall anything you don't use anymore. Just be sure they are programs you installed and not ones that came preinstalled or you might not be able to reinstall. Go to My Computer. Right click your C drive. Select Properties. Run Diskcleanup. Your drive is small by todays standards. As it stands it is not a problem but I see your concern as 8Gb left is not much by todays standards. Moving files to another drive or disk would help. 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
bob12a Posted January 27, 2010 Author Posted January 27, 2010 Thanks friend it is my friends machine and he is just learning ( arnt we all) and I am trying to clean up for him. Will let you know how I get on PS he says thanks as well Bob Quote Bob(bob12a)My 3D pictures need red cyan glasses to viewmedion MD8855,Win 7 IE8, Firefox/3, Avast,MS security essentials, NERO 9,malware bytes.Mailwasher pro ,6.54,Roboform,spybot S&D 1.6, Canon ixus 860 X 2,PS CS5
bob12a Posted January 27, 2010 Author Posted January 27, 2010 Thanks friend it is my friends machine and he is just learning ( arnt we all) and I am trying to clean up for him. Will let you know how I get on PS he says thanks as well Bob more info I have just discovered a file called windows.old on his laptop containing about 40gb am copying it to an external drive before removing it from the laptop Bob Quote Bob(bob12a)My 3D pictures need red cyan glasses to viewmedion MD8855,Win 7 IE8, Firefox/3, Avast,MS security essentials, NERO 9,malware bytes.Mailwasher pro ,6.54,Roboform,spybot S&D 1.6, Canon ixus 860 X 2,PS CS5
RandyL Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 Ah yes. It sounds like he did a reinstall without formating during the reinstall. That would create the folder. All his old files would be in it. As long as there is nothing he wanted to save from before the reinstall it can be deleted. 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
bob12a Posted January 28, 2010 Author Posted January 28, 2010 Ah yes. It sounds like he did a reinstall without formating during the reinstall. That would create the folder. All his old files would be in it. As long as there is nothing he wanted to save from before the reinstall it can be deleted. Thanks for all the info Rand got his laptop up and running again with all his bits and pieces and it now defragging BFN Quote Bob(bob12a)My 3D pictures need red cyan glasses to viewmedion MD8855,Win 7 IE8, Firefox/3, Avast,MS security essentials, NERO 9,malware bytes.Mailwasher pro ,6.54,Roboform,spybot S&D 1.6, Canon ixus 860 X 2,PS CS5
RandyL Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 You're welcome bob. That was a good find you made on the windows.old folder. 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
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