low disk space

May 4, 2008

Hi,

There is a message that appears in the tray that says: low disk space

I cleaned the disk and it still appears.

May 4, 2008

Re: low disk space

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

news:6F205B60-5F6B-4A42-9477-B73109BB2989@microsoft.com...

> Hi,

>

> There is a message that appears in the tray that says: low disk space

>

> I cleaned the disk and it still appears.

But your drive may still be pretty full

how much free space is on the drive?

(Just look in "My computer")

May 4, 2008

Re: low disk space

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

empty the Recycle Bin.

You can free up disk space more 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.

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 Doug Knox's page on this issue:

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.

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/175037

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

JS

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

news:6F205B60-5F6B-4A42-9477-B73109BB2989@microsoft.com...

> Hi,

>

> There is a message that appears in the tray that says: low disk space

>

> I cleaned the disk and it still appears.

May 4, 2008

Re: low disk space

Try clearing the temp files manually. To do this follow these points:

1) Start, run

type %temp%

whatever you see in this folder can be deleted.

2) Go to: C:\Windows\Temp

again delete everything you see here

3) Right-Click on Recycle Bin on the desktop

Select Empty recycle bin

Now this should free up tons of HD space.

HTH

Dominique wrote:

>Hi,

>

>There is a message that appears in the tray that says: low disk space

>

>I cleaned the disk and it still appears.

>

May 4, 2008

Re: low disk space

Doninique, to get more space quickly open Windows Explorer>select

Tools>Folder Options>View>Click on Show hidden files and folders and

Uncheck Hide

protected Operating System files. Click Apply, Ok.

Then double click on the C: drive and open the System Volume

Folder. Double Click until you come to the RP Folders which

should be numbered. Delete all the RP Folders except for the last two.

Then

open MyComputer and rt click on the Drive Icon. Select Properties and

post back here the Free Space

number. For example, mine say's Used Space 5.3G and Free Space

975MB.

You may need another or larger hard drive.

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

news:6F205B60-5F6B-4A42-9477-B73109BB2989@microsoft.com...

> Hi,

>

> There is a message that appears in the tray that says: low disk space

>

> I cleaned the disk and it still appears.

May 4, 2008

Re: low disk space

You could also read this article:

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

hth

ANONYMOUS wrote:

> Try clearing the temp files manually. To do this follow these points:

>

> 1) Start, run

> type %temp%

> whatever you see in this folder can be deleted.

>

> 2) Go to: C:\Windows\Temp

> again delete everything you see here

>

> 3) Right-Click on Recycle Bin on the desktop

> Select Empty recycle bin

>

> Now this should free up tons of HD space.

>

> HTH

>

> Dominique wrote:

>

> >Hi,

> >

> >There is a message that appears in the tray that says: low disk space

> >

> >I cleaned the disk and it still appears.

> >

May 4, 2008

Re: low disk space

Rich

As said elsewhere not a good way to proceed.

Do you have Windows XP Professional?

--

Regards.

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rich Barry wrote:

> Doninique, to get more space quickly open Windows Explorer>select

> Tools>Folder Options>View>Click on Show hidden files and folders and

> Uncheck Hide

> protected Operating System files. Click Apply, Ok.

> Then double click on the C: drive and open the System Volume

> Folder. Double Click until you come to the RP Folders which

> should be numbered. Delete all the RP Folders except for the last

> two. Then

> open MyComputer and rt click on the Drive Icon. Select Properties

> and post back here the Free Space

> number. For example, mine say's Used Space 5.3G and Free Space

> 975MB.

> You may need another or larger hard drive.

>

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

> news:6F205B60-5F6B-4A42-9477-B73109BB2989@microsoft.com...

>> Hi,

>>

>> There is a message that appears in the tray that says: low disk space

>>

>> I cleaned the disk and it still appears.

May 4, 2008

Re: low disk space

Dominique

Description of the Low Disk Space Notification in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285107

Disabling is not the best way to proceed.

You do not have enough free disk space on your C partition i.e. you need

a minimum of 15% of the partition free and preferably 20%. After you

have copied the Disk Defragmenter Report I suggest you do what follows.

The default allocation to System Restore is 12% on your C partition

which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right click your My

Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore. Place the cursor

on your C drive select Settings but this time find the slider and drag

it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get to the

Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.

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.

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.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dominique wrote:

> Hi,

>

> There is a message that appears in the tray that says: low disk space

>

> I cleaned the disk and it still appears.

May 4, 2008

Re: low disk space

When I open the system volume folder. This message appears:

C:\System Volume Information is not accessible

Access is denied

"Rich Barry" wrote:

> Doninique, to get more space quickly open Windows Explorer>select

> Tools>Folder Options>View>Click on Show hidden files and folders and

> Uncheck Hide

> protected Operating System files. Click Apply, Ok.

> Then double click on the C: drive and open the System Volume

> Folder. Double Click until you come to the RP Folders which

> should be numbered. Delete all the RP Folders except for the last two.

> Then

> open MyComputer and rt click on the Drive Icon. Select Properties and

> post back here the Free Space

> number. For example, mine say's Used Space 5.3G and Free Space

> 975MB.

> You may need another or larger hard drive.

>

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

> news:6F205B60-5F6B-4A42-9477-B73109BB2989@microsoft.com...

> > Hi,

> >

> > There is a message that appears in the tray that says: low disk space

> >

> > I cleaned the disk and it still appears.

>

May 4, 2008

Re: low disk space

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

news:6CC7773C-1702-4176-B878-AEE76B9A7BC8@microsoft.com...

> When I open the system volume folder. This message appears:

>

> C:\System Volume Information is not accessible

>

> Access is denied

>

Don't worry about that...

but I just remembered something.

By default...XP has system restore set to a value way higher than is really

needed.

To gain room on your drive, set system restore to some minimal level.

Also. If your machine is a desktop

and hibernation is enabled, you might as well turn that off

May 5, 2008

Re: low disk space

I think it's default set to 15% of your hard drive. I dropped mine down

to 10%, which works well for me (cause I do a lot of messin around :-)

But for most folks, that much is probably a bit excessive, and just a few %

would suffice.

philo wrote:

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

> news:6CC7773C-1702-4176-B878-AEE76B9A7BC8@microsoft.com...

>> When I open the system volume folder. This message appears:

>>

>> C:\System Volume Information is not accessible

>>

>> Access is denied

>>

>

> Don't worry about that...

> but I just remembered something.

>

> By default...XP has system restore set to a value way higher than is

> really

> needed.

> To gain room on your drive, set system restore to some minimal level.

>

> Also. If your machine is a desktop

> and hibernation is enabled, you might as well turn that off

May 5, 2008

Re: low disk space

Dominique

The advice on deleting the contents of the System Volume Information was

poor advice.