low disc space...

[capri-sun]

maybe one of the same problem, im unsure, but i have very low disc space and need to free some space up, havent got any real big programes, usual updates, etc, dont understand how its become so clogged up, and also my virtual memory is always low, is this the same problem? and is there some miracle programe i can download??

[sn�gged]

Do you have a heap of photos, personal files and music on there? Back them all up then delete them from your comp.

[ChuckFickens]

http://www.ccleaner.com/download

Will clear a lot of space.

Also open my computer, how many drives do you have showing? A lot of modern computers come with the hard drive split into two partitions and people tend to save everything on the first one and leave the second one empty

If you have a second hard drive showing you can safely move things like pictures, videos and music to the other drive.

and yes the virtual memory problem is very likely linked to the low disk space.

[capri-sun]

hello chuckfickens....(great name!)
i downloaded that programe, thankyou.
i opend the 'my compute' section and i have two hard disks
a presario c which has the following on it -
doc and setts, 1386(?) ,python 22,(?) windows, found .001(?), programe files, system . sav, wutem(?) the other is presario _rp(d) which has recovery and the avg anti virus programe on it,
any more help, would be great, thanks for your time

[lonewolfdon]

If you are using Windows OS that has the "System Restore" feature enabled, over time as it creates and saves checkpoints it can tend to take up a big chunk of your hard-drive space. By default when having System Restore feature enabled, it seems to take up a crazily high percentage of your total hard-drive space.

You may want to adjust the settings so System Restore uses less hard-drive space:

Click Start . Right-click on My Computer and click Properties . (or Right-Click "My Computer" icon from desktop)

In the System Properties box, click the System Restore tab.

Verify Turn off System Restore on all drives is not selected.

Select (Click) the Settings button then Under Disk space usage, move the slide bar to the left to decrease the amount of disk space reserved for System Restore . Click Apply and then click OK .

Also, if using Internet Explorer, you may want to try deleting old cached files:
From IE Browser click on "Tools", "Internet Options", then under the Temporary Internet Files area click the "Delete Files" button, then Check-mark in box to "Delete all offline content" then "OK" everything.

You may also want to run a defragmentation on your hard-drives (see my link before for more info):

For more tweaks, tips, tricks, security, freeware utilities, games, and various other software and resources, please visit my blog, "Tweak My Computer" at:
http://tweakmycomputer.blogspot.com/