pedro111 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Right, basically my hard drive is partitioned into two parts, c: and e:. When I got the computer about 4 years ago and tried to install XP and for some daft newbie reason I only gave the c drive 14gig. Now, these few years later I am running into serious space issues on my c: drive which is down to under 500mb. Knowing that I had a seriously small c: partition I have made an effort over the years not to store any media or games and such like in it instead putting everything in the e: partition including all new programs, but still this 14 gig space has been eaten up. You should note that I tried resizing the partitions using partition magic but it didnt work. I have used a program to analyse my c drive and it tells me that Windows is taking up 5 gig of space. Should it really be taking up that much? I notice that the windows\temp folder contains over a gig also. Documents and Settings is also taking up 5 gig aswell with program files folder taking up nearly 3 gig. These were programs installed before I realised the problem of how small the c drive was. Now my question is this.......what can I safely delete without fucking up my PC to the extent that it wont start? There are just loads of folders and files with ridiculous names which mean nothing to me. Im terrified of deleting some crucial file. Please help! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 www.ccleaner.com Documents and Settings you can delete/move whatever you want. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Cheers Dave, you positive that I can delete the stuff in there?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Use Disk Cleanup and CCleaner rather than doing it manually to be safe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Use Disk Cleanup and CCleaner rather than doing it manually to be safe. Yeah Ive got rid of everything I can with disk cleanup, just a bit nervous about this CCleaner thing thats all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 It's perfectly safe mate, I (and loads of others) use it all the time. It'll not delete owt important, trust me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 It's perfectly safe mate, I (and loads of others) use it all the time. It'll not delete owt important, trust me. Cheers pal, I'll give it a shot!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Dave, I used that program and managed to free up 3 gigs which is good. However what I didnt want to happen has kind of happened, while my computer works great now when its actually running, its failed to start loads of times, basically everytime I switch it back on again It pisses itself and I have to go through the horror of using the 'last setup that worked' carry on!!!!! Is there anything I can do to fix this?!?!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Sounds fucked tbh. I've never once had a problem with CCleaner. It deletes temporary files that aren't needed. Try defragging your drive and getting any updates you can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Sounds f***ed tbh. I've never once had a problem with CCleaner. It deletes temporary files that aren't needed. Try defragging your drive and getting any updates you can. I'll try defragging it, its strange cause once its starts it works quicker and better than it has in years, but it just it wont start without pissing about. Grrr........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I think I'll try a system restore aswell see if that fixes it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I don't trust that thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I don't trust that thing. Why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Dunno, just don't like the thought of taking up all that space on my HDD for what I think is minimal risk. If you take care with what you install and stuff you'll not need it anyway IMO. Also, I once had a virus infection in those files and they couldn't be deleted because Windows didn't understand (they were protected). Since then I've just turned it off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacko Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 You might want to move the virtual memory store to another partition. Windows (well, all operating systems) save stuff that won't fit in RAM to a special file or partition. This file can be a couple of GB. If you can put it on a separate physical disk to the OS, performance improves a little, too. Unfortunately, I can't remember how to do that on Windows. Google will know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 You might want to move the virtual memory store to another partition. Windows (well, all operating systems) save stuff that won't fit in RAM to a special file or partition. This file can be a couple of GB. If you can put it on a separate physical disk to the OS, performance improves a little, too. Unfortunately, I can't remember how to do that on Windows. Google will know. Im not sure what you mean by this tbh as I am crap when it comes to the running of a computer. Is this like when you download something say 1gig in size and it temporarily stores it to the c drive while downloading even though you are saving it to the e drive? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Im just concerned about getting the pc to start up without any dramas again tbh. I fear it will all end with the dreaded complete reinstall of windows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Just install W7. It's dreamy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Just install W7. It's dreamy. Dave, I dont even know what that is ffs!, I took your advice, now im in a complete gang fuck and now you are taking the piss out of me!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Windows 7. It's the latest version of Windows, and is widely considered to be Vista but good. It's not out yet but there's an official release candidate (RC) available now for free from Microsoft which is basically the finished version and works for the next year. I've installed it on this three year old laptop and it's really nice to use. Had to upgrade the memory (£18) and some of the fancy graphic features don't work but other than that it's cock on. All you do is make a list of the programs you want to keep in the future before you wipe your machine, back up all your music/movies/documents onto another computer or external HDD (I used my work laptop) and start over with the downloaded Windows. Easy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Goddamn you Dave you make everything sound so easy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 What are the specs of your PC? Start > All programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information if you're not sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Pretty shitty: AMD 64 2205 mhz 1 Gig of ram. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Hard drive? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Providing you've got some decent space you should be fine anyway. This laptop only has a 40GB HDD. Something to consider anyway, lets you tidy up your machine and do away with all the wank built up over the years, only installing the programs you actually need now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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