Re: "C" drive full.
- From: "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:15:58 -0000
Try another approach. create more space within the existing C partition.
To increase you free space on your C select Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and
remove all but the latest System Restore points? Restore points can be quite
large.
You should use Disk CleanUp regularly to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files. Whenever you remove redundant files you
should always run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore 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.
Are you using any Norton Utilities?
If your hard drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with
your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of your
C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows folder
typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$ etc.
These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed the text
of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not compressed you can
compress them. Right click on each folder and select Properties, General,
Advanced and check the box before Compress contents to save Disk Space.
On the General Tab you can see the amount gained by deducting the size
on disk from the size. Folder compression is only an option on a NTFS
formatted drive / partition.
Another default setting on a large drive which could be wasteful is that for
temporary internet files especially if you do not store offline copies on
disk. The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to
offline copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer
select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings
to make the change. At the same time look at the number of days history
is held.
The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. On your drive
5% should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor on your
Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and move the slider
from 10% to 5%,
Do you have files / folders that might be moved to the other partitions?
To move programmes use Add / Remove Programs in Start, Control Panel, Add /
Remove Programs to uninstall programmes. Create a Programs Directory on
your other partition and reinstall there.
Some other notes you may find useful.
Create a My Documents folder in another partition and copy ( not move ) the
contents of My Documents to your new folder. Then delete the files in your
My Documents folder ( if you encounter problems deleting use Shift + Delete
to bypass the Recycle Bin ). You will also need to change Default File
locations in the Microsoft Office programmes you use. For Word go to Tools,
Options, File Locations, highlight Documents, click on Modify and change
file path. For Excel go to Tools, Options, General and change default file
path.
For Temporary Internet Files select Start, Control Panel, Internet Options,
Temporary Internet Files. Settings, Move Folder.
To move the Outlook Express Store Folder select in Outlook Express Tools,
Options, Maintenance, Store Folder, Change.
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/files/store.htm
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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"on-line crash analysis" <onlinecrashanalysis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:B17930C8-77ED-4904-9F02-51979990092F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "D" is not empty. I relocated files, except there are some that have a bad
> file name "1/4) etc, and can't rename them. How can I wipe clean just
> drive
> "D"? The drive with all the space is "G". Anyway to change drive letters?
> --
> want to be crash free
>
>
> "Sharon F" wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:12:02 -0800, on-line crash analysis wrote:
>>
>> > My hard drive is partioned into "C and D". Now the "C" side is almost
>> > full.
>> > Can I increase the partion size of "C" without wiping it out?
>>
>> Yes, using third party partition managers. (Easiest)
>>
>> Yes, using XP tools if there is unallocated space on the same disk that
>> is
>> physically next to C: (is D: empty? can it be made empty so that the
>> partition can be deleted and merged into C:?) (Not as easy but free)
>>
>> No, if using XP tools only and there is no unallocated space available as
>> described above. (OOL)
>>
>> --
>> Sharon F
>> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
>>
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