Re: Freeing Up Space

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From: saturnin02 (saturnin02_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:02:24 -0500

Gerry,
Have done the Disk CleanUp Option, etc.
What is the best way to move the My Documents, Temporary Internet Files and
Outlook
Express store folders to the other drive?
Just drag and drop in Windows Explorer...or other?
What is the location of the Temporary Internet Files?
Tx,
S

Gerry Cornell wrote:
> You need to click on the More Options tab in Disk CleanUp to carry out
> the suggestion by Byte, which will alleviate your situation.
>
> Have you moved your My Documents, Temporary Internet Files and Outlook
> Express store folders to the other drive?
>
>
> "saturnin02" <saturnin02_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OPByWIwBFHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> Tx for the replies.
>> C drive is 11.1 GB capacity; D drive is 16.7 GB
>> I reduced Restore settings to 8 % and that was helpful.
>> I ahve already done all of the possible disk cleanups I can think of.
>> I don't really have a lot of graphic and sound file on C so I am not
>> sure
>> that would help a lot.
>> Anything else..?
>> Tx,
>> S
>>
>> Byte wrote:
>>> What size is your harddrive? Sounds like you either need an
>>> additional
>>> (slave) or a larger one. You can free up a lot of space by deletting
>>> prior restore points. The default setting is 12%. You could cut
>>> that
>>> space to 8 or 10%.
>>> Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore>
>>> System Restore Settings - move the slider to the left>Apply>OK
>>> To clear all but the last restore points, go to:
>>> Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Cleanup>More Options
>>> tab
>>> System Restore>Cleanup>Yes
>>>
>>> "saturnin02" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Follow up to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
>>>>
>>>> WIN XP HE, SP1
>>>>
>>>> Hi, my C drive only has about 9% free disk space and I need to free
>>>> up at
>>>> least another 6%--600M
>>>> I have already disabled the "hibernate" function to save space.
>>>> I have moved files to my D drive but I am coming to the end of what
>>>> I can
>>>> do--besides uninstalling programs from C and re-installing to
>>>> D--which I
>>>> would like NOT to have to deal with.
>>>> I do not have a lot of extra Windows accessories or options to
>>>> uninstall
>>>> to significantly save space.
>>>> Any suggestions as to what COULD be done? (Such as disabling
>>>> "Hibernate", etc.)
>>>> Tx a lot.
>>>> S

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