Re: Space required by windows xp
- From: "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:25:43 +0100
How large is your D partition and how much free space?
You need to have at least 15% preferably 20% free
space in each partition.
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.
When you select Disk CleanUp is there a More Options tab?
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Stourport, England
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"Boria Condrey" <boria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for responding Gerry,
My harddrive is formatted NTFS and its partition for a C: and D:. The C:
drive (where windows is located) is 13.7 gig with 1.25 gig of free space.
I don't use norton protected storage. My virus software is Trend Micro PC
Cillian.
When I go to Accessories/systemtools/diskcleanup, I don't have a choice
for more options/system restore. Is there another way to get to system
restore points?
I use disk cleanup at least once a week. Currently I can't run defrag
because there is not enough space on the drive for defrag to run.
Please help. I don't know what to do. My harddrive is getting smaller by
the day. Last week windows was 4.45 gig and this week, it is 6.4 gig and
I have no clue why its getting so large.
"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is your hard drive formatted as NTFS or FAT32? How large is the hard
drive and how much free space? In Windows Explorer right click on the
drive and select Properties to get this information.
Are you using Norton Protected Storage?
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.
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%.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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"Boria Condrey" <boria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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When I right click on the windows folder in explorer and go to
properties, it shows the windows directory taking up 6.4 gig of hard
drive space. Is this normal? I need more space on the hard drive and
windows seems to be taking up over half of it. What can I do? Are there
any update files I can delete or anything I can delete to make more hard
drive space?
.
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