Re: NTFS Partition Size


Shenan has answered your first two questions

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System Restore point.

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 Properties, System Restore. Place the cursor on your C partition select Settings and 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. This will create 1.2 gb free disk space.

If your hard drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with your operating system on your C partition. 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 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%. Selecting global will make the change apply also to your D partition, where the saving in disk space will be even more significant.

Another saving of disk space can be achieved if you do not use hibernation.

The items listed above create long term savings on your C drive.

On your system, System Restore should not be monitoring your D drive. Right click on your My Computer icon , select Properties, System Restore, place the cursor on D drive, click on Settings and click on the box before Turn off System Restore on this drive. Click on OK, Apply, OK and exit. Restart the computer for the change to take effect.

Other ways to increase free disk space on your C partition can be achieved by relocation of folders.

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

How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310147

You may also need to change Default File locations in the Microsoft Office programmes you choose to move the My Documents folder. For Word go to Tools, Options, File locations, highlight Documents, click on odify and change file path. For Excel go to Tools, Options, General and change default file path.

My Documents is one of a number of system created Special Folders including My Pictures and My Music. These can more easily be relocated using Tweak Ui. Download TweakUI, one of the MS powertoys, from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

In TweakUi select My Computer, Special Folders. You can scroll down to see the full list of Special Folders to the left of the Change Location button.

You can opt to relocate your programmes folder but this may not necessary and there are arguments in favour of leaving it where it is.

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. You will most likely have problems running Disk Defragmenter if there is less than
15% free disk space in your XP partition.

The routine above does not remove all unnecessary clutter from your hard disk, especially if there is more than one user Logon,

cCleaner does a better clean.
http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
http://www.ccleaner.com/

With any cleaner you need to proceed with caution. To be safe you should create a restore point before using cCleaner. cCleaner also offers backup before removal.

When using cCleaner think twice before checking Autocomplete Form History under Internet Explorer. You do get a warning but this one has irritating consequences. You may need to restore your system's recollection of passwords after use so keep a record off computer so that they can easily be re-entered. Leave the Scan for Issues option alone.

If you are using the Norton Protected Recycle Bin or Rollback RX Pro these can create significant free disk space issues. The programmes create hidden folders, which can grow to colossal sizes.



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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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woody wrote:
1. Can the size of a partition be changes with out "wrecking" the
whole drive?

2. If not, can the KBlogfiles on the "C" drive be erased with out
problems?

I made the "C" drive Too Small on this machine and really do not want
to start over
again.

Thanks for the time in advance.

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