Windows XP: What’s eating up my hard drive space?
- 1/9/09 3:15 PM
What’s eating up my hard drive space?
by catlady9tails - 1/14/09 1:49 PM In reply to: What's eating up your hard drive space? by mindgames_1015JUST WANT TO THANK MINDGAMES FOR THE INFO. THE REVO UNINSTALLER IS GREAT .. CATLADY9TAILS
Shock Wave Files
by jld69 - 1/12/09 3:08 AM In reply to: What’s eating up my hard drive space? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I had a similar issue, a few weeks ago I noticed I was using about 40 gigs somewhere. It turned out to be almost 50 gigs of temp. shock wave files. Search for .swf or look in windows temp. file.
Saving in hard disc- c drive
by sathiyamurthy - 1/12/09 6:38 AM In reply to: What’s eating up my hard drive space? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I too having the same problem. But it has been solved in the following mannaer. WHEN I TRIED TO COPY MY MUSIC FROM IPOD, to my song folder, it has occupied a lot of space leaving me in a bad area
(c drive no space/action to be taken immediately). Then i checked all area and found in my docoments more than 3 gb music are duplicated.
then i delited and free my space. you can also try that one.
with wishes,
sathiyamurthy.
Try FolderSizes
by ttd - 1/12/09 7:33 AM In reply to: What’s eating up my hard drive space? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Try downloading and running FolderSizes (http://www.foldersizes.com) - it will show you where the disk space is going. It also has the tools needed to isolate the largest, oldest, and duplicate files on your system (in addition to many other report types).
FolderSizes isn't freeware, but it does provide a free 15-day trial, which should be long enough to get you focused in on the "problem areas" of your disk space usage problems.
Be careful about deleting duplicate files or folders
by mijcar - 1/12/09 2:59 PM In reply to: Try FolderSizes by ttdThis kind of cleanup can be useful, but be aware that there are a lot of multiple copies of basic files on your computer, each of which is necessary to the software associated with the folder that contains the file.
TuneUp Utilities 2009
by nimd4 - 1/12/09 10:40 AM In reply to: What’s eating up my hard drive space? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
TuneUp Utilities 2009 has the TuneUp Disk Space Explorer which can show what's going on. The program is Shareware (30 day trial), although there are also others that are Freeware.
CNET shows an older version, TuneUp Utilities 2009 8.0.1100 ( http://www.download.com/TuneUp-Utilities-2009/3000-2094_4-10206416.html ), while the newest version is available from their website ( http://www.tune-up.com/download/ ), or from Softpedia ( http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/TuneUp-Utilities.shtml ), for example.
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Use Space Monger to see whats on your Hard Drive
by kular911 - 1/12/09 1:14 PM In reply to: What’s eating up my hard drive space? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hello, I'm not sure if anyone has posted this yet, but the best application I have found to quickly view what is taking up space on my drives is called Space Monger v1.4 Find it here at http://www.sixty-five.cc/sm/v1x.php
It quickly scans the selected partition, then visually shows you file/folder sizes and lets you drill down into folders. Very fast and easy to tell what is taking up so much room!
Windows Update may be the cause
by hueassa - 1/12/09 1:42 PM In reply to: What’s eating up my hard drive space? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I know that the majority of fellow members will not agree with what I will say, but it is my own experience. Few years ago, I faced the same problem. A more experienced friend advised me to delete all Windows Update files and turn off Automatic Update function. I did what he said. I did not notice any deterioration in computer's performance. On the contrary, performance became better. It became more stable, faster to boot up, free space on partition C became larger, and more important, no reduction occurred. To delete update files, open Settings--- Add or remove, check the box beside " Show updates", you will be astonished by the huge number of files that are saved on your computer. To turn off Automatic Updates, go to Settings---Security Center, then turn off "Automatic Updates". Don't worry about deleted files. If you want them back, all you have to do is to turn on Automatic Update again, all the tuff will come back again. Try it and let me know the result. Please tend your reply, if any, directly to my e mail,hueassa@yahoo.co.uk. With the huge number of answers you got, I will sure lose tracking of your reply if sent to the Forum mail.
Windows Update may be the cause (2)
by nimd4 - 1/12/09 3:06 PM In reply to: Windows Update may be the cause by hueassaYou won't, if it's your msg. that gets replied to 
do this hope it helps
by ogman69 - 1/13/09 4:48 AM In reply to: What’s eating up my hard drive space? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
what you could do is right click on the local disk c and choose property then compress the drive to save disk space this will free additional space and get rid of videos and music files you don't want
Not so simple
by sdifiore - 1/13/09 5:41 AM In reply to: do this hope it helps by ogman69As I told in my first statment, that's not so easy...
With me it happend not with XP, but with Vista 64 bits.
To not loose time I returned the last full Vista backup that I run montly, and then updated with my daily mozy backups...
I would like to know what's going on, but I have to be pratical and don't loose time... I get work"
lost gigs
by mortagg - 1/13/09 7:33 AM In reply to: What’s eating up my hard drive space? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
had the same problem with my hard drive the amount of loss drove me nutz. i boughr a external drive abd started moving and deleting out of c: did the job and thwn the next day 48 gigs went bye bye. i looked in evert folder and could not find anything then i got the brainstorm to check hidden ptogram files and what did my eyes see? 110 gigs sittting in my virus protection. some how my suite got an error message that replicated its self every two min. 4megs at a time. uninstalled suite and reinstalled and viola 145 gigs of c: is back. hope this helps
Good diagnosis!
by stephencnet - 1/13/09 9:11 AM In reply to: lost gigs by mortaggSo often when people express a problem with HDD space, many people suggest buying extra drives etc.
You have just illustrated this is often a fool's errand. It's like owning a bath with a leak. Filling it with more water will not cure your leak!
If your space is genuinely filling up because of things you are doing on purpose, like installing heavy programs, saving large files etc, that's fine. But if your space is just disappearing and you don't know why, buying more space is often not a great solution.
I'm sure your delighted at getting 145Gb back, and not just going out and buying even more space.
Not a technician, but a possible simple answer-Podcasts
by mimijel - 1/13/09 11:06 PM In reply to: What’s eating up my hard drive space? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm not sure if your a podcaster, but I am and I've noticed that my iTunes podcasts are individually 30-100 Mo each. Of course, as I said, since I'm not a technician like most of those who replied, perhaps I don't understand quite how these files are saved, but I do know that since I've begun saving them, I quickly have lost space on my hard drive (long in the red). I run Windows Vista Family on an HP DV6620em. If I'm wrong, somebody please let me know and if I'm right, is my only recourse to store these files on an external drive? That's probably cause for another CNET post!
Answer to your question
by aet9rat6 - 1/19/09 8:28 PM In reply to: Not a technician, but a possible simple answer-Podcasts by mimijelIm not a tech either but do know that you arent suppose to keep picture files, Video files, or music files, podcast are just like these and are huge and Hog up space.
I work with pictures for a site called myheritage and instead of saving the scanned picture to my computer I put them on a flash type drive ( it goes into a USB port) for 20.00 I think it was I have many files on it and its still got room. But an external drive or writer is a good choice.
Try doing a search for pictures,viedos, on your search from the start menu, this will give you a good idea how much each have used in space.
Hope that helps.
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