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Did you check

by MarkFlax - 5/21/12 6:26 AM

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the Recycle Bin and empty it?

Have you also reduced your System Restore backup points recently?

About that folder with the long name. Try renaming the name from "dff1a9c53e9b7f24caa0eeda3bd279a7" to "dff1a9c53e9b7f24caa0eeda3bd279a7-old".

If the system doesn't complain at the next reboot, then its likely it can be deleted. Then send it to the Recycle Bin, (empty the bin first), for a few days as a further check, then empty the Recycle Bin if nothing happens.

Mark

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Why is my hard drive nearly always full?

by zeedonk - 5/21/12 7:57 AM

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I have not looked at the System Restore backup points, but I will.

How can that help?

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System Restore points

by KenHusveg - 5/21/12 8:18 AM

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Removing older System Restore points can save you a few Gigabits. Run Windows Disk Cleanup for all users, click on the More Options tab and hit the System Restore, Cleanup button. What a minute and then hit OK. This will remove un-needed Restore points but save recent.

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Disk Space Analyzer

by KenHusveg - 5/21/12 7:29 AM

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Disk Space Analyzers are handy for finding space hogs. A couple of good ones are, "SpaceSniffer" and "WinDirStat". There are tons of reasons why a disk might be filling up, using a graphical space analyzer can help nail down the culprits. Often you'll be surprised.

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You must constantly remove, delete or un-install programs.

by 3JGProductions - 5/26/12 4:33 PM

In Reply to: Why is my hard drive nearly always full? by zeedonk

Computers are not like TV, you turn it on and it works. As a Computer End-User you become the Maintenance Person or Administrator of that computer. When others Log-in you check your computer for un-needed programs, or to see if something was downloaded onto your hard-Drive. I can look at Program and Windows folder and tell immediately if some program does not belong, Everybody has a TOOL BAR application, how many do you need, most does the same-thing, and many are powered by Google, so why have it, and they want to add something or APPS.

Duplication of Programs, such as Media Players most does the same thing and bring extra APPS, and Cookies, clear your Cooies to free up space, Deframent as often, on Control Panel get rid of programs requiring excessive space. If you Download Programs, after install get rid of it from downloads. Just a reminder, when you Poke Around in Programs or Windows file, the System will tell you if the progam is deleteable, and its your End-Users job to constantly look in these file for Malicous Software. There are many programs avaiable to do this, but, "Curosity Killed the Cat", I will look often!

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A system optimization tool may help you

by VVKarl - 5/28/12 2:41 AM

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install an optimization tool and clear some unnecessary files/perform disk defragment.

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Bad answer.

by Kees_B - 5/28/12 2:58 AM

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Defragment doesn't free a single byte. And most system optimization programs don't clean files, just change settings.

Kees

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clean up you PC

by datarecovery2012 - 5/29/12 7:40 PM

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always clean the don't-needs and release your space.

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Tried Defragment?

by VVKarl - 6/1/12 2:50 AM

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Change it to d/program files ..... when installing a program , do not put everything in your C disk.
Use system optimization tool to defrag your hard drives.Try Cloud System Booster. Hope it helps.

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Re: defragment

by Kees_B - 6/1/12 3:29 AM

In Reply to: Tried Defragment? by VVKarl

- As I said in answer to your previous post in this thread: defragment doesn't free disc space. Why do you repeat such a bad advice?
- It's not d/program files. It's d:\program files at best. But why do you think that laptop has 2 hard drive partitions? It's nowhere said.
- And we don't recommend a program like cloud system booster (and a lot of programs like it) to make a PC faster. They hardly work.

Kees

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