Free Space Problem

lemontree

Local Disc C shows 9.52GB Free space 577MB.As I have removed several programmes and music several days ago, why has the free space figure not increased? Any help would be appreciated.

Browntoa

it's probably in your recycle bin

download crapcleaner from www.ccleaner.com and run that, it will remove it all for you and a load more !! (safely !)

lemontree

Was not in the recycle bin so I found ccleaner.com but did not know where to start!
Sorry for being a thicky but please would you direct me.

Browntoa

go here

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

and click on the text by the big green arrow on the right of the screen

when the grey download box comes up click on the "open" button and it will download then start to install the program for you, when it's finished you should have a new desktop icon for it

albertross_2

You may be able to free up some space by turning off system restore.. or cleaning up old restore points..

start run cleanmgr

Browntoa

when you run ccleaner click on the button marked "Run Cleaner" on the bottom right and let it delete everything it finds

sra

You could also use this to get a graphical representation of what's taking up space on your hard drive

wonderfullife_2

Hi
You can also reduce the amount of space your Recyle Bin is using, right click on recycle bin, and select properites, here you can reduce how much the bin is using, as I've found it reserves quite a lot.

Hope this helps

:xmastree:

lemontree

Tried CC Cleaner which took off about 60mb(is this enough?)
Please can you tell me how to use system restore and might this help?
Thank you so much for your patience!

Bossyboots

aqua wrote:

Local Disc C shows 9.52GB Free space 577MB.As I have removed several programmes and music several days ago, why has the free space figure not increased? Any help would be appreciated.

What operating system are you using? On some of the old systems you had to reboot your machine for the free space to show up.

Debt_Free_Chick

TBH, you don't really have a big enough hard drive to start with. You seem to have a 10gb disk which doesn't leave a lot when you factor in the OS and all other programs. Add a few photos and music files and your free space will soon disappear.

I'd suggest you need install a new drive and relegate this one as a slave for saving files i.e. not the OS or programs.