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danthemoneysavingman

You can clear out a number of temporary repositories in vista such as c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download.
There are also vista service pack cleanup programs on your computer you can run. (e.g. SP2 cleanup programs is called Compcln.exe)

Check this article, but do be careful: http://www.optimizingpc.com/optimize/deletefiles.html
HTH

JasX

danthemoneysavingman wrote: »

Check this article, but do be careful

or just buy a bigger drive before something breaks

danthemoneysavingman

As for external hard drives, there are loads around, and you'll see 1TB drives for c.£50 from time to time. I'll let others comment on their reliability! I personally am happy with my 1TB Seagate drive I got for £55. And split infinitives

danthemoneysavingman

oh, and whatever you do, DON'T COMPRESS YOUR C DRIVE !!!

JasX

danthemoneysavingman wrote: »

As for external hard drives, there are loads around, and you'll see 1TB drives for c.£50 from time to time. I'll let others comment on their reliability! I personally am happy with my 1TB Seagate drive I got for £55. And split infinitives

you can buy a very good 1TB drive for under £50 however you will almost certainly find its a 3.5" desktop mains powered external one rather than the smaller pocket sized 2.5" drives that need no external power that might be more appropriate for use with a laptop

danthemoneysavingman

JasX wrote: »

you can buy a very good 1TB drive for under £50 however you will almost certainly find its a 3.5" desktop mains powered external one rather than the smaller pocket sized 2.5" drives that need no external power that might be more appropriate for use with a laptop

good point:D

spud17

Is this an Acer?
I've seen an Acer (laptop) with this size C: drive and Vista.
It also had a much larger, unused ,and no, the is not the recovery partition.
If this is the case, then you could move some data over.