Low disk space

googler

bat999 wrote: »

Hi
Read about ccleaner yourself at the piriform website.
Download it from there.
This is the Piriform website:-http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

The OP doesn't have the disk space to download anything, c'mon......

Money_Mad_3

Just read you message again. I have transferred some files onto a USB stick

googler

Money_Mad wrote: »

system restore has been suspended because of disk space. Thanks x

If you have System Restore switched on, and it has been for a number of years, your PC may have merely filled itself with the data for restore points.

Have you ever restored your system from any of these restore points? How likely is it that you would want to restore to a point, say, two years ago?

Go to Start menu, Help & Support, and search within Help for 'System Restore' - look for Pick a Task, and click on 'Allocate more disk space for system restore' - follow the first steps here, and this should show you how much space is currently allocated to system restore. You can choose either to reduce this amount of disk space, or switch System Restore off altogether.

googler

Money_Mad wrote: »

Just read you message again. I have transferred some files onto a USB stick

There's only a benefit to this if you delete the original files from your C: Drive, and empty Recycle Bin after you're done.

You know exactly what you're moving/deleting, in terms of file type?

If you open My Computer, what drives do you have in addition to your C: drive?

googler

Money_Mad wrote: »

Just read you message again. I have transferred some files onto a USB stick

Oh, and Congratulations. You've just learned how to Back Up!

When the shops are open tomorrow, go buy another USB stick to back up some more.

Donnie

googler wrote: »

Oh, and Congratulations. You've just learned how to Back Up!

When the shops are open tomorrow, go buy another USB stick to back up some more.

DVD discs are much cheaper.

spakkker

As Donnie posted #6 get windirstat - this is a free,simple prog that will show you in an easy to understand way what is filling up your pc's h/drive - http://sourceforge.net/projects/windirstat/

closed

have you got a d drive, ( hard disk rather than a dvd drive)?

transferring to usb isn't a backup, you need at least 2 copies on different media to backup.

With that amount of data, an external usb drive is the easiest solution for backup, but not as cheap as dvd's

Donnie

Make and model number of machine? That will give us some ideas as to the configuration.

googler

Donnie wrote: »

DVD discs are much cheaper.

Yes, but we don't know if the OP has a DVD writer......