PC Memory full yet hardly use it !!

richardvc

I have an Asus PC which has been excellent but recently I have received messages that the memory is full.

I have two hard drives - C is 40gb and D is 180gb and my OS is Vista Home premium.

I clear my internet files on a weekly basis and anything of note goes on our 500gb back up drive, so can anyone tell me why the C memory is so full ?

What am I doing wrong ? It is so full without me putting a great deal of stuff on there. about 2gb of music and a few photos !!

Please can I have some advice on how to get memory back secondly how to spring clean my pc and get this mess tidied up !!

I wanted to check the disc for errors but it comes up saying it won't do it whilst the disc is running - help me !!

Thanks

santer_2

If the PC is running well

Have you run disc clean up, more options, clean up restore points

You could store data on drive D and have just Windows and programmes on C

stilltheone

Do you mean Virtual Memory or space on the C: drive?

What exactly is stated on the message received?

closed

If you mean anything important goes on your backup drive, that may fail one day.

use d as above, assuming it's empty, and use windirstat to find out where the space has gone

santer_2

If you are trying to run, chkdsk /r then you should get the option to type Y to run it at next boot

Or did you right click the drive, click properties, tools, then check now?

richardvc

Thks for your help so far.

Out of the 40gb

Windows is 20.9gb
Programs Files is 2.78gb
User Properties is 9.68gb

Any use ?

Running WinDirStat as I type.........

richardvc

santer wrote: »

If you are trying to run, chkdsk /r then you should get the option to type Y to run it at next boot

Or did you right click the drive, click properties, tools, then check now?

Ran it on a restart, encountered no problems !!

santer_2

I would think system restore is the one, especially if it has not been cleaned up

You could consider limiting the amount of hard drive it can use

closed

you've probably got something big in your profile.

is d drive empty?

richardvc

santer wrote: »

I would think system restore is the one, especially if it has not been cleaned up

You could consider limiting the amount of hard drive it can use

Did this and have now reclaimed 2.68gb of free space - thks !

richardvc

closed wrote: »

you've probably got something big in your profile.

is d drive empty?

Only using 3 gb of D drive - big in my profile ??!! What does that mean please ?