PC Memory full yet hardly use it !!

richardvc

stilltheone wrote: »

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

What exactly is stated on the message received?

Can't remember - sorry !

closed

the "user" bit, drill down in windirstat to see where 10GB has gone

you could try running ccleaner to clean up temp files.

and move any big data (not programs/windows files) to the d drive

or you could expand the c: drive to make use of the d drive space, if there is nothing important on the d, (eg system recovery files - what is using up 3GB on d) - before attempting any repartitioning I suggest you do a disk image backup, and make sure you have all the discs available to do a full reinstall if it goes wrong

RussJK

See if Temp File Cleaner can reclaim anything:
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/files/file/187-tfc-temp-file-cleaner-by-oldtimer/

Seems to find more than CCleaner or ATF.

richardvc

closed wrote: »

the "user" bit, drill down in windirstat to see where 10GB has gone

you could try running ccleaner to clean up temp files.

and move any big data (not programs/windows files) to the d drive

or you could expand the c: drive to make use of the d drive space

User bit -

Stats are as follows

App data - 4.4gb
Documents - 2.6gb

are the main culprits !!

As for expanding C space - how can I do that please ?

closed

Do you have 2 hard drives, or 2 partitions on one drive? this will only work if 2 partitions

first find out what's on d

you really need to backup everything before trying this, and if you have a factory restore partition, it could stop it working, some backup/imaging tools in this thread

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3333202

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/resize-a-partition-for-free-in-windows-vista/

if you have actually got 2 physical disks, then you could clone the smaller disk to the bigger one, then swap them around

Little_Miss_Uni-Debt

Next time the error message pops up - write it down.

If it says "Your system is running low on virtual memory" it's not a hard drive issue - you're probably running too many programs at once. This can be fixed by buying new RAM.

If the error message says it's the C:/ that's full then you should start using that 180Gb that you've got on drive /

When you look in "My Computer" what do you see, does it say C:/ - x number of Gb used out of 40Gb? How full is it now? It normally only alerts you when its 95%+ full.

richardvc

Little_Miss_Uni-Debt wrote: »

When you look in "My Computer" what do you see, does it say C:/ - x number of Gb used out of 40Gb? How full is it now? It normally only alerts you when its 95%+ full.

It was over 95% full !!

I found that stuff that was on the desk top that I had put on the D drive was ALSO on the C drive as well.

So after I had cleared that, I was able to defrag the pc and now have 7.5GB free !! What a difference !

Without the help on here I would still be wondering what to do so many thanks to you all.

GunJack

you also need to move your Documents folder to your drive - this will ensure any photos, music, etc. will be on , not bunging up your C:

santer_2

See how you get on with teracopy, the free one of course

http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php

When you right click a file or folder you choose to copy or move

If the file already exists in the destination a box pops up and then you can choose to overwrite or rename