low disc space

1888

on my laptop every 30mins or so im gettin a pop up window from my toolbar down in right hand corner sayin low disc space on data disk d, checkin it it says 4.87mb free out of 88.3gb.
ive checked and there is very little on laptop at all, maybe 50 photos and no video files or songs
am now thinkin maybe drive faulty or could it be a virus, using talktalk security but cant find anythin.
any ideas or thoughts, thanx

GunJack

try windirstat to see what's taking up the space, might be hidden files

Marauder999

I would use something like CCleaner to clear all the temporary files out and see what happens after that.
You can get CCleaner from Piriform.com and is free.

1888

ran windirsat and seems all being used by vhd files and zip files. have deleted some windows backup disk space to free some space,

1888

got option in system images to keep only the latest system image and minimize space used up by backup- saving me 24.6gb.
should i do this????

macman

Yes, that will get you back over 25% of your disk space. For most people, the last (most recent) image will suffice. I can't anyway see the point of keeping disk images on the primary drive. If the drive fails, you'll lose them all anyway.

andy2004

vhd is a virtual hard drive, for use in testing out software on various operating systems. read more about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHD_%28file_format%29

debitcardmayhem

It could of course be backups created by the laptop's manufacturers bloatware , no one has asked which lappy it is , just passing by

Lucero_2

andy2004 wrote: »

vhd is a virtual hard drive, for use in testing out software on various operating systems. read more about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHD_%28file_format%29

Whilst it is this, it's not in this case. The Op is backing up their system drive, to, the system drive. This backup process creates VHDs that can be mounted in the WinPE in the event of a failure. They should be stored off the physical machine on an external USB driver or similar