Computor Space Help Please

poppyred

Hi i was wondering if someone here would be able to help me, my laptop says that i have just 0.99GB left of my 103GB. and i don't know what to do.

I only use my laptop to write the odd letter and search he internet ! I've deleted my hoilday photos, bout i'm not sure what i can delete on my C drive to free up space, i don't want to delete something i shouldn't and not be able to search the internet as need it for my collee work.

How do i know which to delete ? any help would be great x

Lum

You could start by running CCleaner. It's pretty easy and should see big gains if your laptop hasn't seen any maintenance or tidying for many years.


Be careful with its default settings though. By default it will delete your browser history and cookies. The latter is often a problem as cookies include saved logins for websites such as this one. The other defaults are safe, however.

poppyred

Lum wrote: »

You could start by running CCleaner. It's pretty easy and should see big gains if your laptop hasn't seen any maintenance or tidying for many years.


Be careful with its default settings though. By default it will delete your browser history and cookies. The latter is often a problem as cookies include saved logins for websites such as this one. The other defaults are safe, however.

Thanks will give it a try

googler

You have the holiday photos stored somewhere else as well, though?

Go into the settings or options of your Internet browser, and find the option to delete Temporary Internet Files. Do this.

Look in the My Documents folder. Switch the View to Details, and sort the files by Size, with the largest first. What are the largest? If you know what they are, and you know you don't need them, delete them and Clear the Recycle Bin.

Once you have enough space to do so, download WinDirStat- run it, and it will give a you a visual on what's on your drive. From this you can establish exactly what's eating your space. It will classify EVERYTHING by file type, so you can determine which file types you know, which you don't, which ones you know you created, and which not.

poppyred

googler wrote: »

You have the holiday photos stored somewhere else as well, though?

Go into the settings or options of your Internet browser, and find the option to delete Temporary Internet Files. Do this.

Look in the My Documents folder. Switch the View to Details, and sort the files by Size, with the largest first. What are the largest? If you know what they are, and you know you don't need them, delete them and Clear the Recycle Bin.

Once you have enough space to do so, download WinDirStat- run it, and it will give a you a visual on what's on your drive. From this you can establish exactly what's eating your space. It will classify EVERYTHING by file type, so you can determine which file types you know, which you don't, which ones you know you created, and which not.

Thank you, yes i've moved my photos onto a disk, i've done the delete temporay internet files.

In my documents folder the 3 largest seem to be :-

REHDVCPL (4592KB) - i think this is to do with HD Audio Control Panel Realtek Semi-conductor

Windows Explorer -(2858KB)

Windows Update - (1270KB)

In my Drives there are some large MB it says :-

TOUCHPAD
WLAN
VGA
LAN
AUDIO
ATKHK
ATK

Not sure what to delete for the best :-(

i'll download the WinDirStat after the CCleaner has finished. Thanks again x

[Deleted User]

Hi,

if you right click your C drive > properties > disc cleanup > my files/all files, it'll give you and idea of things.

Click on each item for a description, then tick box to delete.

samejh

Do you delete or store your letters/correspondence elsewhere?

poppyred

samejh wrote: »

Do you delete or store your letters/correspondence elsewhere?

no but i only have a handful of word letters.

poppyred

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,

if you right click your C drive > properties > disc cleanup > my files/all files, it'll give you and idea of things.

Click on each item for a description, then tick box to delete.

Thank you i'll give it a try after the CCleaner has finished

[Deleted User]

Hi,

what are you doing with CCleaner, doesn't usually take long?

Lum

This is getting worrying.

OTOH we're talking about a laptop with a 100gig hard drive, so it's probably about 10 years old and fragmented to death.