Q: I have 5 gig hard drive is split for Windows and the rest of the rest. The problem is the 5 gig is full and its causing some problems. How do I get more space to allocate for windows? Thanks!
Alex
Best Answer: Do not remove the Backup Utility unless you have backups somewhere else, like an external drive.
You can move the Paging File (virtual memory) to your D drive. This file (C:\pagefile.sys) can be very large.
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Disable Hibernation in Control Panel, Power Options. The file required (C:\hiberfil.sys) can also be very large.
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Re:Well I meant partition not drive. I'll look into that partition magic program. Thanks!
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Re:you could also get partition magic (or other similar software) and reallocate space from a relatively unused partition to your C drive.
Edit: oops saw you have two drives now.
Google a program called "Sequoia View." It gives you a graphical layout of your drive/partition based on individual file size. Very helpful for finding and deleting huge temp/backup files that bury themselves in arcane folder structures.
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Re:All my programs are installed on a seperate partition (edit). Still not quite sure how so much stuff got onto the windows drive. I started moving some things to a folder on my other drive in case it was important. So far I've got it down to 3.3 gigs. Seems there was a Nero file that was taking up about 700 mb. Thanks for the help guys.
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Re:I always disable the recycling bin, waste of space for me. I actually have used system restore twice, although the last time actually did more harm than good, so it may not be worth it. Probably disable that too.
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Re:If you have system Restore enabled and NEVER use it, you can free up some considerable space by disabling it.
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Re:Easy way to clean out temp files and free up some space is to open 'My Computer', right-click the drive you want to clean up, choose Properties. There you click Disk Cleanup
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Re:Move your pagefile to a different partition? Turn off system restore and delete the contents of System Volume Information folder? Reduce the size of your Recycle bin storage? Start with a larger Windows partition to begin with.
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Re:clean up your temporary internet files, remove useless programs
and clean up your newsgroup cache in outlook express (if you play newsgroup)
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Re:He's probably installing all of his applications to C:\. A much better option is to install them to a larger and different paritiion.
You could also try cleaning out the temp & internet files.
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Re:How have you managed to use 5 gigs for windows? Mine is only using 1.62GB.
Re:Partition, that's the word I was thinking of. Yeah I've tried deleting stuff and I guess I can't find enough to delete. I was hoping I could get rid of the partition or make it larger somehow.
Re:This is why making tons of partitions for every different type of data you might store is stupid.
Delete some stuff, then you'll have more room.
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