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[bertiecbx550]

i`ve only got 8% memory free on my lap top how do i delete all the crap??? i`ve gone through ad/remove programs and i`ve deleted all temp files...but it still says only 8% memory available on hard drive...help please...

[MadMark73]

Throw it out the window and buy one with a bigger hard drive!!!!!

[TheBoy]

disk cleanup

[Plomien]

try defragging it, if it has a dvd/cd burner copy all files (word documents , photos, music etc) to dvd/cd disk and delete it from you harddrive.
how big is the hard drive?

[Mr Skrunts]

Better off adding an external USB hard drive and moving files on to it on a weekly basis.

[yatesDELTA]

IIRC a defrag require 15% harddrive space?  (i havnt done one on Vista yet having only gotten this computer a week ago)

So unless your harddrive is like 20/40GB you must have a damned lot of junk on it...

[philhoward]

A defrag won't make any free space, whereas Disk Cleanup will.

Probably all disappeared due to all the Windows Updates....I wonder if its just installed XP SP3..?

Try a Search, then go for Advanced Search and look for any files bigger than 100Mb...unless you store films on it, the only one which might get close is your email data file (outlook.pst, assuming you're using Microsoft Outlook).

[bertiecbx550]

20gb hard drive....18.6gb in use but i aint got nowt on it..... how do i run a disc cleanup? plain and simple english please....

[iainb]

I bet your virtual memory is running out because of all the programs you have added, so shut them down and delete the short cut's from the desk top.and then try to defrag the machine. vista is so very memory hungry you could add extra RAM

[Taxi_Driver]

20gb hard drive....18.6gb in use but i aint got nowt on it..... how do i run a disc cleanup? plain and simple english please....

Only 20Gb disk??  

Suggest you get a larger disk......60Gb or bigger......not too expensive....

Dunno what OS your running but if XP......that will take up nearly 10G of your 20G disk

[gofwb]

Hi, go to "My Computer" and right click on your "C" drive click proprieties and then "Disc Cleanup".  And then buy an external USB hard drive which are very cheap and copy all the files that you normally use to it.

[stuart30]

20gb hard drive....18.6gb in use but i aint got nowt on it..... how do i run a disc cleanup? plain and simple english please....

Only 20Gb disk??  

Suggest you get a larger disk......60Gb or bigger......not too expensive....

Dunno what OS your running but if XP......that will take up nearly 10G of your 20G disk

Nope ive loaded xp pro on plenty of 6 gigs....takes up 4 gigs or there about.

[gofwb]

Microshaft recommend 10g with sp2 but you can get by with a lot less.

[bertiecbx550]

Well i`ve deleted some kwap off there during the night and it now reads 43% of memory left plus i`ve defragged it and it took a good coupla hours i found i had 4 types of video player ranging from media to others plus its duplicated alot of microsoft downloads for sum reason??? theres still a lot of fragmented progs on there...Ah well its going into pc world 2mora the supervisor here is gonna ask em to try and fix the dvd problem for me as a favour to us i might ask for em to clean it up as well for me seein as the spanish guy in there is quite knowledgeable if not i might borrow sammy sledgehammer....