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Four of a kind · 18-11-2014 7:25pm #1

Any recommendations on free software that will help me find and delete files and programs that are taking up too much space on my hard drive?

shanec1928 · 18-11-2014 7:38pm

Is it that hard to either right click on the folder and view properties to see its size it go to add remove programs and scroll through the list of installed software which has the size of the programs listed on it.

Four of a kind · 18-11-2014 7:48pm

shanec1928 wrote: »

Is it that hard to either right click on the folder and view properties to see its size it go to add remove programs and scroll through the list of installed software which has the size of the programs listed on it.

So add/remove programs shows you all the files on your C drive does it? NO

feelgoodinc27 · 18-11-2014 7:51pm

In my computer right click on your hard disk, click Properties. On the general tab click Disk Cleanup. You can also compress the drive from the general tab, but I think that might affect system performance.

Revo uninstaller is supposed to be more thorough than the inbuilt installer, you could give that a shot.

NinetyForNone · 18-11-2014 7:52pm

WinDirStat is OK. Might be useful.

shanec1928 · 18-11-2014 8:25pm

Four of a kind wrote: »

So add/remove programs shows you all the files on your C drive does it? NO

Right clicking on the folders and select properties does tho which I said above..

bonzodog2 · 18-11-2014 8:32pm

Also run Ccleaner, for temp files and old system restore points. Recycle bin, hibernation, and shadow volume copies all take up space that you can reclaim if you don't use them.

vibe666 · 18-11-2014 8:38pm

Treesize or windirstat is what you need. Either will show you what is taking up all the space and then you can use that info to uninstall Any unneeded apps.

Ccleaner will also help you to clean up waste files.

strangel00p · 18-11-2014 8:42pm

right clicking on the c drive and checking each subfolder will take forever. For disk analysis use windirstat, it's good and free.

brianwalshcork · 18-11-2014 8:48pm

An easy win when you need to free up disk space is to remove windows update installer files...

Click start and type cleanmgr.exe to run it... You can also select to remove temp files and downloaded files etc
(Edit to say that I just noticed that someone mentioned disk cleanup already above- cleanmgr.exe is the same thing)
Spacemonger gives a good (but not pretty!) graphical overview of which folders consume space, it's small and fast and the older 1.4 version is free... No installer etc so just down load and run

biko · 19-11-2014 11:32am

I find ccleaner very good.

niallb · 19-11-2014 11:57am

I'll add a second vote for TreeSize - the free version sorted me out on the last machine I needed to find missing space on!

ct5amr2ig1nfhp · 19-11-2014 12:02pm

Would recommend what other posters have said combination of windirstat and ccleaner. Two excellent apps. Then remove anything you don't need/want from add/remove programs.

Next up I'd say a new (bigger) hard disk maybe?

Lex Luthor · 19-11-2014 1:24pm

also check the Recycled Bin. Its contents adds to the overall space

Capt'n Midnight · 19-11-2014 8:40pm

ccleaner

uninstall stuff you don't use - also pcdecrapifier for cleaning bloatware

spacemonger - similar to sequoia / windirstat

then do searches for files over 1GB , then 100MB then 10Mb to see if you can spot duplicates / backups you no longer need

same for media files like mp3's

DO NOT delete any files that you don't recognise in case windows needs them - could be Game Over.

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