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guil

did a search but couldnt find anythin and dont know if it would be better here or in windows
anyway i have vista ultimate on a 60gb hd with only the os on it and a 500gb hd for programs and everythin else
my 60gb hd only has 4gb left on it
any ideas

IvySlayer

Buy an external HD.

Defragment, delete unecessary programs, compress, violence.

Lazarus2.0

It's pretty easy to do that on Vista . Assuming C is your system drive and D is storage ...

How much stuff have you got on D ? Can you move the files temporarily to an external drive ? What you need to do is provide extra unallocated space to extend C so if you can easily back up whatever is on D that would be handiest . You would then delete the D partition in Disk Management . Other options are to use a third-party software to partition D (usually works fine but can be problematic) or instal another hard drive .

Whichever of the above routes you've chosen , once you're done go to Disk Management (Control Panel/Admin Tools/Computer Management/Storage) . Right-click on the system drive and select to Extend Volume . It's all self-evident from there .

Also +1 for removing unnessary/unused applications . Delete temp files - Ccleaner is a good tool for this but dont use the registry utility unless you feel there's a need (if it aint broke ... , etc etc) http://www.ccleaner.com/
Also reduce the space available to System Restore , empty Recycle Bin , etc

curtin10

perhaps splash out on a new drive and then use a ghosting program such as norton ghost, clone your existing hard drive to the new drive and your done. YOu keep all your programs and get space back. Happy days. you will pick up a 500gb drive for 50 notes at komplett or somewhere like that.

guil

hi thanks for the replies yeah my c drive(60gb) only has the operatin system on it and nothin else, thats whats confusin me, all the programs and docs are on the f drive

Stephen

Is it a 64-bit Vista installation by any chance? I find that the WinSxS (side-by-side) folder tends to grow massively over time.

rubadub

I reinstalled windows on 3 dells in the last week. On install I had to select partitions and found on all of them there was a partition unavailable to me normally. I am guessing this was done by dell and has some recovery software or something, or maybe windows created it?

Anyway on resinstall I had more room available on the HD. I got 5GB back on my 100GB laptop. a few gigs on the others.

You can get programs vlite & nlite which strip down your install before it even goes onto the PC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLite

guil

its 32 bit vista, the temp folder in the windows folder had 30 gb in it is it ok to delete them

Dorsanty

I found on a work laptop that windows updates where not clearing out after install. Drive ended up with less then a gig before I worked it out.

Updates were in a protected system folder which doesn't show up when revealing hidden files.

Anyway, I like this tool for finding the disk space hogs,
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/

Overheal

where is that folder located?

MunsterCycling

guil07 wrote: »

its 32 bit vista, the temp folder in the windows folder had 30 gb in it is it ok to delete them

Yes, use something like ccleaner to clean up the machine.

MC

TestTransmission

rubadub wrote: »

I reinstalled windows on 3 dells in the last week. On install I had to select partitions and found on all of them there was a partition unavailable to me normally. I am guessing this was done by dell and has some recovery software or something, or maybe windows created it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLite

Its called a recovery partition,standard for most manufacturers nowadays

rubadub

jackncoke wrote: »

Its called a recovery partition,standard for most manufacturers nowadays

Thought it was something like that, is it so they can just save by not sending out a 20cent recovery dvd?

My mates sony had it and got back his stuff. I since heard of people using ubuntu linux boot disc, meant to load the OS and I could have dragged his photos & music off that way. Think you can make a booting windows dvd like that too, i.e. runs just off the dvd.

AlmightyCushion

It could also be that media centre thing that dell put on their laptops. I think they came to their senses and removed it. It was a waste of hard drive space.

TestTransmission

Reason i was told by Sony for it was to make the notebook as portable as possible,so say in the event that you're away for a week on business and you have a monumental disaster/crash...you can recover the laptop there and then.

Also customers were always putting the recovery discs somewhere safe and forgetting where they were,they would end having to ring sony asking for new discs,so in a way the recovery partition was developed to keep customers happier

Also, with the partition you can burn off multiple copies of the recovery disc and keep one in your house,office,boat,etc