Free up Local disk space help!

LC2010HIS

Hi,

I need help with this.
I own a toshiba.

Right now, its saying 112MB free of 37GB
Its defragging now but I have done a disk clean up and there wasnt much difference.

Ive also checked my programs and apparently I need one to let others work etc. But I have deleted what I can.
Honestly, Im not really sure whats taking up so much space.
I want as much space as possible as my sister wants to use sims 3 on this.
Help please

practice

Delete old system restore points.

LC2010HIS

practice wrote: »

Delete old system restore points.

How do I do that?

aidan_walsh

How old is the computer? Is it a 40GB HDD or partition?

LC2010HIS

aidan_walsh wrote: »

How old is the computer? Is it a 40GB HDD or partition?

Its a toshiba laptop, about 3-4 years old. Had to replace the drive before because it was too full.

Its 37GB?

practice

If you are happy with the way the computer is working now I would just right click My Computer, Click Properties Open system restore tab Then turn off System restore Ignore the warning Click apply.When finished turn it back on immediately You will then have to restart the computer.

LC2010HIS

practice wrote: »

If you are happy with the way the computer is working now I would just right click My Computer, Click Properties Open system restore tab Then turn off System restore Ignore the warning Click apply.When finished turn it back on immediately You will then have to restart the computer.

No, Im not happy as the computer is slowing up!
And I need a load of GB free!

How much space will that give me?

LC2010HIS

Is system propeties the one?

bonzodog2

Clear your browser cache, reduce the amount allocated

Clear out C:\windows\temp and C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp

Disable hibernation if its used

Reduce allocated size of Recycle Bin

practice

Hard to say how many restore points you have. You can check by pretending to use system restore.
click start -All Programs-Accessories- System Tools- System Restore.
When you get there Click Next and then just check thro the dates.
Then click Cancel
Restore points can take up a lot of space.
I would turn it off and then back on to see if it does free up space

If by any chance you are using Convert X to burn DVDs this program keeps a copy of created files in a folder and should be emptied

Is system propeties the one?

No Right Click My Computer Then right Click Properties at the bottom

LC2010HIS

I went to system restore and it said no system restore for my computer??

practice

Can You download
www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

And see what exactly is taking up space

LC2010HIS

1.53GB is free now from deleting files and disk clean up.

But I need ALOT more space.

the disk is 37GB. I want to try and get 7-10GB free? Is that possible?

LC2010HIS

practice wrote: »

Can You download
www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

And see what exactly is taking up space

Hi

I downloaded that there.
Music : 17,153 MB :eek:
Pictures: 1,400MB
App Data : 988MB

Down further,
Program Files: 2,391MB

practice

Have you done as "bonzodog2" suggested especially the recycle bin as this is usually set at 12% reduce it to 5%.

Have you turned on and off system restore as there may be old restore points there.

LC2010HIS

practice wrote: »

Have you done as "bonzodog2" suggested especially the recycle bin as this is usually set at 12% reduce it to 5%.

Have you turned on and off system restore as there may be old restore points there.

Ive done the recycle alright, several times.

Nope not yet. Im using windows 7.
It says theres no system restore on this.

bonzodog2

Get an external hard disk and move your music there. Have a special temporary folder (I use c:\temp), copy what you listening to there

Can you 'drill down' into program files with that treesize prog and find the biggest ones there ?

Backup all your pictures to an online provider (dropbox etc), burn them to a DVD, make 2 copies, then delete

Big Lar

You could replace your CD/DVD drive with a HDD

practice

"It says theres no system restore on this."
Check out www.windows.microsoft.com/en-IE/windows7/How-much-disk-space-does-System-Restore-require

bluferbl

Install and run ccleaner from Piriform...it will get back some space for you.

Your laptop obviously wasn't supplied with Windows 7 (cos it's 4 years old). What operating system was on it when it was new and was it wiped before installing Windows 7?

LC2010HIS

Hey. I free'd up space by deleting old podcasts 10GB they were taking up :eek:

thesimpsons

I'm currently cleaning up a 6yr old computer and the one thing I can't seem to delete is SIMS - from the control panel remove software screen it appears to be taking up 2742MB. when I click on it to remove, the timeclock curser comes up, but it then just bounces back to the exact same asking do I want to remove/change. anyone any thoughts on how to get around this. (I've already removed all the other SIMS expansion packages (ie Pets, Fashion, etc). tks

Lazarus2.0

thesimpsons wrote: »

I'm currently cleaning up a 6yr old computer and the one thing I can't seem to delete is SIMS - from the control panel remove software screen it appears to be taking up 2742MB. when I click on it to remove, the timeclock curser comes up, but it then just bounces back to the exact same asking do I want to remove/change. anyone any thoughts on how to get around this. (I've already removed all the other SIMS expansion packages (ie Pets, Fashion, etc). tks

Program files/dir/uninstal.exe ?

At 6 yrs old I'd be inclined to backup data and clean instal the OS tbh

No1J

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Clear your browser cache, reduce the amount allocated

Clear out C:\windows\temp and C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp

Disable hibernation if its used

Reduce allocated size of Recycle Bin

Could you you give a fools step by step for the above please. And when copying files to an External hard drive would you just copy Local c and Local d as that should have all files (in mine anyway)?

bonzodog2

Browser cache will depend on which you use. In IE8, Tools->options,General tab,browsing history Settings button,Disk space to use. To clear cache, Delete... button next to the settings button.


Hibernation is controlled from Power Properties (in Control Panel), RecycleBin Properties will let you control RB size

thesimpsons

nessyguin wrote: »

Program files/dir/uninstal.exe ?

At 6 yrs old I'd be inclined to backup data and clean instal the OS tbh

I managed to uninstall the SIMS (turned off PC and it uninstalled fine when I turned it back on again )and have everything regularly backed up on external HD and do regular disk cleanups and defrag, etc so thats not a problem but tell me what would a clean reinstal of the OS do for the system ?

Lazarus2.0

thesimpsons wrote: »

I managed to uninstall the SIMS (turned off PC and it uninstalled fine when I turned it back on again )and have everything regularly backed up on external HD and do regular disk cleanups and defrag, etc so thats not a problem but tell me what would a clean reinstal of the OS do for the system ?

Glad you got your problem resolved

Over time any system will get cluttered with the remains of uninstalled programs , badly written software , obsolete registry entries , bloatware that was shipped with the OS , etc etc . While most things are insignificant in themselves they can aggregate to the point where they significantly affect system performance , even if only through occupying space .

If your system is running fine then well and good , but a clean instal will often give an old machine a new lease of life .