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Hard disk HELP needed!!!

  • 08-02-2013 12:36am
    #1
    older i get better i was
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 216 ✭✭


    Hi guys in simple layman's english can anyone explain why my hard disc C is full and my data( D) has 148 free from 150 gb. I dont have huge amounts of pictures stored or video, although I watch alot of clips nd stuff. I only have 756kb free of 122gb, so can anyone give me straight forward simple instructions how to free up space as I need to do it asap, many thanx


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  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Because your files are stored by default in the Users folder which is on the C drive. In layman's terms, that D drive is useless because the operating system doesn't know what to do with it.

    You can create new folders on the D drive (e.g. Photos, Videos, Music), add them to the respective libraries as additional locations and move the files over. This will free up some disk space on the C drive and they will still be in your library.


  • #3
    older i get better i was
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 216 ✭✭older i get better i was


    any simple way to do that?
    :confused:


  • #4
    T-K-O
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,309 ✭✭✭T-K-O


    So you have two drives, C and D in my computer. What files are using the most disk space.

    Simply cut and paste your videos from C to D

    If you are using something like itunes, you can copy your music to the D drive. Once you do this you need to go into settings and point itunes to the new folder


  • #5
    riclad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    Make new folders on drive d, music, video, photos, then drag and drop
    folders ,or files from c to d.when you are sure files are all copied over,,
    open folders in drive c, delete the files.
    see http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Select-multiple-files-or-folders
    see
    http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windowsxp/ht/copy-file--windows-xp.htm
    open folder s in d to make sure all the files are copied,
    You can copy folders,drag and drop to D:
    or copy individual files.

    http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
    download,install ,run ccleaner.
    IT deletes old temporary files from derive c.
    IT should free up maybe gigabytes of space on drive c.


  • #6
    FSL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭FSL


    Also set your browser to delete all history on exit, That will clear up a host of space and stop it from clogging up again. You could also move your pagefile to your D: drive or if you have 4GB of RAM then dispense with the pagefile altogether.
    Also set a limit on the amount of space you allocate to the system restore function.


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