Want to liberate space

Miki YM · 09-01-2006, 06:55 PM

A year ago I had my flamboyant new P4 with 160 Gb free hard disk. Now I have approximately only 3Gb free, and I'm beginning to feel quite choked. I suspect that there's a lot of junk that is occupying space, my installed programs and archives don't add up to 157 Gb, they occupy a lot less space, so what is causing this cipher?

. I tried some shareware junk cleaner program, but it doesnt free much space. I dont know what to do, do you know any program (free if possible) that really can give me back my much needed free space?. Or can you offer me other alternative?

Thanks.

**DCIScouts** · 09-01-2006, 07:00 PM

Did you do an error check on the HDD recently. The drive could be reporting the free space incorrectly...

Verve · 09-01-2006, 08:55 PM

It won't solve your problem, but get CCleaner just because I'll clean out a lot of junk from your registry and cache.

tlarkin · 02-07-2007, 04:13 PM

If its windows xp try disabling system restore that should free up some space. Also you could have some rogue page files. Clear all your temporary files, and run chkdsk on your HD to make sure the OS is not reporting the wrong amount of free space.

09-01-2006, 06:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Miki YM New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Barcelona Posts: 1	Want to liberate space A year ago I had my flamboyant new P4 with 160 Gb free hard disk. Now I have approximately only 3Gb free, and I'm beginning to feel quite choked. I suspect that there's a lot of junk that is occupying space, my installed programs and archives don't add up to 157 Gb, they occupy a lot less space, so what is causing this cipher? . I tried some shareware junk cleaner program, but it doesnt free much space. I dont know what to do, do you know any program (free if possible) that really can give me back my much needed free space?. Or can you offer me other alternative? Thanks.

09-01-2006, 07:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Age: 25 Posts: 5,049	Did you do an error check on the HDD recently. The drive could be reporting the free space incorrectly... __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF

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Verve Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Age: 18 Posts: 2,494	It won't solve your problem, but get CCleaner just because I'll clean out a lot of junk from your registry and cache. __________________ Formerly Starwarsman HP DV6885 Special Edition Core2Duo T8100 @ 2.1 GHz 3GB DDR2 Ram 250GB SATA HDD Geforce 8400m GS Vista Home Premium SP1 The Masterplan

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02-07-2007, 04:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,056	If its windows xp try disabling system restore that should free up some space. Also you could have some rogue page files. Clear all your temporary files, and run chkdsk on your HD to make sure the OS is not reporting the wrong amount of free space.