c/drive is full

[chris keeley]

my c/drive is filling up day after day,how can i stop it,some guy can in and cleared 20g but it is already down to 14 in 2 weeks.what's the problem?

 

[TFT]

Why have you posted the same question again ? and did you follow any advice in the other thread, if not, why not.
If you don't understand the replies, say so.

Ideally you should upgrade your HD by buying one with a bigger capacity but as for what you can do now:

Uninstall any programs you do not use.

Download CCleaner here and get rid of temporary files, cookies etc.

Turn off "System Restore", if you don't want to do that then CCleaner will remove all but the last Restore point, this will probably give you quite a bit of space back. You might want to check your "System Restore" settings and take the slider to it's minimum.

Do a Defrag.

To make it clear, the defrag is to tidy up the space created by file deletion.

 

[Jeanne]

Besides defragmenting disk, you should clean up junk files in the C drive.

In fact, almost the temporary files are restored in the C:/Docucments and Settings/Users’ name, you can remove them as follows:

1. Open C: /Documents and Settings/Users’ name/Cookies, delete all the files, because it restores the left index files when visiting websites.

2. In the C: /Documents and Settings/Users’ name/Local Settings/History, delete the files since they belong to history record.

3. In the C: /WINDOWS/Temp, remove all these temporary files.

4. In the C:/Documents and Settings/Users’ name/Local Settings/Temp, remove such user’s temporary visiting files.

5. Open C:/Documents and Settings/Users’ name/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files, delete all the page files.

6. In the C:/Documents and Settings/Users’ name/Recent folder, you can delete all these shortcuts of recent browsed files.

7. In the C: /WINDOWS/Software Distribution/download, get rid of all the temporary files when downloading.

8. In the C: /WINDOWS/Driver Cache/386, delete all the compressed files.