XP on an old 4GB computer HELP!

[nohow24u]

Im new on here and have a 4GB older computer which i have installed XP home edition. It is my girlfriends computer and it has about 14% free space left. I have removed all I can think of to get this unit to work alot better. I know BUY a new 1. im working on it but i just need it to work for another month. What can i do for an easy fix to speed it up and clear so room up. I have verizon DSL 1.5. Any suggestion will be greatly welcomed.
Thanks NOHOW

 

[kof2000]

disk cleanup, defragmentation, add and remove programs you dont need. remove office setup files if you installed office. u can also compress your drive if you dont mind slowing down the drive.

 

[StasysPC]

lol at my church our sound room computer that records the pastor's messages is running XP Pro on a 1.5 GB HD... there's barely enough room to install Cool Edit Pro and record one single message (like 175 MB ) so we got a crossover cable and hooked it up to the pastor's own computer w/an 80 GB HD and all is well...

If you have another PC close by a crossover cable is a quick fix

 

[flame1117]

XP pro take up more then 1.5gb's its self...and

 

[StasysPC]

it's an old WD Caviar HD... like 1600 MBs if you wanna get technical

it's running it, trust me

 

[H0nDA2000]

Maybe Disable the System Restore thing it may free up 0.5Gb or more

 

[apj101]

XP pro take up more then 1.5gb's its self...and

not necessarily

Maybe Disable the System Restore thing it may free up 0.5Gb or more

it will save space, not sure if you'll save half a gig though

Take a look at xplite, you should be able to cut the xp installation down to what they claim is 350MB
http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html

so we got a crossover cable and hooked it up to the pastor's own computer w/an 80 GB HD and all is well...

If you have another PC close by a crossover cable is a quick fix

and what do you do with this cable???

It is my girlfriends computer and it has about 14% free space left

you must have other stuff installed as well right?

 

[StasysPC]

and what do you do with this cable???

If he has documents or files he wants to save, he could save them to another computer temporarily using the crossover cable, then transfer them back when he gets a bigger hard drive