How do i free up alot of space on Hard disk C?

Question

No matter how much i delete there is still little space,or none at all.Last night i spent 2 hours deleting unused programs and files,old photos i don't want,even going into Windows file and deleting lots of stuff that no need to be there,which were all on Disk C.Then despite this i still got the message telling me i only had 16mb left and telling me to delete unwanted files.Also when i try to delete certain programs,i get the message telling,me there isn't enough space,and telling me to try again later.I saw a similar question on Yahoo,and followed what the Best Answer said to do.Which said go into Windows file and there will be loads of items headed with $Uninstall$,which no need to be there.I opened alot of them and they are just old logging info and vetting,and stuff saying a certain make of printer that is installed is incompatable with my XP(i had lots of these,not sure how they got there because i bought my laptop new 5 years ago).So i deleted alot of these.I had 93 items in my Recycle bin and i then deleted all them.Yet still today it says my space on C is very low.What is going on? Could there be a virus in my works or something? As it stands i cannot upload anything and certain websites don't play properly.

Answer 1

holy crap you really crapped up your computer.



16 mb left? either u got a really small hdd or sumthing is wrong here



get this program and install it, let it run, it will clean out alot of junk, then you should get tuneup utilities and use the tool that tells you the biggest folders on your hardrive



get crap cleaner from here:

http://www.piriform.com/

Answer 2

It is completely possible that a virus is causing Your problem. Some viruses actually "self-replicate" until they eventually fill up Your hard drive and force it to overwrite critical areas that store info about Your systems files and hard drive type.



To find out if You DO have a self-replicating virus, do a search for all files on Your system created within the last month, or week, and see how many show up. If there is a HUGE amount of files all the same size that don't seem to be related to anything - they're probably garbage files created by a virus. They're usually named as a .dll file for a program You don't have, or other filetypes You'd never see without looking for them.



If You DO have a self-replicator You'll need to clean Your hard drive on another system with up-to-the-minute virus/spyware/malware software before You can use the hard drive again. It won't clean while Windows is running in a system from that hard drive.



Most of these come from downloaded song files, website javascript/flash add-ons, and filesharing stuff from torrent and P2P stuff that isn't verified properly, but forces Windows Media Player to perform scripted and web-access activities while You think You're just hearing a song or watching a movie.





Good Luck!.

Answer 3

Crikey, you must be running really slowly! I understand your frustration. What OS do you have, ME, XP, Vista? Do you know how big a RAM and processor speed u have? (Check your system info thru control panel/system). Maybe you need to add more RAM. But first, if you've done a Disc Cleanup and a Disc Defragmentation, then I agree with MaxBirdy......downloading and installing the piriform CrapCleaner is the next step. It's free, it's good. I just hope you have enough space to download it to! Once you get it, tick all boxes in all tabs for max processing. This will also change your registry which is dangerous but it safe with CrapCleaner cos it prompts you to save your registry files first so if anything does go wrong, you can restore from them. If you've been deleting program files, CrapCleaner is ideal cos it gets rid of all the invisible crap files left behind. Try it and see how you go. If you've moved all your important stuff to an external copy and ain't worried about losing anything else, you could always restore your PC back to factory default settings but that would mean you having to reinstall EVERYTHING since you bought it. Have you considered popping in to a local PCWorld or computer clinic and telling them your prob, asking for advice and maybe even a quote to fix it??? I really understand your frustration..........my hard drive crashed and burned a couple of months ago and I've been rebuilding since.

Answer 4

You're gonna want to clear your hard drive.

First, get a USB flash drive (jump drive) or other storage device (burnable CD, external HDD). Copy all of the important files you still NEED to that device. This includes important documents. You will also want to copy any items you may have from iTunes, its ridiculously challenging to sync an iPod if the items on your iPod aren't in your iTunes library. Also, if you have an iPod synced to that computer, sync it one more time to make sure all of your iTunes items are backed up.

Now, you should find the restore tool on your computer. Almost all computers have a built in recovery partition or came with recovery discs. If you don't have either of these, check your computer manufacturer's website. You should be able to order recovery discs, some cost money, some are free.

Run your recovery program, following any instructions either given on screen or by the manufacturer. Once done, your computer will act as if it is brand new. Move your important data back onto it from your jump drive (or other storage device) and you should be back up and running!



Oh, one last thing. If you do think this is caused by a virus, restoring the computer will remove it as well.

Answer 5

You should never delete a program as this leaves hidden files that can cause problems always use add / remove to remove a program. Delete music and video files, pictures, word and excel files etc.

Run a full system scan for virus, malware, spyware using your Internet Security program.

Delete all temporary Internet files and cookies.

Run and use CCleaner: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Be extremely careful when going into Windows files as you might remove or delete files needed for Windows operating system to load and run.

Run a defragment and disc clean up by going to system tools.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Use the de fragmentation tool