[cyberfruit]

I have had my computer for around four years now, and the computer has taken a bit of a beating with my four family members dividing it. This leads me to my current problem: At 6:41 pm, there is only 65 MB left on my C drive that can contain up to 14 GB. Everyday I am trying to free up space, but it no longer goes as high as it needs to. I know that I need atleast 200 MB for system stablity, but it doesn't even go close to 200 MB anymore. Today, my Sims 2 game crashed for the first time ever and when I checked my C drive, it said that it only had 24.7 MB left.

I can't delete nor move anything off the C drive anymore without permnantly messing up my computer. I have saved as much to my D drive that I can (it still has 57 GB of space left). Anytime something needs to be installed, it goes straight to the D drive.

The Sims 2 takes up around 700 MB because it forces itself upon the C drive (I actually saved it to the D drive, but it saves an addtional amount of space on the C drive, which is extremely annoying). Microsoft Professional Office 2003, which won't even work for us because we don't have a code, takes up 620 MB, but my mother won't allow me to delete it.

What else can I do to save my C drive? If I buy an external hardrive, will that work? I feel like there's nothing else for me to do. The system has already crashed on my mother's side of the computer and wiped out most of her stuff.

At 6:49 pm, my C drive shows only 64.7 MB left. See how serious this is? Even after restarting the computer, I will be lucky to get 20 MB back.

[apparition]

1) remove programs you dont need
2) manually manage your system swapfile (set it to 1.5x the amount of ram you have)
3) disable/lower the amount of system restore points you have
4) remove unnecessary components (ie. windows messenger..the old one that comes with XP, etc)
5) if you have norton internet security, disable the norton protected recycling bin (it holds deleted files even when you "delete" them)
6) clear your %temp% folder/run diskclean utility that comes with XP
7) get a new computer or upgrade your drive...i got a new 500GB hdd just a week ago. they're cheap...although it may be CHEAPER to get a new computer completely


yeah sims2 is a monster. i have all the expansion packs installed, and when you include the save games as well, it comes to ~7GB.

[cyberfruit]

^
1. I've removed all the programs that I could have
4. Did that, too
7. Comupters cost money >>; My computer's currently running on the XP Service Pack 2, so how would I upgrade my drive?

But thanks for your advice, I'll try them out to see if they work.

Re Sims 2: I actually want to own them all but I can't because they want to eat up my C drive (EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE INSTALLED ON THE D DRIVE.)

[apparition]

would you LIKE to upgrade your drive?

i had a 200gb drive a week ago. i just upgraded it to a 500gb. all i did was buy the 500gb drive, plug it in, use partitionmagic to copy everything from the 200gb drive to my new drive. unplug my 200gb drive, then i have an upgraded computer with a 500gb drive. OR you can just throw in a new one without migrating things over.

[DaRkViEt73]

Try the suggestions offered in this thread. http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?s=&...t&p=5705118

As far as clearing out temp files, recycle bin and all that... keep in mind you'll need to log on as each user and clear them.... I dunno about Restore points but for things like temp files you'll definitely need to do it for each user.

[awdark]

CCleaner

space monger
http://download.yousendit.com/0122C2A14B24F32E

[cyberfruit]

would you LIKE to upgrade your drive?

i had a 200gb drive a week ago. i just upgraded it to a 500gb. all i did was buy the 500gb drive, plug it in, use partitionmagic to copy everything from the 200gb drive to my new drive. unplug my 200gb drive, then i have an upgraded computer with a 500gb drive. OR you can just throw in a new one without migrating things over.

Hm, that sounds like a good idea. I actually just deleted Microsoft Office Pro (and nearly had a heart attack at the same time because my free space went alll the way down to 376 kb o_o) and gained 355 MB of space. I'm kind of worried about the copying part. Would I have to login under my family's name and manually add everything to the new drive? Would the computer automatically know that this new drive is still drive C?

And thanks for the additional help guys! <3

[apparition]

Hm, that sounds like a good idea. I actually just deleted Microsoft Office Pro (and nearly had a heart attack at the same time because my free space went alll the way down to 376 kb o_o) and gained 355 MB of space. I'm kind of worried about the copying part. Would I have to login under my family's name and manually add everything to the new drive? Would the computer automatically know that this new drive is still drive C?

And thanks for the additional help guys! <3

the copying is the easy part. get "partitionmagic 8" (google it ), burn it on a CD. buy a new drive then hook it up. start the comp up, pop the CD in, and set the program to COPY from your old to the new drive. then turn the computer off, remove the OLD drive. When you start up windows, theres no more configuration (you dont hafta "manually add everythnig to the new drive"), you can just use the computer as normal.

the computer wont see anything different since all your stuff was cloned to the new drive. partitionmagic works wonders.

how about that? is hdd upgrading something you're seriously considering? cuz this is the way to do it (or you can just reinstall windows, etc from scratch).

[HT2791]

CCleaner

space monger
http://download.yousendit.com/0122C2A14B24F32E

Yeah Look up CrapCleaner (CCleaner)
I've seen it "claim" 800MB of useless stuff could be deleted.
http://www.ccleaner.com/

[rigashi]

lol I have like 50+ 700MB kdramas and movies on my hard drive. x_x I really need an external hard drive...

Actually that happened to me on my last laptop. I used up way too much space and memory. I would delete random things periodically, but then I noticed that my hard drive memory was continually dropping each day. I started deleting files and programs... but my hard drive was still being depleted! Apparently a virus had found its way onto my laptop, and b'cuz it was so unstable it couldn't properly defend itself. Oops. I ended up having to reformat the hard drive, but the damage had already been done. It stayed alive long enough for me to transfer any remaining files to my new laptop... but then it just completely died. So sad.

[cyberfruit]

lol I have like 50+ 700MB kdramas and movies on my hard drive. x_x I really need an external hard drive...

Actually that happened to me on my last laptop. I used up way too much space and memory. I would delete random things periodically, but then I noticed that my hard drive memory was continually dropping each day. I started deleting files and programs... but my hard drive was still being depleted! Apparently a virus had found its way onto my laptop, and b'cuz it was so unstable it couldn't properly defend itself. Oops. I ended up having to reformat the hard drive, but the damage had already been done. It stayed alive long enough for me to transfer any remaining files to my new laptop... but then it just completely died. So sad.

O_O Are you serious? A Virus? Oh man, because now I can't get above 200 MB anymore even though I had 355 MB last night. Ugh, this is so annoying.

[cyberfruit]

I would really like to thank you guys who listed the CCleaner as help. I now have 606 MBs of space left! This is a great start to getting back into the GBs. Thanks guys.

[awdark]

you should use space monger to see where your space went... its really nice and shows you what takes up the most room. When I did that for mine, I found out a few DVDs I had ripped for my PSP was still in a folder on the computer and it ate like 10gb lol

[lakers]

sugest u just get a new hard drive, even cleaning out the useless files wont get u more than 2 gigs back.

[DKYang]

Defrag, but you need like a GB of space I think. I forgot. Although, I think the default XP defrag sucks.

I gained back 14 GB before after removing programs and deleting stuff, the defragged the hard drive. I used System Mechanic during that time. It was free trial and was still able to do it. I don't know if it still works, but if you are willing to. Download and install the free trial. It tells you whats wrong with your system and help you clean it up.

It worked for me in the past when I was low on memory.

Other than that. You can get another internal/external hard drive.

[BishieAddict]

uninstall sims 2. that will give you probably at least a gig. I think you can back up the data somewhere (but that will defeat the purpose).
I thought i was bad having only 1 gig left the other day (luckily I have external HDs)

this reminds me i need a new HD.

[coolsmurf]

u just need to get a new HD....save u any more trouble....u can only clear so much and it would come back again to 100mb in no time..

[kneekey]

idk about this but buy an external hard drive