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| 164012 | 2003-07-30 12:10:00 | i'm just waiting on posts to the identical photo threads..and while doing that..i decided to see how much space on my hdd is left..and its a a very small 345mb out of 18gb..... am sorting out my games to write onto cd or uninstall if i not play nemore... but found folder with unzipped files... can i delete them or not? what else can i delete to let me have more space in for other stuff... cheers |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 164013 | 2003-07-30 22:32:00 | Wow, that is some cramped HDD! You need a serious clean out. Don't forget to delete all temporary internet files including off-line content stored locally, plus all index.dat files and cookies. I reduced my file count by 50% the other day and reclaimed 130MB of space after just one month of occasional surfing. Re the unzipped files, you probably need to know what they are first, but if they are all in one folder they are probably deletable. Alternatively, if you want to be cautious, I'd do a cleanup & defrag (don't forget to disable your swap file before the defrag and enable it again afterwards with a fixed size, say twice or three times your RAM, to ensure you end up with a single contiguos swap file) then rename the folder that holds the unzipped files and see if everything still works. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 164014 | 2003-07-31 00:14:00 | >Re the unzipped files, you probably need to know what they are first, but if they are all in one folder they are probably deletable. Alternatively, if you want to be cautious, I'd do a cleanup & defrag (don't forget to disable your swap file before the defrag and enable it again afterwards with a fixed size, say twice or three times your RAM, to ensure you end up with a single contiguos swap file) then rename the folder that holds the unzipped files and see if everything still works. how do u disable swap filing? i kinda got the same problem, I looked the other day and I've got 2gig left on a 40gig hdd...time to do some uninstalling... |
promethius (1998) | ||
| 164015 | 2003-07-31 01:22:00 | Right-click My Computer then select Properties/Performance/Virtual Memory/Disable . Use the option provided to set your own swapfile size when you re-enable after defragging etc . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 164016 | 2003-07-31 04:16:00 | Well I messed with the virtual memory after reading a good tip in PCW in February - and nearly had to leave home. The machine wouldn't boot etc and my wife blew a fuse cos it is her machine and she works on it. Oh dear. So......take care. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 164017 | 2003-07-31 04:18:00 | i can assure u... no one is gonna blow a fuse here.. i live alone... but...i'm deaf so i mite blow the fuse since its my main source of communication |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 164018 | 2003-07-31 05:03:00 | > Wow, that is some cramped HDD! LOL a little off topic, but I tried to save something on a drive at work the other day, and just happened to notice the available disk space . . . 34mb of a total 160Gb :D There's now 40Gb free (out of 200gb) - I guess they just added another drive to the server :) Mike . |
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