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Thread ID: 62433	2005-10-07 05:06:00	How can I empty disk space?	zahmad (8963)	Press F1

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394154	2005-10-07 05:06:00	I have a 20GB Hard Dribe and currently don't have much space left, how can clear it up and actually physically delete data/files? Need help urgently. Cheers.	zahmad (8963)
394155	2005-10-07 05:10:00	This the drive that holds your operating system? For starters, use Add/Remove to remove any old games, programs or utilities that you have installed in the past and do not require anymore. Then backup any personal data that hasn't been accessed for sometime to a CD or DVD. Clean out temporary files etc and follow this up with a disk defrag. With XP and if you have System Restore enabled, then you can purge all but the last restore point if your system is currently stable. You can find this option under Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup > Advanced tab. You will need to reboot to free up the space.	Jen (38)
394156	2005-10-07 08:50:00	Clear out index.dat files - CCleaner does that	Dusty (3931)
394157	2005-10-07 08:57:00	if your running xp on a 20gb hdd your pushing it already...not to mention only on 120mb ram, just by removing some stuff from your hdd doesnt mean its gonna go faster.... your pc is way underspecd for xp...	Prescott (11)
394158	2005-10-07 09:02:00	When I was a newbie I used to leave anything that I didn't know about alone. Now that I am a fractionally post-newbie I look at anything I don't know about and find about it, if I don't need it or like it I ditch it. My policy is to keep the machine as simple as possible. I'm a lean user. I like ditching stuff. Hey we all started on MS. ( cf: bloatware.)	mark c (247)
394159	2005-10-07 15:44:00	Hi Zahmad, This is basically what Jen suggested, but a detailed link on running freeing up space, u cud check it out. pcworld.about.com And as he said, for best results, dont forget to run chkdsk and then defragment. In fact it would be good to do these once a week or so as the defragger needs 15% free space to work and once u run out of space troubleshooting options become limited.	otter (8288)
394160	2005-10-07 17:34:00	if your running xp on a 20gb hdd your pushing it already...not to mention only on 120mb ram, ........... your pc is way underspecd for xp... aside from the slight lack of ram what a load of rubbish..........the cpu is not the fastest by all means but plenty good enuf to run xp and a 20gb hard drive is QUITE sufficient xp in and of itself uses about 1.5gb at install. the only reason people seem to need huge hdd's these days is all the stuff they install or download........	drcspy (146)
394161	2005-10-07 20:14:00	if your running xp on a 20gb hdd your pushing it already...not to mention only on 120mb ram, ........... your pc is way underspecd for xp... aside from the slight lack of ram what a load of rubbish..........the cpu is not the fastest by all means but plenty good enuf to run xp and a 20gb hard drive is QUITE sufficient xp in and of itself uses about 1.5gb at install. the only reason people seem to need huge hdd's these days is all the stuff they install or download........ not terribly polite drcspy but correct in my experience... My P3/550 256RAM 10 gig is running XP very well Pete	Organicpete (133)
394162	2005-10-07 21:47:00	I have a 20GB Hard Dribe and currently don't have much space left, how can clear it up and actually physically delete data/files? Need help urgently. Cheers. If you have System Restore turned on this can take a lot of room up as it makes backups each time. I found my 15GB partition with just Windows XP Pro put on it fulling up very quickly and had over 12GB on it. Till I turned it off and then it went back to 4.8GB	Big John (551)
394163	2005-10-07 22:28:00	Thanks to you all, but Prescott, I believe that there are way more crappier computers in the world than my own that run Windows Xp very well. Anyone else?	zahmad (8963)
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